Battleship: not just a game anymore
By Tom Henheffer - Thursday, September 3, 2009 - 0 Comments
Hollywood’s hot on kids’ toys. Coming soon: movies based on Monopoly and . . . Ouija board.
Basing a movie on the board game Battleship is no different than basing a movie on Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind. At least that’s what studio execs would have us think.
Hasbro and Universal Studios are partnering to put the game, along with Candy Land, Monopoly, Clue and the Ouija board, up on the silver screen. It’s part of a growing trend in Hollywood—studios have fallen in love with the idea of making kids’ toys into movies. Continue…
