Universal Pictures to Make Candy Land Movie
Posted on February 5, 2009
Universal Pictures has teamed up with Hasbro to make a live-action movie based on Candy Land, a popular children's board game. A report in Variety says talent has already been tapped for the upcoming film.
Project is the first film to emerge from the deal U made last February with Hasbro, whose properties are the basis for the summer tentpole films "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen."The tyke-friendly board game isn't as obvious an inspiration for a movie project as those other Hasbro brands, but the studio has tapped talent adept at comedy and family fare.
G.I. Joe and Transformers make more sense as motion pictures than Candy Land but a good writer should be able to pen a sweet family friendly plot. There's also a line of Candy Land books so the film's screenwriter won't be the first to work with a Candy Land plot.
According to Wikipedia's Candy Land entry some of the current Candyland characters include King Kandy, Jolly, Lolly, Princess Frostine and Gloppy the Chocolate Monster. We are very curious to learn who they decide to cast as these characters.
TTPM notes that the classic board game was recently updated. Take a look: