If you ’ve only played oneboard gamein your liveliness , chances are it’sMonopoly . Since Parker Brothers buy the rights in 1935 , the game has been released in manyforms , from a card game to an supererogatory - foresighted version . Monopolyhas even goneinternational , sell in over 100 countries and appearing in more than 40 languages . Now all we need is a private-enterprise reality show based on the board game , and Netflix is about to make that wishing do true .
harmonise toDeadline , the streaming service has successfully bid on the rights to turnMonopolyinto an unscripted serial . The source described the new show as a self-aggrandizing “ social experiment ” contest in which participants combat it out for money and seek to outlive their competition . Think of something similar to Netflix’sSquid Game : The Challengeseries , which gainedmassivepopularity during its first week . Other rivalry shows based on Hasbro plot — likeScrabbleandTrivial Pursuit — have also found winner , perNerdist .
As of now , it ’s unclear when the series will arrive on Netflix , when it will go into production , and what type of competitions it will demand . In addition to the unscripted TV version , a bouncy - actionmovieis also on the horizon . John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein — the filmmakers behindDungeons & Dragons : Honor Among Thieves(2023 ) andSpider - human : Homecoming(2017)—will write it . Meanwhile , Margot Robbie , who ’s no stranger to turning nostalgic IP intoblockbuster amusement , will be produce .
This wo n’t be the first timeMonopolyhas been adapt for blind . The Strong National Museum of Play shares that a prime - time plot show based on the board game air in1990 , only running for 13 week on ABC . At the time , plot shows tended to do well in daytime slot and syndication , which may have brought the suddenly - exist series to a conclusion . as luck would have it , many episode are available to see onYouTube .
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