{"id":805,"date":"2008-02-21T18:45:46","date_gmt":"2008-02-21T18:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/02\/21\/ouija-the-movie\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:19:40","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:19:40","slug":"ouija-the-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/02\/21\/ouija-the-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Ouija the Movie?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Universal Pictures has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifi.com\/scifiwire\/index.php?id=48950\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">announced<\/a> a five year development deal with Hasbro to produce movies based on Hasbro properties such as <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Monopoly<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Candy Land<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Clue<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Ouija<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Battleship<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Magic, the Gathering<\/span>,  and <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Stretch Armstrong<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/16\/33384725847bdc1ffe36f6.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There was already a subpar <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0088930\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Clue<\/span><\/a> movie back in 1985.  And of course we all remember the wretched <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Dungeons &amp;amp; Dragons <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0085011\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">cartoon<\/a> and the abysmal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0190374\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">movie<\/a>. I don&#8217;t hold out much hope for a <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Magic, The Gathering<\/span> or  any these other properties.  Imagine a <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Ouija<\/span> movie&#8230; *shiver*<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/16\/56078292947bdc304a01d8.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Addendum:<\/span> <span style=\"font-style: italic\">New York Times<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/thelede.blogs.nytimes.com\/2008\/02\/20\/are-there-enough-movies-based-on-board-games\/index.html?ex=1361336400&amp;amp;en=5ea5b7fdfba22d94&amp;amp;ei=5088&amp;amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;amp;emc=rss\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">article <\/a>on the subject.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Universal Pictures has announced a five year development deal with Hasbro to produce movies based on Hasbro properties such as Monopoly, Candy Land, Clue, Ouija, Battleship, Magic, the Gathering, and Stretch Armstrong. 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