The Australian actress and star of last year’s hit Barbie movie, Margot Robbie, has announced that her production company, LuckyChap, will work alongside Hasbro to produce the Monopoly movie.
Margot Robbie is partnering with Hasbro Entertainment and Lionsgate to bring the iconic boardgame Monopoly to life on the big screen. The news was announced during CinemaCon 2024 in Las Vegas.
LuckyChap production company, headed by Margot, alongside husband Tom Ackerley and associate Josey McNamara, said in a statement: “Monopoly is a top property – pun fully intended. Like all of the best IP, this game has resonated worldwide for generations, and we are so excited to bring this game to life alongside the wonderful teams involved at Lionsgate and Hasbro.”
LuckyChap’s biggest hit to date is, of course, last year’s Barbie movie, which Margot starred in alongside Ryan Gosling. The film made over $1.4b at the global box office and was nominated for eight Oscars, ultimately winning Best Original Song for Billie Eilish’s ‘What Was I Made For?’. The studio also produced Saltburn, starring Barry Keoghan.
Zev Foreman, head of Film for Hasbro Entertainment, which is also producing the Monopoly movie, said: “As one of the most iconic games in the world, Monopoly provides an incredible platform for storytelling opportunities. We are thrilled to have the unique vision of LuckyChap and Lionsgate alongside us to bring this historic piece of popular culture to the big screen.”
Monopoly continues to be one of Hasbro’s biggest brands, enjoying worldwide recognition and consumer engagement across a range of immersive touchpoints, from online and mobile gaming to Gamepath Entertainment’s Monopoly Lifesized, an immersive, physical version of the world’s favourite family game played on a 15mx15m Monopoly board. In physical gaming, a Barbie Monopoly launched in August 2023, while this year Hasbro is launching Monopoly Go, a family party game of sliding tokens and cash-grabbing fun. In this up-and-active version of Monopoly, players take turns sliding their tokens down the long 3-foot gameboard. At the end of each round, players collect or pay cash based on where their tokens ended up.
In a recent interview with American magazine Variety, Margot discussed her hopes for future LuckyChap productions, saying: ““We want to make more films that have the effect that Barbie has. I don’t know if it has to be Barbie 2. Why can’t it be another big, original, bold idea where we get an amazing filmmaker, a big budget to play with, and the trust of a huge conglomerate behind them to go and really play? I want to do that.”
