Go directly to movie jail: Margot Robbie’s Monopoly film is a very depressing idea
by Adam White
Apr 11, 2024
4 minutes
What should we expect from Margot Robbie’s Monopoly movie? Metaphors for the evils of capitalism? Dastardly landlords waging war on young renters? Emerald Fennell as a gender-flipped Mr Moneybags? The possibilities are endless. And chilling.
Announced overnight, Robbie’s Monopoly will be a live-action take on the classic board game, and a collaboration between Lionsgate, the toymakers at Hasbro, and Robbie’s production company LuckyChap. It’s another bold play by Robbie following Barbie last year, a movie that proved that a universally recognisable brand can be mined for creative potential, score a, and make buckets and buckets of cash.
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