Reality Competition Series Based on MONOPOLY Lands at Netflix
Netflix has landed the reality competition series adaptation of the classic board game Monopoly after a competitive bidding process.
The deal is the latest IP move for Netflix in the unscripted space, which has been ramping up strategy for broad, big-ticket reality shows that can work in the streaming space.
The streamer had success with Squid Game: The Challenge; is working on The Golden Ticket, a competition series set in the world of Willy Wonka; and is developing other projects that have IP tie-ins as well.
The Monopoly series is hoping to bring the legendary game to the real world in a large-scale social-experiment contest. Strategy, alliances and cutthroat competition will collide as contestants battle for fortune and navigate the fine line between capitalism and chaos. Players will test their friendships, acquire riches and try to own it all by any means necessary.
A half-billion copies of the Monopoly game have been sold in more than 100 countries around the world since 1935, when the Parker Brothers began licensing the game for sale outside of the U.S. In 2023, Scopely released the mobile game Monopoly Go!
It is separate from a feature film adaptation of the game, which is in the works from Lionsgate and Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap with John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, who wrote Apple TV+’s Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh movie Mayday, penning the script.
Hasbro Entertainment also is behind game shows based on two other classic board games – Trivial Pursuit and Scrabble, which have been turned into game shows by Lionsgate Alternative Television for The CW.
via: Deadline