Hasbro cleans out the attic in search of movie gold

You'd think that the less-than-stellar box office performance of "Battleship" might have caused the folks at Hasbro to take a step back and rethink the idea of turning board games into feature films. Not so though as hollywoodreporter is reporting that the game maker has signed a production deal to bring "Monopoly", "Action Man" and (the one all America has been waiting for) "Hungry, Hungry Hippos" to the big screen over the next few years.

The provenance of the poster on the left is hard to pin down but the fan-made one sheet itself is priceless. (It also reveals some possible synergy between HHH and Battleship that could be exploited. Hollywood take note.)