By Borys Kit
“Ouija” is slowly moving toward the “yes” symbol.
Universal has tapped “Tron Legacy” writers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz to pen the board game-to-screen adaptation, which is being produced by Platinum Dunes’ Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form as well as Brian Goldner and Bennett Schneir of Hasbro.
The studio is looking at the project as a supernatural action-adventure movie. It is possible that certain rules of the game — never use it alone, never use it in a graveyard, always say good-bye — figure into the plot.
Ouija boards, also known as spirit or talking boards, have been used to communicate with the spirit world for more than 200 decades. The board as its known today was manufactured by William Fuld in the 1890s, then acquired by Parker Bros. in 1966. Since then, 12 million copies have been sold, according to Hasbro, which acquired Parker Bros. in 1991.
Universal senior vp production Scott Bernstein and director of development Franklin Leonard will oversee the project.
In addition to “Tron,” Kitsis and Horowitz, repped by WME, are writers/executive producers on ABC’s “Lost.”
"communicate with the spirit world for more than 200 decades"
Don't you mean 200 YEARS? 200 DECADES would make that since BC became AD
Posted by: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=840104585 | November 03, 2009 at 08:13 AM
Looking forward to it. Maybe they can use our modern version that is an app for the iPhone http://www.believeittour.com/apps
Posted by: Michael Esordi | November 05, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Didn't Robin Williams already make a film similar to this? Jumanji? I know it's different, but I found that movie pretty entertaining as a kid.
Posted by: vitamin d | December 07, 2009 at 09:45 PM