Hasbro Rolls Die on Another Board Game Movie

Djenga Unchained is Hasbro‘s newest movie-board game crossover set to hit theatres Winter 2015.

Following the Summer 2012 box office sinking of Battleship, Hasbro representatives still believe there is a large potential for movie-board game crossovers to pass go and collect a big payday from moviegoers. Barbara Finigan, Hasbro’s Chief Legal Officer, is looking to license its board game catalogue and has approached major film studios including Universal and Warner Bros. The essence of Hasbro’s strategy is partnering its portfolio of games with successful films in order to benefit from these films’ pre-existing fan bases.

“We’ve looked at partnering with many producers to create a new spin on the movie industry, combining our board game concepts loosely woven within the plots of recent box office successes. We expect big things and we hope moviegoers can expect much of the same,” Finigan told reporters.

The expected first release will feature Jenga, the classic game of physical and mental skill and along with academy award-nominated, Django Unchained. The aptly named Djenga Unchained is due to be released in Winter 2015 and is already generating a buzz in online communities. Hasbro has also proposed some other titles including the Trivial Pursuit of Happyness and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels of Monkeys, however these concepts are still in development and will unlikely not reach box office audiences before 2016.

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Basement Dweller Confused by Batman Announcement

In addition to the release of the Batman-Superman feature (due to hit theaters July 17, 2015), Warner Bros. have also announced a plan to write Ben Affleck into a new 3-part comic book series called ‘Batman: Affleckted.’

An announcement made by Greg Silverman, Warner Bros’ President of Creative Development and Worldwide Production regarding Ben Affleck’s role as Batman in the untitled sequel to Man Of Steel was met with great backlash by fans early this morning.

Adrian Palmer, 34 year-old comic book enthusiast and occupant of his parents’ basement, was one of many irritated fans who left the comfort of their soft light desk lamps to face the sun in a collection held outside of Warner Brother studios in protest of the announcement.

“I can’t fathom how DC Comics could alter the historical origins of Batman. [Affleck] is incapable of portraying a modern adaptation of our hero; Bruce Wayne has been Batman for three quarters of a century,” stated Palmer, before promptly rushing to the bathroom to deal with an ‘anger-related’ nosebleed.

Representatives of Warner Bros held a public question panel following the announcement to alleviate crowd worries and concerns. Unfortunately following our interview, Palmer (in his absence) was unable to receive clarification that, “Ben Affleck will not be written as a replacement to Bruce Wayne, but rather the latest depiction of the multi-billionaire playboy.”

It is unclear as to whether Palmer ever did receive clarification as he has been unavailable for comment and remained offline from his usual internet forums for nearly 24 hours.

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