After working as the protagonist and producer of “Barbie”, considered the highest-grossing film of 2023 with a “purse” of more than $1.4 billion dollars, Margot Robbie The famous doll will try to repeat the stratospheric success with its new project: a film about the board game “Monopoly.”
From CinemaCon 2024, one of the most important film events of the year where future projects from a large number of studios are announced, it was revealed that the actress of Australian origin will serve as producer of the famous game created by Elizabeth Magie in 1903 and patented, under the name of Monopolyby Charles Darrow in 1935, in a live-action version.
Even without an exact release date for the film, it will have the support of the studio Lionsgate as well as Hasbro Entertainment and the producer of Robbiecall LuckyChap.
Margot Robbie seeks to repeat her success with “Barbie”
Until now, and after the news was revealed, no further details were given about the plot of the film because it is in an early stage of development.
Likewise, it was not revealed if the Oscar nominee for “I, Tonya” will have an additional participation in the film as part of the cast or will simply fulfill her duties as a producer.
In accordance with Adams Fogelsonboss Lionsgatethe tape of “Monopoly” aims to become a “blockbuster” due to the involvement of Robbie and her company, co-founded with her husband Tom Ackerley and his partner Josie McNamarathe success achieved with “Barbie” and its vision regarding the story to be shown.
“They are exceptional producers who choose their projects with a lot of thought and care, and they join ‘Monopoly’ with a clear point of view.”
In recent weeks, various media revealed that Margot Robbiethrough its same production company, had begun the production of a film based on the famous social simulation video game called “The Sims”, which is until now considered the best-selling computer game in history.
Given this, and due to the similarity of her new projects, everything seems to indicate that the Australian actress intends to repeat the enormous success achieved with “Barbie” in 2023, which, in addition to becoming the highest-grossing film of the previous year, also won a large number of awards in the last awards season as well as a warm reception from the public and critics.
The film is expected to begin production this year for release between 2026 and 2027.
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