From Tron to Ouija?
Mon, November 2, 2009 
Played plenty of board-games during my younger years, but Ouija was never one of them. So reading the news (via Heat Vision) that Universal is moving forward on a film adaptation doesn’t send any kind of feeling – good or bad. I’m 100% indifferent towards the project.
The studio has put the screenwriting duo of Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz (whose credits include various episodes of the short-lived Birds of Prey, Lost and the forthcoming Tron Legacy) up to task for making it worthwhile. They’re apparently aiming at something in the “supernatural action-adventure” genre.
No director is attached at the moment although Platinum Dunes are behind this. So heads Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller will be listed as producers. Whether they’ll be actively involved or just have their names slapped on and cash a fat check with zero participation (read: Jon Peters on the Superman movies) remains to be seen.
I wish them the best of luck. Maybe it could surprise us all. But like I said, this isn’t a property that gets a reaction outta me. Granted, I'm also not paying too terribly much attention to the other "board games-turned-franchise" adaptations like Ridley Scott's Monopoly (Russell Crowe as Uncle Money Bags?) or Peter Berg's Battleship.
Still waiting for the announcement of Guillermo del Toro's Candyland or Alexander Payne's The Game of Life.
Reader Comments (1)
Wouldn't a remake of the 80's horror Witchboard be more effective?
Ouija? Look, it may just be a harmless thing to some, but I don't think I'd classify it as "a board game" in the same league as "Battleship" or "Candyland".
There are many people who take the Ouija board seriously, either as an actual means of communicating with the spirit world or to drive themselves bonkers into thinking that they are.