‘Monopoly’: Buyers Roll The Dice On Hot Reality Competition Series Based On Classic Board Game
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: A slew of broadcast networks and streamers are battling it out to pass go on an unscripted TV adaptation of classic board game Monopoly.
The project, which comes from Hasbro Entertainment, has been heating up the reality TV marketplace in recent weeks. The Monopoly series is looking to bring the legendary game to the real world in a large-scale social experiment contest.
Strategy, alliances, and cutthroat competition will collide as contestants battle for fortune and navigate the fine line between capitalism and chaos.
Players will test their friendships, acquire riches, and try to own it all by any means necessary. Hasbro said that around a half a billion copies of the game have been sold in more than 100 countries around the world since 1935 when the Parker Brothers began licensing the game for sale outside of the U.S.
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