Margot Robbie is making a Monopoly movie – and people are wondering if it should go away

It seems that people think this idea should go straight to prison.

Margot Robbie doesn't mess around when it comes to collecting game IPs like they're crazy Pokémon cards. According to Variety, Lionsgate announced at CinemaCon on Wednesday that it will be working with Robbie's production company LuckyChap to produce a Monopoly movie.

The announcement comes just weeks after the “Barbie” star and producer announced that he would direct a film based on the popular life simulation video game series “The Sims.”

Although The Sims movie could offer endless plot possibilities, including guiding an all-knowing Sims character through the joys of raising a family or dealing with werewolves on a bicycle, a movie based on Monopoly would likely just be a repeat the theme of the game.

However, it would be nice to see the film delve into the board game's rather tricky origins.

According to Smithsonian magazine, in 1904, a woman named Lizzie Magie received a patent for a small invention she called the “Landlord's Game.”. Magie's stated goal of the game was to “demonstrate the evils inherent in the accumulation of vast wealth at the expense of others.”

The Landlord's Game was sold for a time by a New York-based publisher, but people began making homemade versions of the game, including a man named Charles Darrow, who eventually sold a bootleg version of the game to Parker Brothers in 1935. Darrow called his version of Monopoly.

According to the Washington Post, Darrow ended up making a fortune from the board game, while Magie received just $500 from Parker Brothers for her patent, allowing the toy and game maker to have full control of Monopoly and similar games.

With this knowledge in mind, the film “Monopoly” could be an interesting commentary on the dangers of capitalism and copyright infringement (you know, a man claiming a woman's idea). Or It could be a 90-minute advertisement for an already successful product.

The story goes on

However you roll the dice, people on X, formerly Twitter, are making a lot of jokes about the film in the community.

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