Kevin Lima to Direct Candyland
By Mali Elfman
Wow. Forget about remakes, let’s talk about things that shouldn’t be made into movies. They’re actually doing it. They’re actually making Candyland into a movie. I’m worried. I really am. Universal Pictures has set Etan Cohen to write and Kevin Lima to direct a live-action feature based on the board game.
According to Variety:
Project is the first film to emerge from the deal U made last February with Hasbro, whose properties are the basis for the summer tentpole films “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” and “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.”
The tyke-friendly board game isn’t as obvious an inspiration for a movie project as those other Hasbro brands, but the studio has tapped talent adept at comedy and family fare.
I am very wary about this film. Although Lima did a great job with Enchanted, a film that could have been very bad very fast, I still don’t know how he’s going to pull this one off. And Cohen may have worked on Tropic Thunder, but he also worked on Madagascar 2.
Sounds like a risk! What do you think? And who do you think should be in it? I autamatically jump to Amy Adams because she’s so sweet, but who knows what angle they’re going with. Maybe Isla Fisher?
