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I kinda support this. I had no idea about it's birth and history. Deadline reports
Turtletaub and Saraf will produce the Monopoly origins movie with Diane Nabatoff (Narc). Howard A. Rodman will write the script based on Mary Pilon‘s nonfiction book The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World’s Favorite Board Game, about the invention of the game, and Ralph Anspach‘s memoir The Billion Dollar Monopoly Swindle. No director, stars, or studio has been set.
The history of Monopoly could actually make for a pretty interesting movie. True to the spirit of the game, it involves a lot of people getting screwed over by ruthless capitalists. The commonly accepted myth is that Charles Darrow invented Monopoly in the 1930s, saving himself and Parker Bros. from ruin. But the truth is that Monopoly was actually invented in 1903 by Elizabeth Magie, as teaching tool meant to demonstrate the dangers of monopolies.
Her original version, called The Landlord’s Game, actually had two sets of rules — one in which individuals won by creating monopolies, and another in which everyone was rewarded when wealth was created. It was the former version that caught on, and years later Darrow encountered the game and sold it to Parker Bros. as his own creation. The company bought out her patent for The Landlord’s Game for $500, while Darrow struck a deal for royalties and earned millions.
Magie’s role in Monopoly’s creation wasn’t truly made public until the 1970s, when Anspach, an economics professor, invented his own game called Anti-Monopoly. His intention was to battle the harmful pro-monopolist lessons taught by the mainstream game. He wound up battling the Parker Bros. in court for over a decade, and over the course of research for his case uncovered the truth about Magie and Monopoly.
I had no idea about the book, but after reading this book review I think a movie would be an awesome idea!The history of Monopoly could actually make for a pretty interesting movie. True to the spirit of the game, it involves a lot of people getting screwed over by ruthless capitalists. The commonly accepted myth is that Charles Darrow invented Monopoly in the 1930s, saving himself and Parker Bros. from ruin. But the truth is that Monopoly was actually invented in 1903 by Elizabeth Magie, as teaching tool meant to demonstrate the dangers of monopolies.
Her original version, called The Landlord’s Game, actually had two sets of rules — one in which individuals won by creating monopolies, and another in which everyone was rewarded when wealth was created. It was the former version that caught on, and years later Darrow encountered the game and sold it to Parker Bros. as his own creation. The company bought out her patent for The Landlord’s Game for $500, while Darrow struck a deal for royalties and earned millions.
Magie’s role in Monopoly’s creation wasn’t truly made public until the 1970s, when Anspach, an economics professor, invented his own game called Anti-Monopoly. His intention was to battle the harmful pro-monopolist lessons taught by the mainstream game. He wound up battling the Parker Bros. in court for over a decade, and over the course of research for his case uncovered the truth about Magie and Monopoly.
