Universal Pictures is sweet on "Candy Land."

Studio has set Etan Cohen to write and Kevin Lima to direct a live-action feature based on the enduring Hasbro board game.

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.

Lima most recently directed the Amy Adams starrer "Enchanted" after helming the animated features "Tarzan" and "102 Dalmatians." Cohen's recent script work includes "Tropic Thunder" and "Madagascar 2," and he most recently rewrote "The Fiance," the Burr Steers-directed romantic comedy that will star Anne Hathaway.

Producer is Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner. Christopher Chase will be executive producer.



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Ahh I loved this game as a child...

that game is terrible

i hate it

they also recently changed Queen Frostine to Princess Frostine

ruins the rhyme

reminds me of the time when I was nine or something and two girls were fighting over who got to be the princess instead of the queen. I told them queens are better because they are the mothers of the princesses and have more power

i think one girl wanted to but then the other girl reminded her that queens are older than princesses

then it was back to square one

bullshit.

it's so awesome, it makes me want to spawn just so i'll have someone to play it w/ me.

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hi ho cherry-o rules ass too.

they should make a movie out of that.

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It's just glorified Snakes and Ladders. Why don't they film that? Sounds like it could be awesome. I want it turned into an action flick featuring Vin Diesel vs The Rock.

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