Pitt-fall
The Bra in Brangelina just signed a deal to develop and star in a franchise based on a videogame that hasn't even come out yet. The game -- aptly titled Dark Void -- follows a pilot who crashes into the Bermuda Triangle and find himself on an alternate earth where sophisticated aliens are about to invade.
Verdict: Wow. This is as bad an idea as Dennis Hopper in the Super Mario Brothers movie, or . . . well, Angelina Jolie in the Tomb Raider movie.

Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea = Chum
Disney's big-budget remake of the Kirk Douglas classic, which they hoped would kick off a Pirates of the Caribbean-style ATM machine of sequels, was supposed to start shooting in February in Mexico, where elaborate sets have already been built. With a $150 million budget, Charlie's Angels/Terminator Salvation director McG behind the camera, and a recent pricey rewrite from Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon, expectations were high. But the new head of Disney's film production just axed the movie, which was the last project greenlit by his predecessor.
Verdict: Professional sour grapes? Nope, Terminator Salvation was just that bad.

Move Over Universal Studios, Here Comes Fellini Land
The Italian studio Cinecitta -- founded by Mussolini in 1937 to generate propaganda films -- is constructing an $800 million theme park with attractions based on its best known productions, like Ben Hur, La Dolce Vita, and Fellini's Satyricon and 8 1/2.
Verdict: Chariot races, employees dressed as drunken dwarf clowns, orgies, and a big fuzzy Il Duce mascot? This actually has potential.

Oh, So That's What the Monopoly Movie's About. Yep, Still Sucks.
Frank Beddor, who came up with the core story of the board game adaptation that somehow has Ridley Scott ready to direct, recently explained to the L.A. Times the big concept that'll shut down all the naysayers. A guy who's really, really good at Monopoly falls asleep while he's playing and wakes up in a land where everyone pays in Monopoly money, and there's a car and a thimble and a. . . . Yeah, it's like that, and he plays "the evil Parker Brothers" in, you guessed it, Monopoly. Ready for the lock? "There's all these sight gags." And you thought Scott was at his best with Blade Runner!
Verdict: There's no way this makes it to the screen, someone with some common sense will have to pull the plug. Fine, we all have Monopoly. But has anyone ever played it to the end?

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