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"Candy Land" Coming to Big Screen!

by Jane Boursaw on February 4th, 2009

Wheeeeeee … "Candy Land" is coming to the big screen courtesy of Universal Pictures.

Yep, Variety is reporting that the classic board game will soon be a live-action movie with Kevin Lima directing and Etan Cohen on board as writer.

I’m just not really feelin’ this one, people. Would it be a kid’s movie? A fantasy movie like "Enchanted"?

I’m guessing the second one, because Lima most recently directed Amy Adams in "Enchanted." Then again, Cohen recently wrote "Tropic Thunder," so that’s a pretty big stretch between those two movies!

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3 opinions for "Candy Land" Coming to Big Screen!

  • Nikki
    Feb 5, 2009 at 7:23 am

    Whhhhatttt??? I’m so confused as to how there is actually a plot around this game!!! Perhaps the Dora Candy Land like my kids have :)

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    Feb 5, 2009 at 6:40 pm

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  • dmarks
    Feb 5, 2009 at 8:07 pm

    The only other board-game movie I can think of is “Clue”. I never saw it, but I hear of it from time to time, so I guess it is just not so awful.

    There are other odd film niches, such as videogame movies. I think there is yet to be a good one.

    And don’t forget movies based on theme-park rides. There were actually a few until they got it right with the first “Pirates” movie.

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