In 1985, director Jonathan Lynn adapted the popular board game “Clue” into a movie starring Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, and Christopher Lloyd. Outside of a five-part mini-series for The Hub (now Discovery Family) in 2011, it hasn’t been on the big or small screen since. However, a new deal between Hasbro and Sony may change that.
Sony‘s TriStar Pictures and Sony Pictures Television have closed a deal with Hasbro for the film and TV rights to the game.
“Sony is the perfect partner to adapt a property as culturally impactful and mystery-defining as ‘Clue,’” Zev Foreman and Gabriel Maranosaid, Heads of Hasbro Film and TV, said. “Nicole Brown, Katherine Pope, and their teams are tremendous creative collaborators and ideal partners to help us figure out after 75 years if it was Colonel Mustard in the conservatory with the candlestick.”
First released in 1949 under the name “Cluedo,” the board game has been a murder-centric, but family-friendly hit for decades. It has sold more than 150 million copies worldwide. In the game, players try to find out who killed Mr. Boddy, and with that weapon. Suspects include characters like Colonel Mustard and Miss Scarlett with possible weapons like a lead pipe or a rope.
Other Adaptations
Given “Clue”’s popularity there have been several other attempts at adapting it for the big and small screen. At one point, Universal attempted to develop a film version starring Ryan Reynolds. Fox also tried to make an animated “Clue” series, but neither came to fruition.
This latest attempt to adapt “Clue” will add to Hasbro’s new or in-the-works laundry list of adaptations. Other projects include “Transformers,” “GI Joe,” “Dungeons & Dragons,” “Magic: The Gathering,” and “Monopoly.”
We’ll keep you posted on updates about Sony’s adaptation of “Clue” as they become available. The 1985 film currently streams on Paramount+, Pluto TV, and Showtime. The 2011 miniseries is available on Tubi.
