Man, I’ve been sayin’ this for years, and someone finally listened. Make movies out of board games! Universal finally figured it out I guess. Check out what Variety had to say about it:

Universal Pictures has announced a six-year partnership with Hasbro to produce at least four feature films based on branded properties.

The properties include “Monopoly,” “Candy Land,” “Clue,” “Ouija,” “Battleship,” “Magic, The Gathering” and “Stretch Armstrong.”

Besides the fact that Clue is already a movie, I think Hollywood is finally moving in the right direction. We’ve exhausted comic books, TV shows, video games, and books as inspirations for movies, so what’s left? Come up with original ideas? Psh, screw that. Board games, baby. I’ve been workin’ on some spec scripts ever since the strike ended, and I think you’ll like what’s comin’ atchya in the summer of 2009.

Chess: The Movie - An army of white dudes versus an army of black dudes. Think Crash meets Braveheart. Racism and war, the ultimate combo. Chris Tucker as the Black Rook, yellin’ stuff like “DAMN! I LOOK LIKE A CASTLE!” and Nic Cage as the adventurous, cocky White Knight. Then Chris could yell something like “Why in the hell does WHITE get to move first?!” And at the end they team up to take down the White King. Hell yeah, take the Man down a peg! Tagline: “Checkmate, bro.”

BOGGLE: The Movie - It’s the year 2029, and a new, ultra-violent sport is sweeping the nation: B.O.G.G.L.E. (Battle of Gorgeous Girls Losing Extremities) Wendy McBreasts is a lowly farm-girl who dreams of playing in the big leagues one day, to take down Suzie O’Villainous, who murdered Wendy’s mother 10 years ago. Two enter the B.O.G.G.L.E. arena..and only one can leave alive. Also, at some point during the match they have to find words or something. Tagline: “Hot chicks totally fighting each other! And explosions!”

Life: The Motion Picture - Think National Lampoon’s Vacation meets Road Trip meets Life (the Eddie Murphy one). A dude decides to live his entire life driving across the country in a monochromatic station wagon, experiencing life as he goes. He picks up a wife, gets a job, maybe a few kids who have to sit in the back, a house, and then a whooole lot of wackiness! Along the way he runs into taxes, insurance, and eventually retirement! Maybe a Tom Green cameo. A guy can dream, right? Tagline: “Bob just got a life sentence…of hilarity!”