It was the Butler with the Knife in the Library, right? Well, we get to find out who Hollywood decides to be the killer in everyone’s favorite mystery board game, Clue, as it sounds like it will be back on the big screen. All the talk of Professor Plum and Mrs. Peacock got us thinking about other board games that would make great movies. Do we really need to suffer through another corny remake? Of course not, so here’s some free ideas for all the screen writers out there:
Hippo
Hungry Hippos – If Hollywood can make monsters out of dogs, sharks and alligators, why not hippos? They kill more people worldwide than any other animal. Just imagine a family on an African safari gone bad. Their only hope for escape is feed them the other families in the truck. Hey, It can’t be worse than Anaconda.
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Archive for February 28th, 2009
6 More Boardgames That Could Be Movies
Saturday, February 28th, 2009$25 Billion to Promote Electric Cars Is Untouched
Saturday, February 28th, 2009The future of the American auto industry is getting off to a slow start.
The Energy Department has $25 billion to make loans to hasten the arrival of the next generation of automotive technology — electric-powered cars. But no money has been allocated so far, even though the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan program, established in 2007, has received applications from 75 companies, including start-ups as well as the three Detroit automakers.
With General Motors and Chrysler making repeat visits to Washington to ask for bailout money to stave off insolvency, some members of Congress are starting to ask why the Energy Department money is not flowing yet. The loans also are intended to help fulfill President Obama’s campaign promise of putting one million electric cars on American roads by 2015.
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