Beau Willimon, Netflix’s creator House of cards, is overseeing a TV remake of a classic board game Risk after signing an initial agreement with Hasbro-owned eOne.
Willimon, who also created Hulu’s space drama The first, will write and oversee the development of a serial adaptation of the strategy game, which was created by Albert Lamorisse in 1957 and has become one of the most popular board games in history.
It turns out that Willimon and Jordan Tappis’s producer Westward signed a multi-year contract with The Beginner and Sharp objects eOne producer.
It is the last Hasbro property developed by eOne after it was acquired by the toy giant in 2019 for about $ 4 billion. The company is working on TV and film adaptations of Power Rangers with Jonathan Entwistle, while Deadline revealed that The Clarkson Twins, Amazon’s writers Wheel of Time, are one of several writers working on TV adaptations of Dungeons and Dragons. On the film side, eOne is also working on projects at Hasbro’s Monopoly, with Kevin Hart, Action Man, GI Joe and Track.
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Risk is a game that mixes diplomacy and conflict and conquers with up to six players competing on a board that represents a political map of the world, divided into 42 territories on six continents. They control armies, whose actions are determined by data papers.
“As we continue to build eOne’s world-class content list, we couldn’t think of more perfect partners than Beau and Jordan – whose award-winning narrative and imagination are among the best in the business,” said Michael Lombardo, president, Global Television, eOne. “At Beau, we find an incredible combination of brilliant producer, singular creator and avid fan of Risk. We can’t wait to work with him and the rest of the Westward team to reimagine that brand and more. “
“All of us at Westward are excited to join forces with eOne to bring life to life some of the most successful IPs on the market, as well as partners in our extensive list of scripted television programs. We look forward to developing Risk as our first project together ”, added Willimon and Tappis.