Netflix to try to port "Monopoly" to TV again

[Bob F]

Thirty-plus years after Merrrrrrv did it as a summer fill-in for ABC (article at the blog of the Strong National Museum of Play, which you can visit in downtown Rochester, NY), Netflix buys a fresh take from Studio Lambert (The Traitors) and Hasbro... at the end is a link to a casting call, no word on a location but Imma take a stab at Albuquerque:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/monopoly-competition-series-netflix-1236646527/ (link)

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[Jim Ellwanger]

The contestant application asks you to affirm that you have a valid passport - I know people sometimes think you need one to travel to New Mexico, but I'm going to guess instead that they're planning on producing it in the U.K.

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[Mark Jeffries]

Considering that Studio Lambert (a former division of All3Media that will now be a division of Banijay) is UK-based, yeah.

It should be noted that King World licensed Monopoly for a TV version and when they contractually brought it to Merv first, he turned them down. After KW flailed about on the actual format, they begged Merv to take a pass at it. That got on the air, along with the first prime time version of "Jeopardy!" as a backup (didn't work, as both shows were dumped on Saturday night by ABC).

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[M-D November]

Strangely, the application also asks potential contestants to talk about the strategy they'd use, but doesn't provide any detail about the actual gameplay.  Are contestants supposed to assume that the game will be played exactly like its boxed source material?

[Adam Bowie]

100% this is being filmed in the UK. Studio Lambert is British, and they make the US version of The Traitors here as well as things like Squid Games The Challenge for Netflix. Indeed, the application form specifically mentions only the US and the UK for passports (I assume they want to make sure that a contestant they fly to the UK, they can actually fly back into the US afterwards!). 

The gameplay thing is strange given that I'd imagine it'll be a completely new take on Monopoly based on other shows that they make. But I guess they're looking for general things like "I'll be nice and friendly towards the other players, before I stab them in the back when the time comes..." or whatever. What I will say about Studio Lambert is that casting is their big thing. They spend a long time doing it, and the success of their shows always comes from the casting. It's slightly different with celebrity versions of shows, but for the general public, it's key. Plus it doesn't have to be everyone being nasty about everyone. One of their most successful shows in the UK is Race Across the World (think The Amazing Race, but a bit more stylish and not limited forced game elements) is really a success purely on how they cast, and the stories those people have to tell.

Adam

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