{"id":54498,"date":"2011-06-10T22:58:44","date_gmt":"2011-06-11T05:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=54498"},"modified":"2011-06-10T22:58:44","modified_gmt":"2011-06-11T05:58:44","slug":"screen-writer-john-hlavin-to-pen-risk-board-game-script","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2011\/06\/10\/screen-writer-john-hlavin-to-pen-risk-board-game-script\/","title":{"rendered":"Screen Writer John Hlavin To Pen Risk Board Game Script"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Columbia Pictures is moving forward with their adaption of Risk the board game.\u00a0 Ready to pump some life into the Hasbro game, that hit the market back in the late 1950&#8217;s under a different name, the movie giant has signed a deal with John Hlavin to write a script.\u00a0 Risk will play out in modern day times, with an action thriller theme.\u00a0 How Hlavin plans on bringing the board game to life isn\u2019t know as of yet, but there should be plenty to play from since the major focus of the game is world domination.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first game to be adapted for the big screen.\u00a0 Friday Night Lights director Peter Berg just finished up on the big screen adaption of Battleship with Rihanna and Taylor Kitsch. And don&#8217;t forget about McG&#8217;s Ouija!\u00a0 Casting news for Risk should be coming down the pike shortly.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll keep you posted.<\/p>\n<p>John Hlavin&#8217;s writing credits include episodes of The Shield and the TV series LAX.\u00a0 He has also worked on Trust Me, the small screen series Day Break, E-Ring and the well known  feature The Gunslinger.\u00a0 What do you think of Risk as a big screen adaption?\u00a0 Let us know below.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54520\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54520\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/risk_movie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/risk_movie.jpg\" alt=\"Risk\" title=\"Risk\" width=\"280\" height=\"306\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/risk_movie.jpg 280w, 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