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The forthcoming film will be produced and developed by Hasbro's Brian Goldner and Bennett Schneir as well as Overbrook Entertainment's James Lassiter, says The Hollywood Reporter.
Columbia Pictures president Doug Belgrad said: "Hasbro has already seen tremendous success with Transformers and GI Joe and audiences have shown a great desire for films that bring to life everything that has made these franchise properties stand the test of time.
"The strategic thinking and the tactical gambles that players must take in the game are what make Risk a classic, thoroughly engaging game. Those elements translated into an action-packed, thrilling story are what will make this a uniquely exciting movie."
In the game, players vie for world domination by amassing armies and occupying territories. It was invented by French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse in 1957 as La Conquete du Monde (The Conquest of the World). Two years later, Parker Brothers published the game in the US as Risk.
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