News > Gore Verbinski to direct 'Clue' remake

Universal has attached Gore Verbinski to develop Clue, a live-action murder mystery based on the Hasbro board game that he would direct. A previous film version was released in 1985.

Verbinski will produce through his U-based Blind Wink banner, along with Hasbro’s Brian Goldner and Bennett Schneir, who also have an overall deal at the studio.

Clue is one of the few board games to surpass $1 billion in sales, in more than 50 markets. It was developed in England by a retired legal clerk named Anthony Pratt during WWII and released in 1948. 

According to Variety, Clue will be turned into a mystery that Blind Wink senior veep Jonathan Krauss called "A global thriller and transmedia event that uses deductive reasoning as its storytelling engine."

Hasbro has Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra, both of which will be distributed by Paramount this summer. At Universal, Hasbro hatched Stretch Armstrong, which just set Steve Oedekerk as writer; the Ridley Scott-directed Monopoly; Candyland, which Etan Cohen (Tropic Thunder) is writing for Kevin Lima to direct; and Ouija, which is being produced by Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes banner. 

Verbinski will next direct Bioshock for U.

Verbinski followed the Pirates of the Caribbean films by directing the animated Paramount feature Rango with Johnny Depp.