Universal is ready to play with the Ouija board again
Much like the way simplistic Ouija messages can be extrapolated into ghost stories lasting approximately 90 minutes in length with potential for sequels, Hasbro remains intent on turning the age-old game of pushing a planchette around a letter board into a movie. And while Hasbro once did much of that pushing itself, forcing the planchette to land on “McG” and “$100 million family-friendly supernatural adventure” until Universal got spooked and said it didn’t want to play anymore, Deadline reports that the studio has now stopped crying and agreed to try again with a 2013 release date. However, this time Hasbro has to cut $95 million from the budget, and quit making it spell out the names of directors who are too expensive.