Few months ago we had a little chat about the project titled Ouija, an upcoming Universal’s adaptation of the well known board game, when we reported that McG will be on board to direct the whole thing.
So, you probably remember that Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz were set to pen the screenplay, but now it looks that’s not going to happen after all. Today we’re here for a little update because we just learned that The Lion King 1 ½ writer, Evan Spiliotopoulos, has been brought in to rewrite the script for Ouija.
Let us remind you that Ouija made its debut in 1966, selling over 12 million copies for Parker Brothers. Hasbro acquired the game in 1991: A Ouija board, also known as a spirit board or talking board, is a flat board marked with letters, numbers, and other symbols, supposedly used to communicate with spirits.
It uses a planchette (small heart-shaped piece of wood) or movable indicator to indicate the spirit’s message by spelling it out on the board during a séance. The fingers of the séance participants are placed on the planchette, which then moves about the board to spell out messages.
This time, we’ll have a chance to watch “a family adventure story in the vein of ‘The Mummy’ and ‘Indiana Jones’.” At least, that’s how they already describe the upcoming adaptation.
As for Spiliotopoulos, he’s probably best known from Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure titles, and he also did a draft of Wanted 2 and worked on the comic book adaptation Agnes Quill.
Ouija is set to be released on November 9th, 2012.
