Andrew Niccol is writing the screenplay Read the full article on AICN In the second outlandish writing hire story of the day, it looks like famed writer-director Andrew Niccol will be writing the MONOPOLY movie. I can’t decide if that’s more or less ridiculous than the idea that RIDLEY SCOTT was going to direct at one point, but I definitely have higher hopes for it now. Niccol won’t be directing the film, at least at this time, but Lionsgate and Hasbro are continuing to exhibit a surprising amount of ambition in the project by hiring someone on his caliber for the script.