As Lionsgate takes over the rights to the game adaptationCan Andrew Niccol succeed where Ridley Scott has apparently thrown in the towel? Lionsgate and Hasbro appear to think so, as the studio and the toy company have handed scripting duty on the Monopoly adaptation to the Gattaca man.Scott had been trying for several years to use the game as a launching point for a fantasy adventure, but to no avail.