MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired the motion picture rights to produce RISK, the classic board game brand of world conquest from Hasbro.

The film will be produced and developed by Hasbro’s Brian Goldner and Bennett Schneir and Overbrook Entertainment’s James Lassiter.

Columbia Pictures presidents Doug Belgrad said, "Hasbro has already seen tremendous success with Transformers and G.I. Joe and audiences have shown a great desire for films that bring to life everything that has made these franchise properties stand the test of time. The strategic thinking and the tactical gambles that players must take in the game are what make RISK a classic, thoroughly engaging game. Those elements translated into an action-packed, thrilling story are what will make this a uniquely exciting movie."

Lassiter added, "We are excited to be working with Hasbro and Columbia Pictures on bringing such a beloved and well-known game to life on the big screen. We have two television projects currently in development with Hasbro Studios and look forward to this collaboration."

"We are thrilled to be working with tremendous partners like Sony Pictures and Overbrook Entertainment on RISK. Like so many of Hasbro’s brands, RISK resonates with consumers of multiple generations around the world. We can’t wait to re-imagine this brand into a motion picture," said Hasbro, Inc president and CEO Brian Goldner.

The game was invented in 1957 by French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse as La Conquête du Monde (The Conquest of the World). Two years later, Parker Brothers published the game in the US as Risk.