The board game name "Cluedo" (a contraction of "clue" and "ludo") was
too difficult for Americans to understand, so they renamed it as "Clue"
... because so few of them 'have a clue'. :-p
(The game's original name was actually "Murder!", but the game
publisher renamed it.)

This is a second show to be 'based on' the board game.


Peacock Orders TV Show Based on Classic Board Game
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Peacock has finally granted a series order to the upcoming
scripted TV adaptation of Clue, based on the iconic Hasbro
board game of the same name. This comes nearly two months
after Netflix ordered a reality competition series, which
will also be inspired by the classic murder mystery game.
Both projects are part of Sony Pictures' 2024 deal with
Hasbro for the movie and TV rights to the classic board
game.

What do we know about Peacock's Clue TV show?
"Clue brings a modern twist to the colorful cast of iconic
characters. When a group of strangers is invited to an
eccentric billionaire's murder mystery night to solve the
famous questions - who, where, and with what - they quickly
discover that nothing is what it seems to be, and the stakes
are even higher than life or death," reads the logline.

The Peacock adaptation will be written and executive-produced
by showrunner Dana Fox, with Nicholas Stoller serving as its
director. Executive producers are Stoller, Hasbro
Entertainment executive Gabriel Marano, Margy Love of Fox's
company Foxy, Inc., and Conor Welch of Stoller Global
Solutions.

In 1985, the Hasbro game was adapted into a movie centering
around players figuring out which of the guests at a mansion
murdered someone, with which murder weapon, and in which room.
It was directed by Jonathan Lynn, who also worked on the script
with John Landis. The cast included Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry,
Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, Martin Mull,
and Lesley Ann Warren. Despite not performing well at the box
office, the movie was still able to garner a cult following.



<https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/2070600-peacock-orders-tv-show-based-on-classic-board-game>






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