Gore Verbinski gets a 'Clue'

February 24, 2009 Universal is moving several spaces up the board with "Clue," a big-screen take on the classic game, and is in final negotiations with "Pirates of the Caribbean" helmer Gore Verbinski to direct and produce. The project comes as part of a partnership between Universal and Hasbro to develop iconic board games into movies. The process-of-elimination game -- which of course requires players to solve a murder by guessing the killer, the site of the crime and the murder weapon -- was developed in the U.K. after World War II under the name Cluedo and has became a staple for several generations.

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