As we all await the shameless Transformers clone that looks to be Peter Berg’s Battleship, it appears that the pieces are already being set up for Hasbro’s next board game movie. No, unfortunately it’s not Ridley Scott’s Monopoly that we’re talking about, but rather Candy Land, based on the popular game where you embark “on a magical journey through fantastical lands made of candy, sweets, and ice cream: the Peppermint Forest, the Gum Drop Mountains, and the Lollypop Woods.” Kevin Lima (Enchanted) has been attached to direct for a while now, but the project will be changing hands from Universal to Sony. More importantly, they’ve also secured a pretty big star in order to guarantee the movie’s success: the Sandman himself, Adam Sandler. The Candy Land movie will be co-produced by his company Happy Madison Productions.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Hasbro is currently in negotiations to move the project from Universal to Columbia Pictures, where Adam Sandler typically hangs his hat. They had a four-year deal set up at Universal where they were planning to develop four or more movies based on board games and toys, but the only one that actually got off the ground was Battleship. Sony has already been developing a Risk movie with Hasbro, and now that they had a big hit with The Smurfs last year, they are also looking to do more family-oriented films.

Sandler will star in the film and also co-write the script with his buddy Robert Smigel, which means they’ll probably just be throwing out the old script that was penned by Tropic Thunder writer Etan Cohen. Although this might seem like the latest in a long line of lowest common denominator cash grabs for Sandler, the idea doesn’t seem all that different from a movie he did back in 2008 called Bedtime Stories. It’s definitely an opportunity for some unique and vibrant visuals, although something tells me there will be plenty of fart jokes as well. What do you think, could a Candy Land movie actually be good? Does Adam Sandler have any interesting movies left in him or has he long since stopped caring about quality?