Pierre Morel (Taken) is the lead candidate to direct the Platinum Dunes film based on the Ouija board.  The negotiations are still fresh, and there are other (unspecified) names up for the job, but Universal believes the French filmmaker has what it takes to bring this inherently plotless property to the big screen.According to 24 Frames, the studio hopes to turn Ouija into an action-adventure tentpole --- presumably one with franchise potential.  Morel is busy with his own large-scale actioner, undertaking an adaptation of Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi novel Dune.  Meanwhile, Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz (Lost) are busy polishing the Ouija script, and Universal's attention is divided amongst a number of toy-based movies: Battleship, Stretch Armstrong, Monopoly, Candy Land, and Clue.  Hit the jump for some background information on the Ouija board.

A Ouija board, also known as a spirit board or talking board, is a flat board marked with letters, numbers, and other symbols, supposedly used to communicate with spirits. It uses a planchette (small heart-shaped piece of wood) or movable indicator to indicate the spirit's message by spelling it out on the board during a séance. The fingers of the séance participants are placed on the planchette, which then moves about the board to spell out messages. [Wikipedia]

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