(from Dark Horizons)
Universal Pictures has won the film rights to the classic 1979 video game "Asteroids" says The Hollywood Reporter.
The game featured a spaceship that had to shoot down incoming asteroids to avoid collision, that's about it which means there's no backstory and a lot of creative freedom for Matthew Lopez who is adapting the script.
Lorenzo di Bonaventura will produce. No other names or schedule dates have yet been set.
5 comments:
I would have preferred a movie on Pong.
Come on - Today's world of Video games would'nt have come to life without the great Atari games of the 80's. After the movie Astroids(starring Larry, Moe, Curly and Shemp), it might open the doors of making a movie about Pacman and Donkey Kong. :)
How about Centipede?
I remember that game!!! I never could play nintendo, but I was a Wiz at Atari!
Asteroids was a great game, but a little lacking as a movie.
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