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Asteroids.
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 12:50 am
by CaptHayfever
I kid you not.
'Asteroids' lands at Universal (Reuters) - Yahoo! Movies
"Asteroids" lands at Universal (Reuters)Source: Reuters Thu Jul 02, 2009, 9:34 pm EDT
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Universal Pictures has won a four-studio bidding war to pick up the film rights to the classic Atari video game "Asteroids."
Matthew Lopez will write the script for the feature adaptation.
In "Asteroids," originally released as an arcade game in 1979, a player controlled a triangular spaceship in an asteroid field. The object was to shoot and destroy the hulking masses of rock and the occasional flying saucer while avoiding smashing into both.
As opposed to today's games, there is no story line or fancy world-building mythology, so the studio would be creating a plot from scratch. Universal is familiar with such a development process: It's in the middle of doing just that for several of the Hasbro board-game properties it's translating to the big screen, among them "Battleship" and "Candyland."
Lopez came out of Disney's writing program and worked on that studio's recent movies "Bedtime Stories" and "Race to Witch Mountain." He also wrote the most recent draft of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," currently in production with Nicolas Cage and Jay Baruchel starring.
(Editing by Sheri Linden at Reuters)
And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 12:52 am
by Apiary Tazy
.....what?
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 2:02 am
by Calamity Panfan
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
APRIL FOOLS GUYS
RIGHT? RIGHT?
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 2:10 am
by Bad Dragonite
Ye- uhh... Well, E- uuhhh...
What?
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 2:33 am
by Valigarmander
Uhhhh.
Huh.
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 11:38 am
by X-3
WE GOTTA DESTROY THOSE ASTEROIDS
THEIR FLOATING AROUND MAKES ME SICK
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 11:57 am
by Calamity Panfan
At least you can make plots for other bad movie ideas like Stretch Armstrong. How do you make a storyline about asteroids other than the fact that there are asteroids in space?
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:21 am
by Deepfake
WTF
CENTIPEDE WOULD'VE BEEN SUCH AN AWESOME MOVIE
Oh, sorry. I meant to say "Yay! Finally, a sequel to [strike]Wing Commander[/strike]Armageddon!"
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:07 pm
by Greenmarioman
Tazy Ten wrote:.....what?
vgfian wrote:Ye- uhh... Well, E- uuhhh...
What?
Valigarmander wrote:Uhhhh.
Huh.
Err
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 3:33 am
by Spritedude
Wow, next thing you know they'll be making a Minesweeper movie. Oh, wait...
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Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 3:51 am
by t3hDarkness
At least its not Uwe Boll.
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:52 pm
by Demonicus Prime
Transformers, Transformers 2, GI Joe, and now this?
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 1:19 pm
by Apiary Tazy
Also.
Battleship and Candyland movies?
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:08 pm
by Greenmarioman
SPACE INVADERS.
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:10 am
by t3hDarkness
Demonicus Prime wrote:Transformers, Transformers 2, GI Joe, and now this?
I'm pretending GI Joe will be good even if it isn't.