'Asteroids' lands at Universal

hollywoodreporter.com - 7/2/2009

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Universal 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, which will be produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura. In "Asteroids," initially released as an arcade game in 1979, a ...

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Universal Signs Up For “Asteroids” Movie
GEARFUSE — ... climactic. So it’ll be interesting, and most likely scary, to see it translated to the big screen if this project pans out. Link

Asteroids heading towards the big screen?
Engadget — ... story of the plucky little triangular spaceship and the asteroid field it inhabits. As the Reporter, um, reports: "As opposed to today's games, there is no story line or fancy world-building mythology." Michael Bay is rumored to be very interested in directing. Filed under: Gaming Asteroids heading towards the big screen? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Asteroids the movie - what HD was made for
Tech Digest — ... spaceship blowing up some square-ish looking asteroids with little or no plot at all. Maybe they could even shoot it in black and white for added authenticity. Universal has apparently signed up Matthew Lopez to write the script for the film which will be produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura. It sounds like a winner. No honestly. Although it will have a hard job dislodging Super Mario Bros as the best ever movie adaptation of a game. Bob Hoskins as Mario - genius. (via THR & @clashcityrocker) Get yourself in the mood for the movie with a quick blast ...