Asteroids.

***CaptHayfever*** · 07-04-2009, 11:50 PM

I kid you not.
'Asteroids' lands at Universal (Reuters) - Yahoo! Movies

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"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!"

Robotazy · 07-04-2009, 11:52 PM

.....what?

Panfan · 07-05-2009, 01:02 AM

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

APRIL FOOLS GUYS

RIGHT? RIGHT?

Vgfian · 07-05-2009, 01:10 AM

Ye- uhh... Well, E- uuhhh...
What?

**Valigarmander** · 07-05-2009, 01:33 AM

Uhhhh.

Huh.

**X-3** · 07-05-2009, 10:38 AM

WE GOTTA DESTROY THOSE ASTEROIDS

THEIR FLOATING AROUND MAKES ME SICK

Panfan · 07-05-2009, 10:57 AM

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?

***Cosmonautical*** · 07-06-2009, 06:21 AM

WTF

CENTIPEDE WOULD'VE BEEN SUCH AN AWESOME MOVIE

Oh, sorry. I meant to say "Yay! Finally, a sequel to ~~Wing Commander~~Armageddon!"

Luigiman7 · 07-06-2009, 07:07 PM

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.....what?

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Originally Posted by vgfian

Ye- uhh... Well, E- uuhhh...
What?

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Originally Posted by Valigarmander

Uhhhh.

Huh.

Err

Spritedude · 07-09-2009, 02:33 AM

Wow, next thing you know they'll be making a Minesweeper movie. Oh, wait...

Click to view video.

t3hDarkness · 07-09-2009, 02:51 AM

At least its not Uwe Boll.

Demonicus Prime · 07-09-2009, 11:52 AM

Transformers, Transformers 2, GI Joe, and now this?

Robotazy · 07-09-2009, 12:19 PM

Also.

Battleship and Candyland movies?

Luigiman7 · 07-09-2009, 09:08 PM

SPACE INVADERS.

t3hDarkness · 07-09-2009, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Demonicus Prime

Transformers, Transformers 2, GI Joe, and now this?

I'm pretending GI Joe will be good even if it isn't.

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Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	.....what?

07-05-2009, 01:02 AM	#3
Panfan AND HE PRAYS Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grayskull Gender: Posts: 18,806 Thanks: 1,405 Thanked 2,247 Times in 1,337 Posts Blog Entries: 15	HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA APRIL FOOLS GUYS RIGHT? RIGHT?

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X-3 Useful as an Owl Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: Posts: 15,943 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,213 Times in 790 Posts Blog Entries: 10	WE GOTTA DESTROY THOSE ASTEROIDS THEIR FLOATING AROUND MAKES ME SICK

07-05-2009, 10:57 AM	#7
Panfan AND HE PRAYS Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grayskull Gender: Posts: 18,806 Thanks: 1,405 Thanked 2,247 Times in 1,337 Posts Blog Entries: 15	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?

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t3hDarkness Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: I weep oily black tears of joy. Gender: Posts: 7,590 Thanks: 119 Thanked 418 Times in 306 Posts Blog Entries: 5	At least its not Uwe Boll.

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