Universal Lands Rights To Asteroids Movie 194
It seems Universal Studios has won the highly sought-after movie rights to the 1979 Atari game Asteroids. Disney's Matthew Lopez will be writing the adaptation, having previously worked on the scripts for Bedtime Stories, The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Race to Witch Mountain. The NY Times is skeptical about Hollywood's ability to do right by the 30-year-old game, already imagining what a director like Michael Bay would do with it: "In this $300 million, three-and-a-half hour spectacle, loud and expensive computer simulations of large boulders crashing into one another are briefly interrupted by the hilarious antics of Chip and Gravel, two living rocks with gold teeth who speak in hip-hop slang, and the nonstop shouting of John Turturro."
Re:I was seriously just thinking about that. (Score:3, Informative)
Re:How can this be anything but lame? (Score:4, Informative)
heck - even Pitfall or Pac Man would be better
Uh oh, now you've done it. Here's the preview for Pac Man [collegehumor.com]. Although, personally I liked minesweeper [youtube.com] more.
Top 10 Game To Movies Film (Rotten Tomatoes) (Score:5, Informative)
You know, with odds like this the popcorn fun will come from watching how badly it bombs at box office.
Re:I was seriously just thinking about that. (Score:3, Informative)