Arcade Classic Asteroids Getting Silver Screen Adaptation

Michael Cook — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:30:49 +0000

That’s right folks. The game where a triangle shoots rocks into smaller rocks until they disappear is getting the film treatment. Universal won the rights to develop the movie after winning a bidding war for them. The scribe behind the adaptation is new Matt Lopez, while being produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura. He also produced Transformers.

Really? A bidding war for Asteroids the movie? What’s next? Tetris? Or an adaptation of the classic game E.T. for the Atari 2600 would be along the same caliber. As long as we’re at it, why not an adaptation of The Floor is Lava since we’re pulling from childhood games.

Source: FirstShowing

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Arcade Classic Asteroids Getting Silver Screen Adaptation