Asteroids movie announced (1979 videogame)
07-02-09 | 10:35 AM
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Asteroids movie announced (1979 videogame)
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There were four studios in a bidding war for this?? 
Universal has won a four-studio bidding war to pick up the film rights to the classic Atari video game "Asteroids," says The Hollywood Reporter. 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 player controlled a triangular space ship in an asteroid field. You can play an unofficial version of the game below!
Universal is also developing movies based on Hasbro board game properties such as "Battleship," "Candyland," "Ouija," "Monopoly" and "Clue."
In "Asteroids," initially released as an arcade game in 1979, a player controlled a triangular space ship in an asteroid field. You can play an unofficial version of the game below!
Universal is also developing movies based on Hasbro board game properties such as "Battleship," "Candyland," "Ouija," "Monopoly" and "Clue."
07-02-09 | 10:58 AM
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Every day, we move closer and closer to the prophesized Idiocracy.
07-02-09 | 11:26 AM
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If they do it completely in 2-D vector graphics, I'm there. Ooh, they also have to make it so that when the ship disappears off the left-hand side of the movie screen, it instantly reappears on the right-hand side.
Special appearance by vector graphic Bruce Willis as the UFO pilot.
Special appearance by vector graphic Bruce Willis as the UFO pilot.
07-02-09 | 11:29 AM
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Here's the plot of the only other movie the screenwriter has done:
I can see why he was first choice for this.
Following the conviction of a DWI, a local jazz drummer is forced to do community service at a school for the blind where he meets a boy learning how to play the drums.
07-02-09 | 11:17 PM
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Universal is also developing movies based on Hasbro board game properties such as "Battleship," "Candyland," "Ouija," "Monopoly" and "Clue."
Are these really true? I heard about Battleship but really? Candyland and Ouija? And what about the Where's Waldo movie? Universal doing that as well?
This really makes the Full House movie look like a really legit idea.
You know who really deserves a raise? Whoever is responsible hyping these rights to the point that 4 studios get into a bidding war over a 1970's era video game. Whoever that person is is a genius.
Are these really true? I heard about Battleship but really? Candyland and Ouija? And what about the Where's Waldo movie? Universal doing that as well?
This really makes the Full House movie look like a really legit idea.
You know who really deserves a raise? Whoever is responsible hyping these rights to the point that 4 studios get into a bidding war over a 1970's era video game. Whoever that person is is a genius.
07-02-09 | 11:36 PM
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Why would there be a bidding war over this? It's a game about shooting asteroids.....
It's not like the brand name "Asteroids" is going to draw people in on it's own. If you want to make a movie about asteroids, then just do it. It's not like the game had some great story that you can bring to the big screen. This is truly baffling, are you sure this isn't from the onion?
It's not like the brand name "Asteroids" is going to draw people in on it's own. If you want to make a movie about asteroids, then just do it. It's not like the game had some great story that you can bring to the big screen. This is truly baffling, are you sure this isn't from the onion?
07-03-09 | 12:21 AM
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Universal is also developing movies based on Hasbro board game properties such as "Battleship," "Candyland," "Ouija," "Monopoly" and "Clue."
Are these really true? I heard about Battleship but really? Candyland and Ouija? And what about the Where's Waldo movie? Universal doing that as well?
Are these really true? I heard about Battleship but really? Candyland and Ouija? And what about the Where's Waldo movie? Universal doing that as well?
07-03-09 | 12:36 AM
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Next up: feature films based on TV commercials. Miller Genuine Draft, Breck shampoo, Sprint mobile etc... hot new properties, all veritable gold mines.
07-03-09 | 08:27 AM
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I heard Alexander Payne bought the rights to Dizzy Dizzy Dinosaur. It'll be Leaving Las Vegas meets Jurassic Park.
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07-03-09 | 08:45 AM
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Here is the first clip from the movie. At least they updated the CG.
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07-03-09 | 09:49 AM
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Haha what a joke...at least with something like the Super Mario Bros. movie you had known characters to work with, and look how that still turned out. These people must be truly tapped for material.
I'd write a "Hungry Hungry Hippos" script for them if they paid me...
I'd write a "Hungry Hungry Hippos" script for them if they paid me...
07-03-09 | 10:40 AM
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07-03-09 | 04:55 PM
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07-03-09 | 06:46 PM
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Posted this in the View-Master thread, but it's more appropriate here:
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07-03-09 | 08:01 PM
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You know, Pitfall might make a decent movie. Although, it would probably just be an Indiana Jones knockoff.
It seems to have disappeared from the internet, but years ago there was an article with parodies such as Ken Burns' Frogger, Ms. Pac-Man's Diary (like Bridget Jones), and Pong: The Movie. It was at Moviefone, but the page is gone.
It seems to have disappeared from the internet, but years ago there was an article with parodies such as Ken Burns' Frogger, Ms. Pac-Man's Diary (like Bridget Jones), and Pong: The Movie. It was at Moviefone, but the page is gone.
07-03-09 | 08:05 PM
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I wonder if it will have the constant "dun-dun, dun-dun" sound in the background like in the Atari 2600 version.
I want to see a Breakout movie, where it's just 2 hours of this guy in this spacesuit using a ball trying to break free of rows of colored rectangles.
The cartridge even gave us a scene:
I want to see a Breakout movie, where it's just 2 hours of this guy in this spacesuit using a ball trying to break free of rows of colored rectangles.
The cartridge even gave us a scene:
07-03-09 | 11:15 PM
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Why are they talking about making Clue into a movie? They already made a Clue movie and it was rather entertaining. Of course, the game itself is a whodunnit, not just a triangular shape shooting at rocks in space, so obviously it had more to work with in developing a story...
07-04-09 | 03:14 AM
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Minesweeper: The Movie:
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07-04-09 | 06:06 AM
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Am I the only one who actually would like to see a Frogger movie? (As long as they keep the Frogger song (Froggy's Lament by Buckner & Garcia). 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4pJm...ndex=30&fmt=18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4pJm...ndex=30&fmt=18
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