Atari Asteroids : The Movie!

[PeteB]

What next, Space Invaders?

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.

Latest film from Matthew Lopez was "Race to Witch Mountain"

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/07/universal-plans-to-bring-asteroids-to-theaters.ars

 

[0098386]

Heh, I quite liked Race to Witch Mountain (if it's the film I'm thinking of). Good kids film.

But an Asteroids movie? This should be fun.

 

[whooleytoo]

How utterly devoid of original ideas must the film industry be, that they're bidding to make a move from Asteroids, of all games? (Only a movie version of Pac-Man or Frogger would be more weird..).

Isn't it bad enough they're re-making every movie, over and over?

 

[telecomm]

This could be OK, as long as they don't mess with the original story line.

 

[Abstract]

Why do you need the rights at all? It's a movie with such a generic base that any story that's created using this base would never occur to anyone that they've taken the idea of a storyless, pointless video game.

 

[Mousse]

How utterly devoid of original ideas must the film industry be, that they're bidding to make a move from Asteroids, of all games? (Only a movie version of Pac-Man or Frogger would be more weird..).

I've already seen too many asteroid based movies. There was the one with Bruce Willis blowing up an asteroid. The one where an asteroid hits New York. The one where TWO asteroids are headed for Earth. And finally to mix it up, the one where a comet has to be stopped before it hits the Earth. Heck even Star Trek got into the asteroid stopping business. I'm all asteroid out.

I remember the watching a Pac-Man and Frogger cartoons back in the 80's on saturday mornings. They weren't too terribly bad.

 

[whooleytoo]

I've already seen too many asteroid based movies. There was the one with Bruce Willis blowing up an asteroid. The one where an asteroid hits New York. The one where TWO asteroids are headed for Earth. And finally to mix it up, the one where a comet has to be stopped before it hits the Earth. Heck even Star Trek got into the asteroid stopping business. I'm all asteroid out.

I remember the watching a Pac-Man and Frogger cartoons back in the 80's on saturday mornings. They weren't too terribly bad.

Really?

Plus, the worst thing about an Asteroids movie is you just KNOW the spoof will be out within a year "Haemorrhoids Movie", about a mission to Uranus fighting off Klingons without crashing into the evil Haemorrhoids.. (sorry to drag the tone of a good thread down...)

 

[GSMiller]

It was hard enough trying to imagine how they could make a movie from The Sims, but Asteroids?

 

[duncyboy]

I've already seen too many asteroid based movies. There was the one with Bruce Willis blowing up an asteroid.

I remember the watching a Pac-Man and Frogger cartoons back in the 80's on saturday mornings. They weren't too terribly bad.

Best movie review I've ever seen was:

"Armageddon. I have to be honest, I was rooting for the comet."

What's next then? Pong The Directors Cut, by David Lynch. (Running time approx 197 mins, may contain scenes of mild peril and strobe effects. Refunds not available)

 

[Abstract]

I've already seen too many asteroid based movies. There was the one with Bruce Willis blowing up an asteroid. The one where an asteroid hits New York. The one where TWO asteroids are headed for Earth. And finally to mix it up, the one where a comet has to be stopped before it hits the Earth. Heck even Star Trek got into the asteroid stopping business. I'm all asteroid out.

I remember the watching a Pac-Man and Frogger cartoons back in the 80's on saturday mornings. They weren't too terribly bad.

Wow, you have a lot of personal experience. I've managed to avoid most astroid movies. I may have missed a few gems, but I'll take my chances.

 

[theLimit]

This could be OK, as long as they don't mess with the original story line.

Win!

 

[erickkoch]

I think it could work. "Doom" was pretty good.

 

[gkarris]

I've already seen too many asteroid based movies. There was the one with Bruce Willis blowing up an asteroid. The one where an asteroid hits New York. The one where TWO asteroids are headed for Earth. And finally to mix it up, the one where a comet has to be stopped before it hits the Earth. Heck even Star Trek got into the asteroid stopping business. I'm all asteroid out.

I remember the watching a Pac-Man and Frogger cartoons back in the 80's on saturday mornings. They weren't too terribly bad.

Sorry, those were Meteors...

LOL...

 

[Sun Baked]

Sorry, those were Meteors...

LOL...

I'm having a real problem with Asteroids up here sir, could you send me some help.

Sorry, I used the last of the Preparation-H for mine last night.