Asteroids gets its big screen adaptation

[D.B. Cooper]

In May, Atari Inc. CEO Jim Wilson spoke about the company's plans to boost revenues by licensing out some of its considerable stable of classics. One such licensing agreement has come to light today, as The Hollywood Reporter has news of a big-screen adaptation for Asteroids in the works.


According to the Reporter, Universal Pictures beat out three other parties in a bidding war for the film rights to the arcade classic. Casting is yet undetermined, but the movie's script is being penned by Matthew Lopez, with Lornezo di Bonaventura set to produce.



It's a big summer for di Bonaventura, who also has his name attached to current box-office champ Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and next month's G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. As for Lopez, he worked on Disney's Bedtime Stories and Race to Witch Mountain, as well as the upcoming Nicolas Cage vehicle The Sorcerer's Apprentice.

Why...

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6212902...result;title;0

[♔Jean-Luc Picard♔]

how do you make a movie from a game with no plot?

[Stalins Ghost]

how do you make a movie from a game with no plot?

Easy.

Dirk Manstrong is the greatest fighter pilot man has ever known. He's fought in all the big wars. World War II. Vietnam. Some say he was the one who forced Napoleon into exile. But when his squeeze is stranded thousands of miles away from Earth while traveling to Jupiter during a terrible solar convulsion the Asteroid belt is thrown off its gravitational pull, Dirk has finally met his match. With Heather Genericobigtits stranded on the largest Asteroid as the whole field descends towards Earth, Dirk must destroy all Asteroids while saving his busty wench