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Universal Wins Rights To Produce An…Asteroids Movie

10:30PM July 2, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

This should be a hoot. Seems Universal Pictures have won a bidding war against three other studios for the right to produce a movie based on Asteroids. Yes. The 1979 game Asteroids.

Disney writer Matthew Lopez is writing the script, while Lorenzo di Bonaventura – who has been credited on movies like Transformers, GI Joe and Doom – is producing.

On the bright side, at least there’s no plot for them to screw up! Unless, you know. The movie somehow doesn’t involve a spaceship and at least one asteroid.

Kotaku AU Note: Thanks to Chris Kohler for revealing an early draft of the script.

‘Asteroids’ lands at Universal [THR, via superannuation]


Comments

  • legless

    July 2, 2009 at 11:02 PM

    And yet somehow, they will screw up.

  • creat0r

    July 2, 2009 at 11:16 PM

    I don’t want to give them ideas, but all I can think of is Death Race with Asteroids…

  • DKnight1000

    July 3, 2009 at 2:36 AM

    Asteroid the movie will suck… Wait for Pong

    Come on Asteroids? All the games out there and they chose Asteroids, Galaga would have made more sense, heck Pitfall even.

  • Michelle Kennedy

    January 27, 2010 at 10:17 PM

    Impossible Mission would be the best movie!!

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