this movie seems way to serious to be interesting

ifalldownstairs

Naa, hes in the reamke of the 2600 classic :

ET : the Video game Movie...

Dude From Dubai

He'd be a really handsome pong paddle

Winterbringer

Sounds pretty interesting, though I don't know how they'll deal with Nolan's life seriously while sating the audience's desire to see him freeze to death in the mid Atlantic Ocean.

To be honest, I expect all films Di Caprio is in to end that way, despite thinking he was excellent in The Departed.

Kazzahdrane

@Ferrik: Don't worry, it's a fake ending that's being spread around. What really happens is Nolan turns into Mecha-Nolan and fights Mecha-Ralph in a battle that rivals Ragnarok itself. And it all happens while the Family Matters theme song plays in the background.

ShaggE

@Sentientv2: Oh great, now you ruined the ending. Where's a spoiler alert when you need one? ;)

Ferrik

@wild homes: LOL True.

TC

@TC: Don't kid, son. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to a Bartles & James.

wild homes

Just read about this on Variety and Ain't It Cool News.

Could be interesting and satirical if done right. I wonder who gets to play the lovable ol' bitter Nolan? If it's Leo will it end with him laughing mechanically in a hot tub full of cash sipping on 80's wine coolers in a plastic wine glass made of recycled defunct E.T. cartridges?

TC

This is a repost of my comment from the same subject article on Gizmodo...

I wonder if they'll show the part of him stealing then unnamed Pong from Ralph Bear, a move that gave his console much needed credibility in the first place.

I won't be seeing it because he's never admitted that what he did was low. He's the scummy guy that rides the wave of fame and never gives credit to the people he's stepped on along the way... Oh crap, I didn't mean to ruin the movie.

Sentientv2

@Sentientv2: Yeah Ralph Baer is the first thing that came to mind when I saw this article.

Snappywave

Can they make him look nerdy enough?

Kenny

I wonder if the movie will include the video game crash, and the part where Nintendo shows up to fix everything.

bonnebonne

We already have "Pirates of Silicon Valley" and one day we will get "Nintendo". "Sony" would be a really boring film so I don't that'll be getting made.

pikachumariachi

I bet that the ending will be a dissapointed and confused Nolan that despises modern videogames, and how barbaricly violent they have become.
A movie to peddle the cause of movies, of course.

MOP88

I hope they don't try to add too much flare into a story that's already interesting.

dagooh

@Quilt: I think you have to have a great aunt or grandmother that still thinks you're 10 years old... and it's 1972.

Eltigro

Where can I go to get a sweater like that?

Quilt

Even as a video game enthusiast I don't give two shits about Nolan. He's not some lovable public character and Atari wasn't some magical dream machine that made the world fall in love with gaming.

branwheatkillah

@latinogamer: Damn straight... though I love me some Leo as well..

FancifulUnicorn

Shia Laboof got robbed...

latinogamer

@Quilt: I actually saw one in that same style a couple of weeks ago on a vintage clothes store.
On topic; that movie sounds interesting, I loved the way "Tucker: The Man and His Dream" told the story about a man trying to break into the automotive industry, a vision of the gaming industry in a similar way sounds good to me. Oh an please let there be lots of scenes of Chuck E. Cheese's and the burrial of ET carts. =)

chemical_eng_mx

My first thought: "OH GOD NO!"
My second thought: "Better him than Orlando Bloom."

Wookiee1

He was awesome in The Aviator, which was a period piece and film about a person tied to history. So I have high hopes this will achieve something just as good.

Gam3r

@Gam3r: Agreed, if he can do Aviator, he can do this. And this is a subject matter closer to heart than aeroplanes and films about aeroplanes.

It's the way of the future, way of the future, way of the future, way of the future...

Way of the future, way of the future...

Bluecell

@Gam3r:
No he wasn't. He was awesome in Gilbert Grape, but only for the simple fact that you got to see Johnny Depp lay down some pimp-slap on him. Other than that, he can't act his way out of a torn up wet paper bag with a map, a flashlight, a compass, and a string with a note on it telling him to follow it if he wants to get out.

Purple Dave

I actually respect him as an actor, after his Titanic/Man in the Iron Mask days, he has some really legit movies.

GamerBunny

@Bluecell: No way! The best line in that film was I take the milk with my RIGHT hand...

wild homes

Man I love Bushnell. Hope they do this justice.

CaptainAtman

Didn't early Atari have a hot tub? (I know Sierra did) Could make for a great T&A flick. Ditzy secretaries of the pre-AIDs free love era, and nerds with money.

D00mM4r1n3

This role would of been perfect for Steve Buscemi. Or any role for that matter.

Thorax

@GamerBunny:

Agreed. He's really become a great actor over the last few years. Although I'd say he's shown greatness in the past too with roles in Basketball diaries. He's still young and he's bound to get better at his craft.

LittleBigPlaneteer

I support this type of video game movie

A_Knothole_Resident

i dont understand why this movie would get made. who the hell would watch it? does anyone in the real world care about this stuff?

baccardi84

I thought they did this already in a 5 part series on Discovery Channel called Rise Of The Video Game.

thisisasignin

Bushnell's life as seen thru the eyes of a nascent Chuck E Cheese.

cactaur

DiCaprio is douchebaggy enough to pull off Nolan Bushnell.

I really want to see a movie about Shigeru Miyamoto starting at Nintendo or some of the more recent history of Atari post-Bushnell.

GuyinGA

@GuyinGA:It's very unlikely you'll see a movie about Shigeru ever made, because he's pushed from the time that DK hit it big to be as humble and normal as anyone when he by all rights could be giving in a 10 million dollar home and have a fleet of cars.

I wouldn't count on it happening till he's dead and even then not for a few years.

Foxstar Sixtail

Some of you nerds are such haters.

DiCaprio is one of our greatest actors of our generation. He can play almost any role. If he does star in this I have high expectations. As someone above pointed out, Aviator was very good. And I'd like to see this.

Someone above also said "This sounds too serious to be good" :( Thats the type of thinking that will keep gaming as a secondary role in entertainment. We need more people looking at gaming in serious light.

Strider-No.9

Seth Rogen as Nolan Bushnell

Orionsaint

This is fucking stupid! seriously.

MURDERFACE

Oh god this seems one of those fake youtube trailers..
Leonardo di Caprio is.. Nolan Bushnell! [epic music - explosion]

Anyway.. i'm altready looking forward to this *.*

JacoPOP_IT

There had better be alot of pot use in this show or else it can GTFO! :P

seriously, one of thier questions back in the day, when recruiting new coders was, "do you have any problems with marajuana?"

stoned programmers FTW!

C0iN

I am not entirely too certain that this movie would be interesting to watch. However just the mention of the Atari 2600 brings up so many fun memories of childhood.

FrizzleFried