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Universal Pictures to Fight Asteroids
Source: The Hollywood Reporter July 2, 2009


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

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In case you've been wondering how would a story be crafted around a game that consisted - literally - of a white triangle shooting down white circles in a single black screen, don't woryy: we've got the answer for you.

In a recent interview, Lornezo di Bonaventura, the Asteroids film producer revealed some details about the plot of the upcoming movie.

"It's funny because people say there's nothing in the game, but that's not entirely right," he said. "I was attracted to Asteroids, plain and simple, because I think what it tells you is that there's going to be this big thing in space. We've crafted a really strong, deep mythology for the thing. Without divulging too much about it, it's two lead characters -- two brothers -- who have to go through a seminal experience to figure out their relationship, against this huge backdrop."

Bonaventura then affirmed that the movie will also " have some guys in spaceships blowing stuff up, or else you haven't honored the fun of Asteroids."

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