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comingsoon.net - 7/2/2009
Universal Pictures to Fight Asteroids
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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 ...
hollywoodreporter.com - 7/2/2009
'Asteroids' lands at Universal
— hollywoodreporter.com — 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. In "Asteroids," ... (more) 'Asteroids' lands at Universal

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hollywoodreporter.com - 7/2/2009
'Asteroids' lands at Universal
— hollywoodreporter.com — 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. In "Asteroids," ... (more) 'Asteroids' lands at Universal

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Asteroids: The Movie
scifisquad.com - 7/2/2009
Asteroids: The Movie
— scifisquad.com — Filed under: News/Reactions Hopefully some of you are old enough to remember the classic Atari video game... Asteroids , where the object of the game was to navigate this space ship through an asteroid field and shoot down whatever crazy flying object ... (more) Asteroids: The Movie

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“Asteroids” Game Hitting Big Screen
At The Movies - Film News and Reviews — This is Asteroids. The Hollywood Reporter says that Universal Pictures has won a bidding war for the film rights to the ancient Atari video game “Asteroids.” Matthew Lopez wrote the script. Asteroids made its debut as an arcade game in 1979. It’s pretty simple. The player controls a spaceship which shoots at falling asteroids while trying not to get hit by them. I know, you see that and think, “Now THAT’S a movie!!” Well, I think it’s safe to say it won’t be a complex psychological drama, but rather an effects-heavy action adventure. Okay. ...

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