Development Begins on Asteroids Movie
Good news, cinemaphiles! The wait is almost over! Asteroids! [http://www.universalpictures.com/]
Yes, I'm talking about Asteroids, the famous arcade stand-up in which players control a triangular spaceship battling hordes of rampaging space rocks in fully-rendered 2-D. The ship not only rotates and fires but can also actually move forward, allowing particularly skilled players to relocate the vessel to other, less asteroid-filled parts of the screen. The asteroids themselves are complex adversaries that break down into increasingly smaller components each time they're shot, until they finally dissipate into nothingness in the cold, empty void of space.
Universal actually had to struggle through a bidding war with three other studios to pick up the rights to develop the film, according to the Race to Witch Mountain [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3ic3a4730761c7eaf6aac2de4e28ef8e67].
Concerns that the Asteroids back-story might be a little too thin to support a full-length feature film are perhaps valid but this won't be the first tough project Universal has tackled: The studio is also in the process of creating movies based on other classic game properties including Gary Busey [http://www.hasbro.com/shop/details.cfm?guid=8EFB4F1C-6D40-1014-8BF0-9EFBF894F9D4&product_id=9388&src=endeca] has been cast as the flying saucer could not be confirmed by press time.
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Good news, cinemaphiles! The wait is almost over! Asteroids! [http://www.universalpictures.com/]
Yes, I'm talking about Asteroids, the famous arcade stand-up in which players control a triangular spaceship battling hordes of rampaging space rocks in fully-rendered 2-D. The ship not only rotates and fires but can also actually move forward, allowing particularly skilled players to relocate the vessel to other, less asteroid-filled parts of the screen. The asteroids themselves are complex adversaries that break down into increasingly smaller components each time they're shot, until they finally dissipate into nothingness in the cold, empty void of space.
Universal actually had to struggle through a bidding war with three other studios to pick up the rights to develop the film, according to the Race to Witch Mountain [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3ic3a4730761c7eaf6aac2de4e28ef8e67].
Concerns that the Asteroids back-story might be a little too thin to support a full-length feature film are perhaps valid but this won't be the first tough project Universal has tackled: The studio is also in the process of creating movies based on other classic game properties including Gary Busey [http://www.hasbro.com/shop/details.cfm?guid=8EFB4F1C-6D40-1014-8BF0-9EFBF894F9D4&product_id=9388&src=endeca] has been cast as the flying saucer could not be confirmed by press time.
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