At the start of July we learned Universal Pictures were getting set to adapt Atari’s classic 1979 video game Asteroids into a full length feature film.  Universal’s plans were largely scoffed at by the wider community because the game was seen to lack the depth required to translate to a decent feature film.

To find out just how much depth the film really could have, IGN cornered Asteroids producer Lornezo di Bonaventura while he was promoting G.I Joe: The ...]]> http://www.scifiscoop.com/news/producer-reveals-asteroids-will-have-a-deep-mythology/feed/ 0 http://www.scifiscoop.com/news/atari-video-game-asteroids-headed-to-the-big-screen/ http://www.scifiscoop.com/news/atari-video-game-asteroids-headed-to-the-big-screen/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:04:10 +0000 Darren http://www.scifiscoop.com/?p=11224

Atari's video game 'Asteroids'

Universal Pictures have scored the rights over three other studios to adapt Atari’s classic 1979 video game Asteroids into a full length feature film.

If you’re not as old as me and don’t know what Asteroids is (which would be odd since the game has spawned numerous versions of itself over the last thirty years), it’s that game where you have a triangle that represents a ship and you shoot other ...]]> http://www.scifiscoop.com/news/atari-video-game-asteroids-headed-to-the-big-screen/feed/ 1