Atari signs deal to turn Pong, Centipede, Asteroids, and more classic games into movies
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WTF?! As movie adaptations of video games have turned from mostly box-office bombs into commercial hits, it seems studios are now trawling the entire history of gaming for ideas. In what sounds like a particularly bewildering move, Atari has signed a deal with Universal Pictures to give 10 of the company's classic games the movie treatment, including Pong and Centipede.
Atari's retro games aren't the first that come to mind when you think of titles that would be great on the big screen. The full list consists of Asteroids, Adventure, Berzerk, Breakout, Centipede, Crystal Castles, Millipede, Missile Command, Pong and Yars' Revenge.
Deadline writesthat Universal has already bought the first project based on an Atari IP, though it never revealed which one. It will be produced by Entertainment 360's Guymon Casady from...
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