Brace Yourselves! “Asteroids” Headed For The Big Screen

According to The Hollywood Reporter , movie studio Universal has won a bidding war to pick up the film rights to the classic Atari video game “Asteroids” . Initially released as an arcade game back in 1979, Asteroids featured a triangular space ship that needed to be navigated through an asteroid field. The object was to shoot and destroy the masses of rock and the occasional flying saucer while avoiding smashing into both, so we suspect it will not turn out to be romantic comedy. Matthew Lopez will write the script for the feature adaptation, which will be produced by Lorenzo... [read full story]                    

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