Universal Pictures Signs Deal to Adapt 10 Atari Games Into Films
The deal brings a slate of 1970s and 1980s Atari classics to film, with scripts by Matt Reilly and Carl Hampe and production by Entertainment 360.
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Universal Pictures has signed a deal to adapt 10 Atari games into films, including Breakout and Pong. Guymon Casady will produce, while Matt Reilly and Carl Hampe will write the script and produce. Atari CEO Wade Rosen expressed excitement about bringing the brand to new media.
Universal Pictures has signed a deal to adapt 10 Atari games into films, with the first script written by Matt Reilly and Carl Hampe. Reilly is currently President of Production at SNK Studios, and Hampe produced the film Hellboy. Guymon Casady of Entertainment 360 will produce.
The games span Atari's arcade and console era, from Pong (1972) through Crystal Castles (1983). Atari has already modernized several of these properties as the RECHARGED series, with some works gaining new story elements. For example, Missile Command Delta adds a thriller arrangement, and the Yars' Revenge reboot Yars Rising introduces hacker Emi Kimura fighting the corporation QoTech.
- Asteroids: 1979
- Adventure: 1980
- Berzerk: 1980
- Breakout: 1976
- Centipede: 1980
- Crystal Castles: 1983
- Millipede: 1982
- Missile Command: 1980
- Pong: 1972
- Yars' Revenge: 1982
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