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So Now We Know What Universal's Asteroids Movie is About

— firstshowing.net — We've all scoffed at the prospect of Universal's plans to turn the classic arcade game Asteroids into a movie. But when IGN caught up with producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, he had some interesting things to say regarding the 2D triangle and ... So Now We Know What Universal's Asteroids Movie is About

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So Now We Know What Universal's Asteroids Movie is About
FirstShowing.net — ... of Universal's plans to turn the classic arcade game Asteroids into a movie. But when IGN caught up with producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, he had some interesting things to say regarding the 2D triangle and polygonal blobs. "It's funny because people say there's nothing in the game, but that's not entirely right," he said. "I was attracted to Asteroids, plain and simple, because I think what it tells you is that there's going to be this big thing in space. We've crafted a really strong, deep mythology for the thing." Di Bonaventura goes on to explain ...

GO KILL YOURSELF, DI BONAVENTURA
FilmDrunk.com — ... to make a movie based on the Asteroids arcade game.  But IGN recently caught up with him, and he reassured fans that there’s a lot more to the idea than just triangles and polygonal blobs (haha, because that would be stupid!).  Here’s the quote, and I warn you, you might wanna put on a helmet because this is going to make you bang your head against something. ...

Universal Trades on ‘Asteroids’ Name-Recognition to Blow Stuff Up in Space
Film School Rejects — ... Since everyone has reacted the same way to a film being made, IGN asked producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura about the project and he revealed that, yeah, pretty much they are just using the name. ...

Classic Video Games 'Castlevania' And 'Asteroids' Get High Scores In Today's Dailies -- 7/23/09
MTV Movies Blog — ... -- Producer Lornezo di Bonaventura says his team has "crafted a really strong, deep mythology" for their film adaptation for the really classic video game "Asteroids." (IGN) ...

'Asteroids' Update: Shooting Asteroids Now Has "Really Strong, Deep Mythology"
I Watch Stuff - The Best Movie News Ever — ... Yeah, Lorenzo, that's funny how people say there's nothing in the game, when there's obviously the vague concept of "this big thing in space." How silly people are! Only you had the vision to realize the dormant potential within Asteroids to become The Darjeeling Limited in space, with asteroids. Asteroids Movie Exclusive [IGN]