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Universal Hits Some Asteroids
atomicpopcorn.net - 7/2/2009
Universal Hits Some Asteroids
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"I will own you stupid random alien...dude!" Video game adaptations will never die, despite what we all might think after the abomination trilogy on the big screen that is Resident Evil. Still taking great advantage of this semi popular genre of sorts, Universal Pictures nabbed itself the ...

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'Asteroids' lands at Universal
hollywoodreporter.com - 7/2/2009
'Asteroids' lands at Universal
— hollywoodreporter.com — Universal has won a four-studio bidding war to pick up the film rights to the classic Atari video game "Asteroids." 'Asteroids' lands at Universal

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'Asteroids' lands at Universal
hollywoodreporter.com - 7/2/2009
'Asteroids' lands at Universal
— hollywoodreporter.com — Universal has won a four-studio bidding war to pick up the film rights to the classic Atari video game "Asteroids." Matthew Lopez will write the script for the feature adaptation, which will be produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura. In "Asteroids," ... 'Asteroids' lands at Universal

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Atari's 'Asteroids' heads to theaters | TV, movie and music news | Games, Movie biz, Movies, News
— news-briefs.ew.com — According to The Hollywood Reporter , Universal won a bidding war for the big-screen rights to the classic 1979 Atari game Asteroids. Writer Matthew Lopez, who recently worked on Disney's Bedtime Stories and Race to Witch Mountain , has the task of ... Atari's 'Asteroids' heads to theaters | TV, movie and ...

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