Yeah, you read the title correctly. Universal has apparently won a bidding war with a few other studios to produce a feature film about the 80’s arcade classic where a tiny triangle destroys floating rocks. I don’t know about you, but when I played Asteroids, the last thing that came to my mind was a movie. The game achieved success because of the simple concept and gradually increasing difficulty. But is this enough of a concept for a film script? Doubtful. I wouldn’t get your hopes too high for a flick like this. Video game movies are far from great cinema (in fact I’m having a difficult time thinking of a successful one worth mentioning), but at least with flicks like Resident Evil and Doom, there was a story to adapt. Asteroids the Movie is going to have to come up with their very own concept (shudder)…
