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Hollywood Ink

Asteroids Movie to Capitalize on Human Drama of Blowing Up Rocks

Written by S.T. VanAirsdale | 02 Jul 2009, 7:45 AM | 1 comment

asteroids_grab.jpg· After an intense bidding war involving no fewer than four studios, Universal emerged with the coveted rights to Asteroids, Atari’s thrilling story of a triangle and its mission to clear the cosmos of flying rocks. Long considered by Hollywood’s development community as the unadaptable Benjamin Button of classic video games, the property has no less a mind than G.I. Joe producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura to shepherd it to the screen; screenwriter Matthew Lopez will attempt to submit his initials as all-time high scorer. [THR]

Christian Slater heads back to TV, Susan Lucci heads to Kenya, and much more Hollywood Ink after the jump.

· Christian Slater is taking his TV mulligan, following the mildly unpopular My Own Worst Enemy with ABC’s sleuth drama The Forgotten. He will play a former cop — the father of a missing girl — who guides a crew of amateur detectives in their quest to close neglected cases. [THR]

· All My Children is off to Kenya, where the producers will launch a charity drive while intercutting Erica Kane’s journey into the soap’s recently sagging storyline. Details are sketchy, though they could do worse than Susan Lucci attempting to adopt an orphan 18 times before finally getting the official, touching go-ahead. [Variety]

· For those of you preparing your Summer 2010 moviegoing calendar: Sony pushed Seth Rogen’s Green Hornet adaptation back two weeks to July 9, clearing a space for Adam Sandler’s reunion comedy Grown-Ups on June 25. [Variety]

· Production upstart White Oak Films plans a new series called Living Legends, featuring profiles of “still-living players from Hollywood’s golden age.” Sadly, at the rate we’re going, that should be just about four episodes and out. [Variety]

Tagged: asteroids, christian slater, susan Lucci

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From CiscoMan | Reply
Posted 02 Jul 2009, 9:09 AM

I cannot wait to see the Asteroids receive the IMAX treatment it deserves. The flying saucers are going to look so... geometric.

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