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EXCLUSIVE: Partnering pinch Entertainment 360, Atari has signed a woody pinch Universal Pictures giving nan workplace first look astatine processing 10 classical Atari video crippled properties for nan large screen. Universal has bought nan first task from nan caller partnership, a characteristic movie based connected Atari IP which will beryllium produced by Entertainment 360’s Guymon Casady from a screenplay by Matt Reilly and Carl Hampe. Both of them will besides beryllium producers.
“For much than 5 decades, Atari has created games and worlds that person remained portion of celebrated civilization agelong aft their original release,” said Wade Rosen, Chairman and CEO of Atari successful confirming for Deadline. “We are excited to activity pinch Universal and Entertainment 360 to bring nan tone of our iconic marque and games to a caller medium.”
The 10 properties see nan ones we grew up playing until we were bleary eyed: Asteroids, Adventure, Berzerk, Breakout, Centipede, Crystal Castles, Millipede, Missile Command, Pong, and Yars’ Revenge. The purpose is to usage nan IP to create large standard action escapade fare.
The catalyst was an original spec by Reilly, nan longtime workplace exec astatine Universal who pivoted to screenwriting and producing, and Hampe, whose book activity includes nan franchises Hellboy and Jungle Cruise.
“Matt Reilly and I grew up playing Atari 2600 games and person remained fans ever since,” said Entertainment 360’s Casady. “The champion Atari games dropped you into a world and fto your imagination do nan rest. Carl and Matt saw an opportunity to return that aforesaid tone and build an original, large-scale escapade astir it. From nan infinitesimal we publication nan screenplay, we believed location was a awesome movie here.”
Atari is represented by IAG and Vanderkloot Law. Universal did not comment.
