Universal secures rights for film adaptations of 10 Atari games

Asteroids movie, anyone? Pit Stock/Shutterstock Hollywood has been regularly turning to video games as inspiration for blockbusters, and the latest deal to put pixels on the big screen features Atari. Deadline reports that the game brand has inked a partnership with Universal Pictures for the rights to adapt ten of its properties for the big screen. The deal includes Asteroids, Adventure, Berzerk, Breakout, Centipede, Crystal Castles, Millipede, Missile Command, Pong and Yars' Revenge. Universal has already bought a screenplay centered on one of the Atari titles, although it didn't specify which or if the proposed movie would be an Atari Cinematic Universe combining properties. The spec script is by Matt Reilly and Carl Hampe and will be produced by Guymon Casady at Entertainment 360. "The