Video game based movies don't exactly have the best track record, but this is just silly. Variety is reporting that 20th Century Fox has picked up "Missle Command" the popular Atari video game consisting of shooting down missiles to protect your city. With little to no subject matter to adapt to a screenplay writers Burk Sharpless and Matt Sazama have their work cut out for them. Atari CEO Jim Wilson is set to executive produce. It gets worse, apparently this isn't the only old school video game that studio execs have taken interest in. Universal Pictures has picked up "Asteroids" and "Roller Coaster Tycoon". I remember when I was micromanaging my virtual theme park I would always think "man what a great movie this would make." The good news to come from all this is Sony has picked up the rights to "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" (cue nerdgasm).
And it's only a matter of time until this hilarious College Humor video becomes a reality. This is a sad, sad day...
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