Universal has won a four-studio bidding war to pick up the film rights to the classic Atari video game “Asteroids.” Matthew Lopez will write the script for the feature adaptation, which will be produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura.
ASTEROIDS - Headed For The Big Screen
Universal is also developing a “Clue” remake, “Battleship”, “Ouija”, “Monopoly”, and “Candyland.”
Rob Zombie’s adult-oriented animated film, “The Haunted World of El Superbeasto”, will be released on DVD on September 22.
The movie is based on a story Zombie created for his Spookshow International comic book series of a few years back and centers on a washed-up wrestler battling various creatures on the road in Monsterland. Actors who lent their voices to the movie include Paul Giamatti, Sid Haig, Bill Moseley and Zombie’s wife Sheri Moon Zombie.