Roland Emmerich sought for Asteroids
A mega-iconic video game from 1979, this Atari shooter followed the simple premise of a triangle shooting at large moving objects and UFOs. Transformers: Dark of the Moon's Lorenzo di Bonaventura is producing this new venture with a script from Race to Witch Mountain's Matt Lopez.
The storyline of Asteroids will take place after the destruction of Earth, and could be seen as a thematic follow-up to Roland Emmerich's previous sci-fi destruction epics Independence Day and 2012, which depict the decimation of our planet.
The heroes in Asteroids have struggled to survive in a far-flung colony on the outreaches of space alongside an alien force, learning to live within an asteroid belt. At first, the humans come to believe that the aliens are there to help them, but they soon realize that these beings are responsible for Earth's destruction, and don't plan on preserving what's left of the human race.
There is no production start date for Asteroids at this time.
Asteroids comes to theaters in 2014. The film is directed by Roland Emmerich.
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skywise
Well that makes sense...but Emmerich is really hit or miss at best. But i guess if anyone can do an Astroid movie he can....or Bay.
12 months agoby @skywiseFlag
Diaigma
This project sounds a little "rocky" to me :P
12 months agoby @diaigmaFlag
Mutant
@jp
@moviewiz001
I hear you but I won't listen, I'll watch it anyway. Its in my nature to watch cheesy science fiction films as well as good ones.
12 months agoby @zenderFlag
Bane. Ferguson
(sighing) (yawning) (guffawing) ("How cliched"!) Pass
12 months agoby @Zak-FFlag
Nautical
Sounds sick
12 months agoby @nautical05Flag
Rudy
I....guess. 8S
12 months agoby @rudyFlag
Photoman
Total lame !
12 months agoby @photomanFlag
TheMime
mmmm.....interesting......quite interesting.....The Mime loved the classic game....hope that it works out....
12 months agoby @themimeFlag
moviegeek
Yay natural disasters!
12 months agoby @moviegeekFlag
account-closed
Have to wait and see.
12 months agoby @account-closedFlag
Dan
I'm prob in the minority, but I enjoyed 2012 on a superficial level. 'Dumb fun'. Since Emmerich is doing this (or might), I'd watch it. It's his kind of film.
12 months agoby @dan1Flag
slysnide
So it's a movie that has nothing to do with triangular spaceships shooting at asteroids which is simply taking the game's title for a very risky cash grab? For really, who's gonna see this besides Emmerich fans? Clearly fans of the game won't find anything here beyond a brief homage. So what gives Hollywood? Have you truly sunk this low? For truly this is a standalone film, so why leech off of that famous Atari game? Leave it alone rather than attach this film forever to such an iconic game. Unless of course Atari gets a producing credit, and therein lies our answer.
12 months agoby @slysnideFlag
Bawnian©-Dexeus
@moviewiz001 Exactly. We saw exactly what was being advertised.
12 months agoby @bawnian-dexeusFlag
MovieWiz001
@zender 2012 is a great disaster film. Not perfect, but I given it a 5/5 for fitting it's genre.
12 months agoby @moviewiz001Flag
Shnoopbop
Dumb
12 months agoby @shnoopbopFlag
J.P.
@brian Major Spidey news hit earlier.
12 months agoby @jptheredskullFlag
J.P.
@zender 2012 sucks. Roland Emmerich makes the same movie over and over. I won't be seing this and I suggest you don't either.
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Mutant
I still haven't seen 2012 but this sounds intriguing
12 months agoby @zenderFlag
Brian
This makes total sense.
12 months agoby @brianFlag