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Leonardo DiCaprio to Star in Atari

June 7, 2008

Leonardo DiCaprio is attached to star in Atari, a pitch that writers Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman sold to Paramount Pictures on Friday about the godfather of the video game industry, Nolan Bushnell.

The Hollywood Reporter says DiCaprio's Appian Way is producing the biopic, which the filmmakers hope will play with elements from Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Tucker.

Bushnell was an engineering student, puzzle-lover and game enthusiast who went from fixing broken pinball machines to launching Atari Corp., a video game manufacturer, in the early '70s. Its first product was a little game called Pong, which led to hundreds of millions of dollars worth of video game sales. Within a few years, he sold the company to Warner Communications for $28 million.

During the next three decades, Bushnell started many other tech ventures and also created Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theaters.

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COMMENTS (36)

Posted by:

Moose

June 7, 2008

sounds interesting. look forward to a trailer.

Posted by:

Khaki

June 7, 2008

Will Uwe "toilet" Boll be directing?

Posted by:

Etrigan

June 7, 2008

I worked at Chuck E Cheese as a youngster. i had to dress up as Jasper T Jowls and Chuck E. Very sad, but you'll be happy to know I'm a fairly sane adult. They should do a movie about me.

Posted by:

2sday

June 7, 2008

^^^^^ No, they should do a movie about Chuck E. Cheese! Not like the place itself, but with the characters...

And Etrigan, was Jasper T. Jowels the dog?

Posted by:

Scarehuman

June 7, 2008

Chuck E Cheese is a cult, I swear. You go there and there are posters and statues of him everywhere, his image is on the napkins, he comes in and all the children swarm him. It's like some deranged rat-worshiping church. I was there this past January for my nephews' birthday for the first time in my life and it was creepy. Well at least to me.

Oh yeah, biopic for the Atari guy, I love everything about it except DiCaprio starring in it.

Posted by:

Chin Jin

June 7, 2008

"Pretty face" DiCaprio is so overrate actor.

Posted by:

People are dumb

June 7, 2008

quote - "Pretty face" DiCaprio is so overrate actor.

So is your English...

Posted by:

Fresh Off Boat

June 7, 2008

Me hate pretty face movie.

Posted by:

Moose

June 7, 2008

Hey Branden Harrington. Why dont you stop trolling like a little *****. I simply said it SOUNDS interesting, considering I grew up with Atari. Anyone who did or does play games today should find this historically relevant. And Im pretty sure the other guy was joking about Uwe Boll. Calm down and step away from the keyboard for awhile.

Posted by:

Robert Hyde

June 7, 2008

Riveting.