Overview
- Deadline reported Thursday that Atari, working with Entertainment 360, granted Universal Pictures first-look rights to develop films based on ten named Atari properties and that Universal has already purchased the first project from the pact.
- The ten games listed for development are Asteroids, Adventure, Berzerk, Breakout, Centipede, Crystal Castles, Millipede, Missile Command, Pong, and Yars’ Revenge.
- The partnership was catalyzed by an original spec screenplay by Matt Reilly and Carl Hampe; both writers are attached to produce the first film and Entertainment 360’s Guymon Casady will produce.
- Which specific Atari title is being adapted first has not been disclosed, Universal did not comment publicly, and reported production or 2028 release timelines remain speculative and unconfirmed.
- The move follows recent box-office successes for game-based films and reflects a studio strategy to mine nostalgia, even as outlets note creative challenges in expanding simple, early-era games into feature-length stories.