Atari Announces 10-Movie Deal With Universal But Don’t Expect Them All To Get Made

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Video games are the hot new thing in Hollywood AKA the next content library to mine for ideas and stories. Atari has announced a 10-movie deal with Jurassic World and The Odyssey studio Universal to adapt some of the company's legendary video game properties for the big screen. Announced at San Diego Comic-Con, Atari has partnered with Entertainment 360 to make a deal with Universal Pictures to give the movie studio the option to develop 10 Atari games into films.

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• Hampe, meanwhile, was a producer on 2019's Hellboy and also worked on Jungle Cruise.
• The 10-movie deal includes the following Atari properties:
• Asteroids Adventure Berzerk Breakout Centipede Crystal Castles Millipede Missile Command Pong Yars' Revenge Atari CEO and chairman Wade Rosen said, "We are excited to work with Universal and Entertainment...
• Not all of them are expected to go forward, as is often the case with development deals in Hollywood.
• He is a former Universal executive who switched to screenwriting and producing.