Sit down. Here’s an actual quote from the Variety story about 20th Century Fox going ahead with an adaptation of the Atari game Missile Command . “With Missile Command , the scribes have little to adapt beyond a title to build a plot around and a Cold War-heavy scenario of players having to defend their cities from being destroyed by a rain of missiles.” So, yeah, maybe James Cameron was right : Hollywood is completely out of ideas, unless they’re related to ’80s video and/or board games. Unfortunately, between Battleship , Stretch Armstrong , Asteroids , Clue and the hotly anticipated View Master , it seems Tinsel Town is even running out of games to adapt. Ahead, Movieline offers studio executives nine they might want to consider. Because at this point, why not?
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9 Other ’80s Games That Hollywood Might as Well Turn Into Movies
