Films based on board games, forgotten toys and ageing videogames?
Theyre all on the way, were told.
Like most early videogames,Missile Commandis largely plotless.
It was confirmed on 11 January that 20th Century Fox has acquired the rights toMissile Command.
Asteroids
Another classic Atari game from yesteryear,Asteroidsis even more plot-free thanMissile Command.
Instead, the film will feature heavily-armed armoured battle cruisers blowing up sub-aquatic aliens.
James Cameron doesnt approve.
We have a story crisis, he raved to German website, Spiegel Online.
Now they want to makeBattleshipthe game into a film!
This is pure desperation [..,] this degrades the cinema.
Those elements translated into an action-packed, thrilling story are what will make this a uniquely exciting movie.
It was that pitch, thats where Sir Ridley got excited.
Of all the proposed movies on this list, the View-Master one is perhaps the most baffling.
The View-Master is little more than a rig, after all.
What next, a film based on the George Forman Grill?
Robosapien: Rebooted (based on the toy robot of the same name).
Rollercoaster Tycoon(the rights to this late-90s videogame have been snapped up by Sony).
