Akiva Goldsman to Produce ‘Space Invaders’ for Warner Bros.

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Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell have also come on to produce a movie based on the classic '80s arcade game

469219495Warner Bros. has acquired feature films rights to the classic 1980s arcade game “Space Invaders,â€￾ which has recruited some high-profile producers.

Akiva Goldsman, Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell have come on to produce through Weed Road and Safehouse Picutres, respectively.

Matt Schwartz, VP of Weed Road/Safe House, helped track down and secure the rights, while WB exec Jesse Ehrman will oversee the project for the studio.

“Space Invadersâ€￾ doesn't feature a rich mythology in terms of narrative, as the video game simply featured several rows of aliens (or their ships) firing lasers at the hero, who must take cover behind blocks that slowly disintegrate.

Goldsman recently wrote, directed and produced “Winter's Taleâ€￾ for Warner Bros. The Oscar-winning writer is represented by WME.

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It can't be worse than the Super Mario Bros movie can it?

 

[Fuji Vice]

Good lord, stupid idea x3. :

 

[Swinny]

This will just be like Battleship and all that nonsense and have nothing to do with the Space Invaders game. There will likely be invaders from space, but it'll probably just be a random, generic alien invasion movie.

 

[Fuji Vice]

Not to mention, how could it ever possibly hope to be better than this?