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DiCaprio's playing ATARI!

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Looks like Paramount Pictures picked up a script called ATARI, a biopic focusing on Atari creators Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way will produce and DiCaprio will play one of the two leads, according to Variety.

Interesting, no? Maybe as close as we'll get to PONG: THE MOVIE. Heh...


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dudical
by theBigWasted
Jun 7th, 2008
01:30:23 PM
In the top 5
by XxSoulFlyxX
Jun 7th, 2008
01:31:00 PM
ps. dudical is the new first
by theBigWasted
Jun 7th, 2008
01:33:05 PM
All the cool kids
by Napoleon Park
Jun 7th, 2008
01:34:45 PM
Kate Winslet is playing... Activision
by Napoleon Park
Jun 7th, 2008
01:35:05 PM
Kirk Cameron is playing... Colecovision
by Napoleon Park
Jun 7th, 2008
01:37:50 PM
Completely Unnessary
by Darth Dean
Jun 7th, 2008
01:38:31 PM
INTELLIVISION OWNS ALL YER ASSES!
by Pennsy
Jun 7th, 2008
01:39:53 PM
could be fun
by mansep
Jun 7th, 2008
01:40:35 PM
prolly won't happen
by Rupee88
Jun 7th, 2008
01:40:39 PM
a 2bit action extravaganza
by ghunz
Jun 7th, 2008
01:46:06 PM
I'm actually trying to do BREAKOUT: THE MOVIE....
by Dasher
Jun 7th, 2008
02:08:42 PM
I can't wait to see the dramatic final shot...
by themikejonas
Jun 7th, 2008
02:13:47 PM
The Icy Water has sucked The Life out of Neil
by Annie The Pod Racer
Jun 7th, 2008
02:18:04 PM
I wanna see a Tetris movie
by Tony Is A Little Boy
Jun 7th, 2008
02:36:05 PM
Leo is an over-rated actor trying too hard for the oscar.
by Mike_D
Jun 7th, 2008
02:36:57 PM
LMAO@bulldozers pushing piles of cartridges in a pile
by Mike_D
Jun 7th, 2008
02:38:06 PM
Shia Lebouef is playing Commodore 64
by ChocolateJesusMan
Jun 7th, 2008
02:46:44 PM
Does It Cover The Chuck E. Cheese Years?
by prajadhipok
Jun 7th, 2008
02:47:57 PM
Anthony Michael Mall's free to cameo as
by skimn
Jun 7th, 2008
02:53:28 PM
Nah, Lebouef is playing Commodore Vic-20
by oisin5199
Jun 7th, 2008
02:54:03 PM
What about Brave New World?
by kwisatzhaderach
Jun 7th, 2008
02:57:53 PM
PONG: THE MOVIE
by Kampbell-Kid
Jun 7th, 2008
03:13:28 PM
ChocolateReign....
by Dasher
Jun 7th, 2008
03:16:53 PM
Oh...my beloved 2600...how I loved....
by FlickaPoo
Jun 7th, 2008
03:23:00 PM
amazing that Warner Bros. isn't doing it...
by lynxpro
Jun 7th, 2008
03:28:23 PM
..and Leo should not play Bushnell...
by lynxpro
Jun 7th, 2008
03:31:54 PM
BREAKOUT: The Movie
by Spymunk
Jun 7th, 2008
03:33:58 PM
*ED QUINN AS NOLAN BUSHNELL*
by lynxpro
Jun 7th, 2008
03:36:34 PM
Bushnell has to be played by a great douche-bag...
by Kampbell-Kid
Jun 7th, 2008
03:45:52 PM
...amended...Leo should be Al Alcorn...
by lynxpro
Jun 7th, 2008
03:46:52 PM
He Should Be Playing Steve Jobs!!!
by Media Messiah
Jun 7th, 2008
03:52:17 PM
who's playing Intellivision?
by kafka07
Jun 7th, 2008
03:52:38 PM
thought Leo was going to be in "Blink" and
by GQtaste
Jun 7th, 2008
03:56:25 PM
I gave away my Atari 7800
by Iowa Snot Client
Jun 7th, 2008
04:07:59 PM
maybe a good discussion will break out on Digg
by lynxpro
Jun 7th, 2008
04:09:02 PM
without Atari, there'd be no Apple...
by lynxpro
Jun 7th, 2008
04:12:51 PM
So much for Leo as a tough guy
by Mullah Omar
Jun 7th, 2008
04:19:50 PM
Leo was never a tough guy. He was totallly
by GQtaste
Jun 7th, 2008
04:27:04 PM
Isn't this a remake of a John Wayne film?
by Raymond Shaw
Jun 7th, 2008
04:36:53 PM
GQ, I agree about GANGS
by Mullah Omar
Jun 7th, 2008
04:43:19 PM
this is a fascinating story
by erockwilly
Jun 7th, 2008
05:03:05 PM
FUCK YOU, BRETT RATNER!
by onephatnelly
Jun 7th, 2008
05:06:28 PM
FAIRCHILD, THE MOVIE
by Manos
Jun 7th, 2008
05:10:06 PM
Keanu Reeves is playing Virtual Boy
by caerlas
Jun 7th, 2008
05:14:20 PM
Dturing that was really random.
by caerlas
Jun 7th, 2008
05:15:50 PM
Still have my Atari 2600 from childhood
by TotoroSan
Jun 7th, 2008
05:21:31 PM
COMMODORE C64: THOE MOVIE
by abiggerboat
Jun 7th, 2008
05:32:59 PM
Atari II The Wrath of Intellivision
by picardsucks
Jun 7th, 2008
05:58:35 PM
Atari III The Search for Coleco
by picardsucks
Jun 7th, 2008
05:59:15 PM
DiCaprio is in every film in development.
by brokentusk
Jun 7th, 2008
06:19:56 PM
I know very little of this history.
by TattooedBillionaire
Jun 7th, 2008
06:31:58 PM
Yar's Revenge : The Movie
by theBigE
Jun 7th, 2008
06:33:18 PM
TattooedBillionaire
by lynxpro
Jun 7th, 2008
06:41:18 PM
Joust: the motion picture
by g-ride9000
Jun 7th, 2008
06:54:38 PM
Tears in my eye
by Bad Week To Give Up Sniffing Glue
Jun 7th, 2008
06:57:34 PM
Anyone remember the preview
by Series7
Jun 7th, 2008
07:26:47 PM
Atari was awesome,
by unuseddraft
Jun 7th, 2008
07:29:14 PM
Damn You Michael Bay
by MCMLXXVI
Jun 7th, 2008
08:02:09 PM
Mullah Omar, you're right about Blood Diamond.
by GQtaste
Jun 7th, 2008
08:06:00 PM
CUSTERS REVENGE THE MOTION PICTURE !
by Keith Maniac
Jun 7th, 2008
08:07:39 PM
I mean no offense, but Nolan Bushnell is an ugly muthafucka
by Orionsangels
Jun 7th, 2008
08:14:20 PM
The sequel will be called "Chuck E Cheese"
by PowerRing
Jun 7th, 2008
08:19:05 PM
Nolan Bushnell isn't Jewish...
by lynxpro
Jun 7th, 2008
08:37:22 PM
I'm still waiting on a MegaMan movie
by br1947
Jun 7th, 2008
08:40:13 PM
Still waiting for The Soul of a New Machine
by Fred
Jun 7th, 2008
09:12:51 PM
No lynxpro he's not Jewish
by Orionsangels
Jun 7th, 2008
09:44:32 PM
Script for Breakout: The Movie
by Dasher
Jun 7th, 2008
09:49:44 PM
dicaprio should play a
by Wyndam Earle
Jun 7th, 2008
11:35:16 PM

by JackNF
Jun 7th, 2008
11:51:58 PM
Jack Black is the Pitfall Kid
by lynxpro
Jun 8th, 2008
12:09:58 AM
Sasha Grey is... making her dad cry with her career choice.
by SurpriseButtsecks
Jun 8th, 2008
01:32:01 AM
80s Video Game Reference Title Spam Post Joke: The Movie
by LaserPants
Jun 8th, 2008
01:34:50 AM
Had Intellivision. Was indeed better.
by Dingbatty
Jun 8th, 2008
02:00:17 AM
DiCaprio is a good actor, but should not play Bushnell
by Prof. Pop-Cult
Jun 8th, 2008
03:36:10 AM
Amiga 500 = Best. Game. Machine.
by Motoko Kusanagi
Jun 8th, 2008
04:33:24 AM
Gameboy Colour movie is set for 2020
by PR1C3Y
Jun 8th, 2008
08:05:52 AM
Martin Scorsese Presents: Pitfall The Movie
by Internet Thug
Jun 8th, 2008
08:10:18 AM
So the only movie ideas left are
by WickedJester
Jun 8th, 2008
08:33:40 AM
Make "THE CUCKOO'S EGG" into a film
by RogueWarrior65
Jun 8th, 2008
08:38:52 AM
F. Murray Abraham IS the TI-90
by blackshuck
Jun 8th, 2008
09:53:14 AM
Just watch Rise of the Video Game
by FluffyUnbound
Jun 8th, 2008
10:11:06 AM
"E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Game - The Movie"
by The Wolf at the Door
Jun 8th, 2008
10:29:49 AM
"All Your Base Are Belong To Us"
by Uncapie
Jun 8th, 2008
10:36:29 AM
I used "Game Over" for a paper I wrote
by palooka_boy
Jun 8th, 2008
10:57:05 AM
but
by palooka_boy
Jun 8th, 2008
11:00:32 AM
Will the sequel be ATARI: 5200?
by Chanoc
Jun 8th, 2008
11:25:07 AM
ODYSSEY 2: THE QUICKENING
by Synthetic Hair Atop Thespian
Jun 8th, 2008
11:59:15 AM
Starbucks The Movie: Wake Up And Smell The Coffee
by football
Jun 8th, 2008
12:38:11 PM
Hollywood: We're running out of ideas
by TopHat
Jun 8th, 2008
12:57:25 PM
Still have my Atari 2600
by pokadoo
Jun 8th, 2008
01:08:09 PM
Seth Rogen as Nolan Bushnell
by Orionsangels
Jun 8th, 2008
01:09:26 PM
ALIENS VS PREDATOR VS COLECO TELSTAR!
by Pops Freshemeyer
Jun 8th, 2008
01:38:02 PM
Atari was sold to...
by REDD
Jun 8th, 2008
02:24:29 PM
Jack Black is...Vectrex...
by Wungolioth
Jun 8th, 2008
02:58:50 PM
Nick Nolte is...TRS-80...
by Wungolioth
Jun 8th, 2008
03:01:51 PM
DiCaprio is Col. Sanders in "KFC: The Last Cluck"
by Raymond Shaw
Jun 8th, 2008
03:07:11 PM
DiCaprio in "Cluck U-the Movie."
by Uncapie
Jun 8th, 2008
03:26:53 PM
make the johnny eck bio pic
by seabiscuits
Jun 8th, 2008
03:44:54 PM
Damn, themikejonas
by Manatee
Jun 8th, 2008
04:33:54 PM
If they show the real story behind Atari...
by alienindisguise
Jun 8th, 2008
04:46:58 PM
Jeremy Piven is...
by REDD
Jun 8th, 2008
05:31:28 PM
I BET KATE HUDSON WILL BE IN THIS...
by 33.3rpm
Jun 8th, 2008
05:37:01 PM
Once Upon Atari...
by fyrie
Jun 8th, 2008
06:07:51 PM
Shit, I was thinking Sword and Sorcery movie
by Drath
Jun 8th, 2008
06:45:46 PM
What in the name of Pitfall is going on here?!
by Puddleglum
Jun 8th, 2008
06:50:37 PM
Eee, Leonardo's filmography rocks.
by viola123
Jun 8th, 2008
07:30:02 PM
Odyssey 2 had the first, best home Pac-Mac
by Anakin Whoopass
Jun 8th, 2008
07:46:55 PM
Geez did I just type "Pac-Mac" TWICE?
by Anakin Whoopass
Jun 8th, 2008
07:47:32 PM
No, THREE times.
by Anakin Whoopass
Jun 8th, 2008
07:48:12 PM
Atari VI The Undiscovered Saturn
by picardsucks
Jun 8th, 2008
07:57:04 PM
Atari V The Final Tandy
by picardsucks
Jun 8th, 2008
07:58:31 PM
North American video game crash of 1983
by Orionsangels
Jun 8th, 2008
08:18:43 PM
Anakin Whoopass
by lynxpro
Jun 8th, 2008
11:42:25 PM
they should have...
by redkamel
Jun 8th, 2008
11:53:53 PM
Thanks, lynxpro!
by TattooedBillionaire
Jun 9th, 2008
12:53:46 AM
AMIGA FEVER
by Motoko Kusanagi
Jun 9th, 2008
01:13:28 AM
Was Dicrapio even alive
by Abominable Snowcone
Jun 9th, 2008
07:06:17 AM
ATARI
by ATARI
Jun 9th, 2008
07:23:34 AM
Bummer...
by Kid Z
Jun 9th, 2008
02:04:55 PM
Atari Force was awesome!
by lynxpro
Jun 9th, 2008
06:39:37 PM

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