Space Invaders heading to the big screen

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Posted at 4:12pm on Mon 11 July 2011
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Space Invaders heading to the big screen
Space Invaders, the iconic 80's arcade game from Taito and Midway, is getting the movie treatment, with producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Odd Lot Entertainment’s Gigi Pritzker at the helm.

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Posted at 4:12pm on Mon 11 July 2011
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Space Invaders, the iconic 80's arcade game from Taito and Midway, is getting the movie treatment, with producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Odd Lot Entertainment’s Gigi Pritzker at the helm.

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How stupid. It's another example of abusing a household name to sell any old ***** that comes to mind. I'm not going to bother but, I'm pretty sure between us we could list at least a hundred films based on the Space Invaders plot.
Posted at 4:16pm on Mon 11 July 2011
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Space Invaders, the iconic 80's arcade game from Taito and Midway, is getting the movie treatment, with producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Odd Lot Entertainment’s Gigi Pritzker at the helm.

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Please tell me you not serious right? I mean I know it won't have anything to do with space invader the game (except for maybe a cameo or something) but then would qwhy you use the name/ licience?
Posted at 5:09pm on Mon 11 July 2011
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Space Invaders, the iconic 80's arcade game from Taito and Midway, is getting the movie treatment, with producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Odd Lot Entertainment’s Gigi Pritzker at the helm.

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I hope Will Ferrell plays this invader, his comedic timing needs to be perfectly translated to film.

Posted at 5:17pm on Mon 11 July 2011
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Space Invaders, the iconic 80's arcade game from Taito and Midway, is getting the movie treatment, with producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Odd Lot Entertainment’s Gigi Pritzker at the helm.

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At first this just sounds like a complete joke, but when you think about it it makes marketing sense (if that isn't an oxymoron).

You could name dozens of films about aliens invading from space, this one will immediately garner more attention than those because it's 'official'. Much as munkee and MJTH mentioned, they do it to get attention. And it works! Plus I'm confident more people will see it than Generic Space Attack 4 so they make more money and they win.
Posted at 5:32pm on Mon 11 July 2011
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I can't wait to see Kevin James play Pac Man!
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