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Hopefully some of you are old enough to remember the classic Atari video game Asteroids](Asteroids (video game) - Wikipedia), where the object of the game was to navigate this space ship through an asteroid field and shoot down whatever crazy flying object got in the way. That was it – no storyline, no insane graphics – just a bunch of glowing dots on a screen. Obviously the cinematic possibilities are endless (ahem, sarcasm), and so that’s why there was a four-studio bidding war (!) for the film rights. Yup, four studios fought to win the film rights for Asteroids. That’s where it’s at right now in Hollywood …
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