{"id":1642899,"date":"2026-07-23T21:31:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T21:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4LMnzXAes6XG7s6TtEYcvF"},"modified":"2026-07-23T21:31:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T21:31:26","slug":"atari-signs-10-game-deal-with-universal-for-movies-based-on-pong-breakout-centipede-and-yes-really-pong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/atari-signs-10-game-deal-with-universal-for-movies-based-on-pong-breakout-centipede-and-yes-really-pong\/","title":{"rendered":"Atari signs 10-game deal with Universal for movies based on Pong, Breakout, Centipede, and yes, really, Pong"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/07\/atari-universal-deal-10-game-ip-script-matt-reilly-carl-hampe-entertainment-360-1237001656\/\" target=\"_blank\">Deadline<\/a> report says Atari, in partnership with management and production company Entertainment 360, has signed a deal that gives Universal Pictures the right to turn 10 of Atari&#8217;s best-known games into movies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For more than five decades, Atari has created games and worlds that have remained part of popular culture long after their original release,&#8221; Atari chairman and CEO Wade Rosen told the site. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are excited to work with Universal and Entertainment 360 to bring the spirit of our iconic brand and games to a new medium.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The games in question are undeniably Atari classics, although not necessarily obvious fodder for film adaptations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Asteroids<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Adventure<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Berzerk<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Breakout<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Centipede<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Crystal Castles<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Millipede<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Missile Command<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pong<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>Yes, <\/em><em><strong>Pong<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Yars\u2019 Revenge<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The intent, according to the report, is to turn the properties into &#8220;big-scale action-adventure fare.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Matt Reilly and I grew up playing Atari 2600 games and have remained fans ever since,&#8221; said Guymon Casady of Entertainment 360, a producer on the first film to come out of the deal. &#8220;The best Atari games dropped you into a world and let your imagination do the rest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[Screenplay writers Carl Hampe and Matt Reilly] saw an opportunity to take that same spirit and build an original, large-scale adventure around it. From the moment we read the screenplay, we believed there was a great movie here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Well, they made a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battleship_(film)\" target=\"_blank\">Battleship movie<\/a>, didn&#8217;t they.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet >\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"high\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/okOsyezoR7s\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Did it suck? Sure did. Did it make money? Eventually, apparently, although it took some time and a tour of duty on streaming services. Is this sort of thing symptomatic of a creatively bankrupt entertainment industry that&#8217;s running on the fumes of nostalgia and not a whole lot else? I&#8217;m gonna say maybe!<\/p>\n<p>But here&#8217;s the thing: When I read this Deadline report I immediately had a sense that this had been done before, and I was correct\u2014to an extent. Film projects based on <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2016\/05\/centipede-missile-command-atari-movie-emmett-furla-oasis-1201754686\/\" target=\"_blank\">Missile Command and Centipede<\/a> were announced in 2016, and an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/asteroids-lands-universal-86073\" target=\"_blank\">Asteroids<\/a> film project was picked up by Universal in 2009. I don&#8217;t know whatever came of them (and, as an aside, I would advise caution when searching for Centipede-related movie trailers), although I would assume they all fizzled out. I&#8217;ve dropped a line to Atari to ask about that.<\/p>\n<p>Atari itself seemed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/we-regret-to-inform-you-that-the-zombie-once-known-as-atari-is-now-selling-nfts\/\" target=\"_blank\">destined to meet the same fate<\/a>, although it appears to have turned things around in recent years with notable and (so far) not-disastrous moves like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/nightdive-reassures-fans-about-the-atari-deal-not-only-will-we-be-doing-as-much-as-we-ever-did-but-well-be-doing-more-of-it\/\" target=\"_blank\">buying Nightdive and Digital Eclipse<\/a>, releasing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/jeff-minter-is-remaking-another-atari-classic-and-yeah-it-is-definitely-a-jeff-minter-game\/\" target=\"_blank\">new Jeff Minter game<\/a>, finally doing great things with its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/ataris-50th-anniversary-game-is-actually-great\/\" target=\"_blank\">huge back catalogue<\/a>, and\u2014this is particularly important\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/after-turning-over-a-new-crypto-free-leaf-atari-would-like-to-stress-that-the-meme-currency-realpongcoin-does-not-have-its-consent-or-approval\/\" target=\"_blank\">getting away from the crypto business<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Does all of that make me think we&#8217;re likely to get a good movie based on Breakout? Absolutely not. But it might be fun to watch them try.<\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height: 250px;\">\n<div class=\"kwizly-quiz kwizly-W0Rm7X\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script src=\"https:\/\/kwizly.com\/embed\/W0Rm7X.js\" async><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"86cfe744-86d1-11f1-ae74-7dbbd894f2ca\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:661px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:98.94%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6offQUY4CXebir2TC27dMd\" name=\"kingdom come 2 square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/atari-signs-10-game-deal-with-universal-for-movies-based-on-pong-breakout-centipede-and-yes-really-pong.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"661\" 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although not necessarily obvious fodder for film adaptations: Asteroids Adventure Berzerk Breakout Centipede Crystal Castles Millipede Missile Command Pong Yes, Pong Yars\u2019 Revenge The intent, according to the&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/atari-signs-10-game-deal-with-universal-for-movies-based-on-pong-breakout-centipede-and-yes-really-pong\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1642900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[10711],"class_list":["post-1642899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-movies-tv"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Atari signs 10-game deal with Universal 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