Paramount Pictures has secured rights to produce a period movie based on the dawn of video game industry. Following one of the most successful video game company through the prism of life of its founder,
Nolan Bushnell.
Taking its cue from the script written by
Brian Hecker and
Craig Sherman the film will allegedly feature
Leonard DiCaprio as Bushnell himself. It is currently uncertain how much truth there is to this statement. Perhaps
DiCaprio will take a much smaller role or will limit his involvement with just a producer credit.
You all might already know that the history of ATARI has already been captured on film by one of its game designers,
Howard Scott Warshaw. You can purchase four episodes of
Once Upon Atari at
this location.