Dicaprio Set With ‘Atari’
June 9th, 2008 in Actors, Drama, Movie News, Movies, The Movie Biz
“Atari” development project is set to roll with Leonardo DiCaprio attached to star.
According to Variety, “Atari” is written by Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman, a biopic about entrepreneur Nolan Bushnell, the creator of Atari and one of the founding fathers of the vidgame industry.
Bushnell and Ted Dabney founded Atari in 1972 and were instrumental in bringing arcade games, home vidgame consoles and home computers to the masses. Among the company’s contributions were Pong and the Atari 2600.
Although Bushnell’s life rights had long been pursued by various suitors, Hecker and Craig Sherman persuaded the gaming pioneer that they could do his unique story justice.
DiCaprio is shooting Martin Scorsese’s “Shutter Island.”
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