ASTEROIDS (In Development)

• ASTEROIDS

Universal's planned big screen version of the classic videogame Asteroids is still in development despite Roland Emmerich recently passingon directing it.

The Hollywood Reporter says screenwriter Evan Spiliotopoulos(Snow White and the Huntsman, Battle for Terra, Pooh's Heffalump Movie) hasbeen tapped to script the project for producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura andDavid Foster.

"The plotline for the film adaptation has evolved intothe story of two estranged brothers that must team up to save Earth from analien race," according to THR.