PONG official movie announced

by Blake Snow on Dec 29th 2005 2:30PM

Atari CEO, Bruno Bonnell, confirmed today that the company will be working on a movie adaptation of PONG due for a late 2006 theater release. Way I Play writes: "Few details have been released about the plot of the movie, but director Paul W.S. Anderson let a few hints slip out. 'There will be awesome hand to hand combat, I can tell you that much,' blurted Anderson. 'If you’ve played PONG, it will be like discovering it for the first time all over again. If you’ve never played PONG, it will be like discovering it twice. Twice much,' continued the Mortal Kombat director.

The screen play will be written by Steven E. de Souza, know for other video game movies such as Street Fighter and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life. Souza told Variety that “PONG is the classic story that all other video games are based on. PONG: The Official Movie of the Game will take you past the pixels.”

[Thanks, Aric]

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Oh for the love of god please tell me this is a joke or something... X_X

ALRIGHT!!11

i really hope this is a joke.

RIP Atari.

It must be April Fools. . . first, the Pac Man movie-

http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/pacman/pacman-movie-promises-to-put-uwe-boll-to-shame-145565.php

now this. . .I think i need another rum and eggnog. Or maybe just more rum.

HOLY CRAP OH GOD PLEASE NO!!!

Dumbest. Idea. Ever.

First Doom: The Movie and now this? Do they do movie proposals in the MIDDLE of studio director's coke binges now?

Doom had no story. Marine on mars. Demons. Kill everything. There.

And as little story as THAT had, Pong had even LESS. Let's see them make an Oscar out of this-- I'll slit my wrists.

That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard

Is there any word on casting yet?

Muhaha..!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

I could maybe see a documentary about the history of pong, or some sort of fictional story based around it with some sort of pong-playing tournament involved. That could explain the fist-fight thing.

But outside of those contexts, I couldn't possibly see it being any good or having any idea what else it could be about.

I'm currently kind-of imagining a movie like Kingpin when I think of this.

Maybe when it's released on tv I'll actually consider watching it.

how bout when they tried to make HOTD into a movie.

This is obviously...scratch that, HOPEFULLY, a joke.

WTF!?

Pong the movie... how FUCKING retarded.

ESPECIALLY if Paul Anderson is going to direct it.

AND Steven E. WRITEING IT?! Didn't the movies he wrote SUCK ASS?!

Wow... fucking STUPID.

This has late night joke all over it.

This was funnier when the Game Rag posted it:

http://www.thegamerag.com/archives/2005/12/ang_lee_agrees_to_direct_pong.php

this is the 2nd dumbest idea. the dumbest was making DOOM.

I'd be surprised if it wasn't a joke. Maybe a movie based on guys who play Pong - y'know, like Grandma's Boy, only with actual humor. However, if this IS real...

Imagine the final showdown, between two well-respected Pong players. They stare intently into each other's eyes, the fire burning bright in their pupils. Ready, set, go!

...

...

man, Pong is a slow f-king game to watch. How dramatic can you make a 2-bit title whose primary movement is as slow as a drunken 16-yr old driving home at night on New Year's Eve? I've seen more drama in those GameTap commercials.

You all realize this means the end is near don't you?

it will only be good is Uwe Boll directs!

This must be an April Fool's joke. Wait a minute... it's still December! Well, I wish you good luck with the movie. You're gonna need it.

Kastrola, mn3njalnik

It is filed in the humor section.

My favorite character was always the left paddle. Man could it ever move up and down. I hope they cast Bruce Willis for it.

I thought the Pong: The Movie had been done years ago...

http://files.freeonlinegames.com/1135887584/games/humorpong/humorpong.swf

It's a joke. Look very carefully at the content category, it's filed under -- humor.

That's awesome. Will there be a nude scene?

Oh dear god... Well, if its real, they definitely picked the best director for the job, paul w s anderson is my most hated director of all time, I hate him more than uwe boll. After seeing avp, nothing will ever compare to his bile that he calls movies. I'm sure its probably a joke (I hope).

The real question is if they will make:

PONG : The official game of the movie of the game

It'd be more like Ang Lee's PONG: The official game of the official movie of the game.

I can't believe it took this long -- Pong The Movie should have been George Lucas's followup to THX-1138. I just hope they come out with a Pong The Movie: The Videogame like they did with the Street Fighter movie.

Glitch: Bruce Willis would totally be awesome for the left paddle, but tell me Steve Buscemi wouldn't be a PERFECT right paddle.

Sweet! Any word on release date? I can't find it at IMDB, but if I can get a date, I'll know when to start camping the theatre to get the first ticket for this. Man, I can't wait! I'm guessing it will be a story about the people inside the pong lines who move the things up and down, as well as the dude who drives the pong ball and how hard it is for him to calculate where to drive next after bouncing off of the paddles. I'm guessing that takes some careful figuring to pull off real-time.

Maybe the ball driver uses GPS to see exactly where he is and exactly where he is heading? Oh wait, he can't know his position and his velocity at the same time, can he? Damn you physics!!!

RagManX

this movie will be the reason for me to upgrade to HDTV

If it was something like Pirates of Silicon Valley I could see that. However it is obvious this is some kind of gag / tomfoolery, what with the description of the movie involving combat.

What???

No Uwe!!!!!!

Not going to happen... but if it did, I hope it will be in the same "mocumentary" style as the films 'Best In Show' and 'A Mighty Wind'.

Why are we going backwards? Has someone made the pilgramage to the mountaintop to visit the old seer? Is this all we get for years of unbrideled devotion to gaming prowess,not to mention the bleeding,pulpy fingertips,the carpal tunnel,or.......?? I need an answer soon cus I have DOOM 3 on pause.

No Pong upcoming, but..

CASTLEVANIA by Mr. Anderson is slated for 2007. Eep.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0488982/

WTF is with this guy? Between this and Castlevania, this promises to be the next golden age of movies!

worst. idea. ever.

somebody in marketing is getting fired after it bombs.

What the hell?

Who in their right minds would make a movie about pong? They must be high or something.

OKAY! Don your tinfoil hats! The bodysnatchers have officially invaded our planet...and seem to be totally insane, not to mention just plain stupid!

You can't possibly be serious.

May this movie could be directed by Peter Jackson, it could be called Peter Jackson's 'Ping Pong'

Ho ho

can anyone think of a worse game to make into a movie?

"COMMING 2007

TETRIS THE MOVIE by peter jackson"

god cant someone make an original movie and not a sequal or re-make or an adaptation of something

It's 1-bit.

The number of colours is 2^[bit number].

There are two colours in Pong so it's 2^1.

I didn't know Pong had "awesome hand to hand combat".

hey goto http://newgrounds.com/portal/view/54237 hand to hand is only the half of it lol i would shell the 7.50 just to see how it was but if it is real after prodution thell most likely decide on straight to video

PONG official movie announced

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