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Those Hollywood newshounds over at Deadline have revealed that Greg Russo, currently beavering away at the script for Warner Bros. upcomingMortal Kombatmovie,has been hired to pena cinematic adaptation of 1978’sSpace Invaders. Yep.

Warner Bros. picked up the movie rights to Taito’s groundbreaking arcade release several years back, and have been attempting to get the movie off of the ground for some time. Russo, who was signed up by production company New Line, will be addingSpace Invadersto a long list of adaptations the writer has queued, includingDeath Note 2for Netflix,Resident Evilfor Constantin Films, andSaints Rowfor Fenix Studios.

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There are no plot or casting details forSpace Invadersas of yet, but this has to be the best example since 2012’sBattleshipof an simplistic entity being crafted into an extended big-screen narrative. Personally, I’m more than a little curious to see how Russo translates the video game’s basic concepts into a blockbuster. I wonder who’s gonna play the bonus UFO?

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