The latest in video game movies brings us a biopic on the creator of Atari, Nolan Bushnell. The Atari movie is set to star Leonardo DiCaprio and will be released by Paramount Pictures.
Leonardo DiCaprio
Nolan Bushnell is the co-creator of Atari and is highly revered as a founding father of the video game industry. He is responsible for bringing us the first home video game console and Pong, and now he will be played by one of the best actors around, Leonardo DiCaprio.
Of the casting selection, Bushnell says,
“I’m very, very thrilled and honored that would be the case.”
Bushnell’s story is one of perseverance and pushing against the odds. At the time Atari was founded, in 1972, no one took the company seriously because video games just weren’t good business. But the entrepreneur proved them all wrong and built the empire that stands as the basis for one of America’s favorite pastimes.
Right now, the movie doesn’t even look to be in production, but it’s sure to be an instant classic, especially for that generation that remembers playing that little tennis-like game with two white paddles and a little white ball we know as Pong.
See more photos of Leonardo DiCaprio and a video from Access Hollywood at the “Blood Diamond” premiere below.
Leonardo DiCpario Photos
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Leonardo DiCaprio Video
