Nolan Bushnell Biopic Is A Go
Variety announced Sunday that Paramount Pictures has snatched up the rights for a biopic about Atari creator Nolan Bushnell. You remember Pong? That was him. Leonardo DiCaprio is attached to star and will also serve as the movie’s producer under his Appian Way shingle. When asked in a recent interview with MTV Multiplayer if he ever thought he would be portrayed in a movie by the kid from Titanic, Bushnell laughed, “No. I’m very, very thrilled and honored that would be the case.”
This isn’t the first time Bushnell has been approached for the rights to his story, but when approached by writers Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman he said he “felt that these guy got it in a very, very real way and [knew] what Atari stood for.” He said always thought a movie about his life might happen. “I kind of thought that it wouldn’t happen until maybe after I was in the ground for a little while. [laughs]”