"King of Kong" director's next project? "WarGames".

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"King of Kong" director's next project? "WarGames".

Seriously.

I'm not sure about this one - it was more of a period picture. A game of chess might be better...

'King Of Kong' Director Seth Gordon Ready To Play 'War Games' In MGM Reboot

By MIKE FLEMING | Thursday June 23, 2011 @ 8:27pm EDT

EXCLUSIVE: MGM will reboot the 1983 thriller War Games, and the studio has set Seth Gordon to develop the film to direct. Gordon, who made his breakthrough with the gaming documentary The King of Kong, most recently directed the New Line comedy Horrible Bosses, with Colin Farrell, Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis and Jamie Foxx. The reconstituted MGM has been going to town with remakes -- landing Jose Padilha to direct Robocop and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa to script Carrie -- but the John Badham-directed War Games is one that seems particularly reboot-able.

The original starred Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy as computer prodigies who finds a back door into a military computer program. They think they are playing games with the computer only to find they could trigger WWIII if the computer launches nuclear missiles at the Russians. In terms of computer games, kids were playing Pong back then; the level of sophistication with vidgames and the Internet in the digital age opens a wealth of possibilities, and Gordon will be given a wide berth to create a new take on the tale. The deal also reunites him with MGM toppers Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber and Jon Glickman, who were at Spyglass when Gordon directed Four Christmases there. Gordon's repped by WME and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.

http://www.deadline.com/2011/06/kin...eady-to-play-war-games-in-mgm-reboot/?_r=true
 
Awesome - can't wait for a remake/refresh of another classic 80's movie!

Looking forward to whatever the trendy minority teen actor/actress is at the time to star in a new War Games along with a snappy updated rap/hip=hop soundtrack. Maybe they could find a cameo for Jar Jar Binks as well!

Let's cross our fingers!
 
Awesome - can't wait for a remake/refresh of another classic 80's movie!

Looking forward to whatever the trendy minority teen actor/actress is at the time to star in a new War Games along with a snappy updated rap/hip=hop soundtrack. Maybe they could find a cameo for Jar Jar Binks as well!

Let's cross our fingers!

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His new movie "Horrible Bosses" looks to be far superior to any "re-boot" of an 80's movie that was never even a franchise beyond the original film. I predict Will Smith's son in the leading role, a lame soundtrack feat. Original music from the "Black Eyed Peas" and his favorite game is Call of Duty on the Xbox 360 in a special cross-promotion opportunity shared between Activision and Microsoft...
 
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