{"id":1953174,"date":"2025-08-10T22:58:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T22:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1953174"},"modified":"2025-08-10T22:58:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T22:58:43","slug":"a-space-invaders-movie-is-happening-and-it-just-got-new-screenwriters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/a-space-invaders-movie-is-happening-and-it-just-got-new-screenwriters\/","title":{"rendered":"A &#8216;Space Invaders&#8217; movie is happening and it just got new screenwriters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"relative mb-6 aisummary_shadowPulse__HDPrM\">\n<div class=\"box-content rounded-[14px] bg-gradient-to-b from-[#c938e3] to-[#4941fb] p-0.5\" style=\"max-height:5rem\">\n<div class=\"rounded-xl bg-[#fcfbfb] dark:bg-inkwell px-5\">\n<div class=\"relative flex justify-between py-5 text-base font-semibold\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\"><button aria-label=\"Visually show the key takeways description\" class=\"group z-2\" data-ylk=\"elm:card;itc:1;sec:ai-summary;slk:key-takeaways;\"><span class=\"group relative text-left transition-all duration-1000 ease-in-out\"><svg class=\"absolute size-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><lineargradient id=\"svg-ai-icon-gradient\" x1=\"12.5\" x2=\"12.5\" y1=\"2.5\" y2=\"21.5\" gradientunits=\"userSpaceOnUse\"><stop stop-color=\"#3941FD\"\/><stop offset=\"1\" stop-color=\"#D136E0\"\/><\/lineargradient><\/svg><svg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"mr-1\" fill=\"url(#svg-ai-icon-gradient)\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M21.5 6.5a6.77 6.77 0 0 1-4-4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1-4 4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1 4 4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1 4-4M3.5 14A12.69 12.69 0 0 0 11 6.5a12.69 12.69 0 0 0 7.5 7.5 12.69 12.69 0 0 0-7.5 7.5A12.7 12.7 0 0 0 3.5 14m7.5 3.638A14.5 14.5 0 0 0 7.362 14 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 11 10.362 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 14.638 14 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 11 17.638\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"sr-only !absolute !w-[310px] max-w-[80vw] translate-y-full rounded-lg bg-white text-sm font-normal opacity-0 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity ease-in-out group-hover:not-sr-only group-hover:block group-hover:p-4 group-hover:opacity-100 group-hover:delay-300 group-focus-visible:not-sr-only group-focus-visible:block group-focus-visible:p-4 group-focus-visible:opacity-100 dark:border dark:border-charcoal dark:bg-inkwell dark:shadow-dark-elevation-3\" id=\"_R_apckr8lb2mav5ubsddb_\" style=\"bottom:-2px\">Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. 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Zazove and Turner most recently penned <i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2019\/07\/space-invaders-movie-new-line-taito-arcade-game-new-line-greg-russo-mortal-kombat-1202645635\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Out-Laws;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Out-Laws<\/a><\/i>, an action comedy for Netflix. There&#8217;s no word on what exactly the <i>Space Invaders<\/i> movie will look like, who will direct it, who will be in it, or when it will come out yet, of course.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This movie was actually announced more than six years ago with screenwriter Greg Russo (who did the recent <i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/mortal-kombat-movie-review-hbo-max\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mortal Kombat;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mortal Kombat<\/a><\/i> reboot) attached. That apparently didn&#8217;t work out, so now we&#8217;re here with two different screenwriters on the same project, six years later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>Space Invaders<\/i>, if you aren&#8217;t aware, doesn&#8217;t have a lot going on, plot-wise. You play as a little ship shooting alien spacecraft as they encroach upon Earth. The original arcade game doesn&#8217;t really have much in the way of lore or emotional resonance in its narrative, so Zazove and Turner have some work to do to make it work as a movie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">That is, of course, assuming the movie ever actually gets made. Plenty of video game movies are announced, but comparatively few actually come out. 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