Leonardo DiCaprio to star in biopic about Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell
Posted on June 8th, 2008 by Hot Momma
Leonardo DiCaprio is onboard to star in a biopic about entrepreneur Nolan Bushnell, titled “Atari,” for Paramount Pictures according to Variety. Although Bushnell’s life rights had long been pursued by various suitors, writers Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman, persuaded the gaming pioneer that they could do his unique story justice. DiCaprio will produce via his Appian Way shingle company.
Bushnell is one of the founding fathers of the video game industry, and co-founded Atari in 1972 with Ted Dabney. The two were instrumental in bringing arcade games, home vidgame consoles and home computers to the masses. Among the company’s contributions were Pong (video ping pong) and the Atari 2600. Bushnell also founded Chuck E. Cheese’s Pizza-Time Theaters chain. He received a great deal of recognition, including being inducted into the Video Game Hall of Fame and the Consumer Electronics Association Hall of Fame, receiving the Nations Restaurant News “Innovator of the Year” award, and being named one of Newsweek’s “50 Men That Changed America”.
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