Leonardo DiCaprio is attached to star in ”
Atari” (writers –
Brian Hecker and
Craig Sherman), about the godfather of the video game industry,
Nolan Bushnell.
Bushnell was an engineering student, puzzle-lover and game enthusiast who went from fixing broken pinball machines to launching
Atari Corp., a video game manufacturer, in the early '70s.
Its first product was a little game called Pong, which led to hundreds of millions of dollars worth of video game sales. Within a few years, he sold the company to Warner Communications for $28 million.
DiCaprio seems to be getting busier with each passing day. He has
Ridley Scott's ”
House of Lies” (”Body of Lies”) and
Sam Mendes' ”
Revolutionary Road” opening later this year.
He's currently filming
Martin Scorsese's ”
Ashecliffe” (formerly Shutter Island), and preparing a big screen version of the popular anime
Akira.
Leonardo DiCaprio is also interested in the
Ian Fleming (creator of
James Bond) biopic.