Archive · 8 Aug 2025
Space Invaders Movie in the Works at New Line
Get ready for a Space Invaders movie!
The classic arcade game is being turned into a film by screenwriters Ben Zazove and Evan Turner.
They're the ones who also wrote The Out-Laws.
Akiva Goldsman, along with producers from Weed Road and Safehouse Pictures, will be making the film.
The original game, created by Tomohiro Nishikado, was a big hit back in 1978 where players shot down alien invaders.
Now, it's coming to the big screen.
Ben Zazove and Evan Turner will write a 'Space Invaders' movie for New Line.
The film is based on the classic Taito arcade game.
Akiva Goldsman of Weed Road Pictures will produce the film.
Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell from Safehouse Pictures will also produce.
Zazove and Turner previously worked on 'The Out-Laws'.
- Who
- Ben Zazove and Evan Turner are writing the movie.
- What
- A Space Invaders movie is being developed.
- When
- No specific release date has been announced.
- Where
- The film will be made by New Line.
- Why
- To adapt the classic arcade game into a film.
- Based on
- Taito's Space Invaders arcade game
- Writers
- Ben Zazove & Evan Turner
- Producers
- Akiva Goldsman, Joby Harold, Tory Tunnell
- Production Companies
- Weed Road Pictures, Safehouse Pictures, New Line
- Game Release Year
- 1978