Editing Asteroids (video game) (section)

===Proposed film adaptation===
In July 2009, [[Universal Pictures]] offered [[Roland Emmerich]] the option to direct the film adaptation of ''Asteroids'', with Matt Lopez writing the script and [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]] producing the film adaptation.<ref>{{cite news|first=Borys|last=Kit|title=Roland Emmerich May Direct the Movie Version of Asteroids|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/asteroids-lands-universal-86073/#!|date=July 2, 2009|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=April 4, 2023}}</ref> Lopez and di Bonaventura were still attached to write and produce the film adaptation, respectively,<ref>{{cite news|first=Claude|last=Brodesser-Akner|title=Roland Emmerich May Direct the Movie Version of Asteroids|url=https://www.vulture.com/2011/06/roland_emmerich_has_been_offer.html|date=June 8, 2011|website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]|access-date=April 4, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Matt|last=Goldberg|title=Roland Emmerich Offered Director's Chair for ASTEROIDS|url=https://collider.com/roland-emmerich-asteroids/|date=June 8, 2011|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|access-date=April 4, 2023}}</ref> but Emmerich passed on directing, while Evan Spiliotopoulos and F. Scott Frazier were hired to rewrite the screenplay.<ref>{{cite news|first=Jay|last=Fernandez|title=Universal's 'Asteroids' to Be Written By 'Snow White' Scribe (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/asteroids-evan-spoiliotopoulos-259437/|date=November 9, 2011|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=April 4, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Borys|last=Kit|title='Asteroids' Getting Rewrite From 'Autobahn' Writer (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/asteroids-getting-rewrite-autobahn-writer-770691/#!|date=February 5, 2015|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=April 4, 2023}}</ref>