First draft of the Pixels movie script didn’t have Donkey Kong
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Donkey Kong wasn’t always a shoe-in for the new movie Pixels. In an interview with Wired, director Chris Columbus stated that the character wasn’t included in the first draft of the script.
It was only after several months of meetings with Nintendo that the company signed off on having Donkey Kong featured in Pixels. Nintendo eventually felt that the film team would “treat Donkey Kong with respect and the proper gameplay”.
Columbus said:
“I was excited because the script had a Centipede sequence and a Pac-Man sequence, but what the first draft of the script did not have was Donkey Kong. After months and months of meeting with the board of Nintendo they agreed that we were going to treat Donkey Kong with respect and the proper gameplay, which was very important, and bringing Donkey Kong into the film was a slam-dunk for us.”
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Pixels movie – “Arcade Characters” vignette
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New Pixels movie trailer
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Sony shared a new trailer for the Pixels movie today. The film features characters like Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, and more.
View the trailer below. Pixels is hitting movie theaters on July 24.
Pixels movie trailer shows Donkey Kong
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A new trailer for the movie “Pixels” has come online, and we get a brief glimpse at a Nintendo character. We previously mentioned that Donkey Kong would have a cameo in the film, and you can get a look at his appearance below.
Adam Sandler stars in Pixels, which sees aliens attacking Earth after they misinterpret video-feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war against them. These games are then used as models for their assaults.
Pixels is coming to movie theaters on July 24.
Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Pixels film features Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, and more
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Sony Pictures Entertainment’s upcoming film “Pixels” will feature classic video game characters such as Donkey Kong and Pac-Man, the company announced today. The movie, which stars Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan, Peter Dinklage, Josh Gad, and Brian Cox, is slated for May 15, 2015.
For those who haven’t heard of Pixels previously, below is a quick overview of the film:
In Pixels, when intergalactic aliens misinterpret video-feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war against them, they attack the Earth, using the games as models for their various assaults. President Will Cooper (James) has to call on his childhood best friend, ’80s video game champion Sam Brenner (Sandler), now a home theater installer, to lead a team of old-school arcaders (Dinklage and Gad) to defeat the aliens and save the planet. Monaghan plays the team’s unique weapons specialist.
And here’s the listing of companies with classic arcade games that are teaming with Sony Pictures on Pixels:
• Atari Interactive: (Asteroids, Breakout, Centipede and Missile Command)
• Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. (Frogger)
• BANDAI NAMCO Games Inc. (PAC-MAN, Galaga, and Dig Dug)
• Nintendo (Donkey Kong)
• Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. (Q*bert)
• Taito Corporation (Space Invaders)
• Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (Joust, Defender, Robotron and Wizard of Wor)
Those attending San Diego Comic-Con 2014 this week will have the opportunity to engage with many of these classic original arcade games and try them out again as the studio features a Pixels Electric Dreams Factory arcade at the Hard Rock Hotel, 209 5th Ave., San Diego.
