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Leonardo DiCaprio To Star In “Atari” Movie

June 9, 2008 Posted in Entertainment

Geeks rejoice! Leonard DiCaprio is set to star in “Atari,” a biopic about entrepreneur Nolan Bushnell, the creator of Atari and one of the founding fathers of the video game industry.

Bushnell was an, “engineering student, puzzle-lover and game enthusiast went from fixing broken pinball machines to launching Atari Corp., a video game manufacturer, in the early ’70s,” says Reuters.

Atari’s first release, Pong, essentially started the video game industry. And was the leading video game producer in the first generations of gaming.

Don’t get us wrong, Leo is a badass actor, but is he the right choice for the ultimate gamer?

Leonardo DiCaprio the best choice for “Atari” biopic?

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