I've got good news and bad news, video game fans. The good news is that a "Space Invader" film is on the way. The bad news is that it has no connection whatsoever to the classic arcade game.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Iron Man 2" screenwriter Justin Theroux is set to pen "Space Invader," Fox's astronaut romantic comedy that has nothing to do with shooting down wave after wave of aggressive alien aircrafts via joystick and button mashing. Instead, "Space Invader" focuses on a man who goes to space after suspecting that his astronaut girlfriend is cheating on him with a fellow astronaut.
Don't get me wrong, this "Space Invader" premise is pretty funny, and Will Arnett's attachment to the lead role makes it even funnier. Still, why throw away the "Space Invaders" name on a romantic comedy, rather than reserving it for a future video game adaptation? That's almost as bad as if the following five video games had their titles used for entirely different premises...
CONTRA: All it took was one week in Contra Costa County, California, to make Eddie (Jim Caviezel) and Anna (Julia Stiles) fall madly in love with one another. But Eddie is killed in a freak automobile accident, prompting Anna to return to the site of their first encounter for the funeral. What she finds there is the purest truth of all — that true love never dies and life goes on, all within the borders of Contra Costa.
FINAL FANTASY: Paul Applebee (Christopher Mintz-Plasses) is dying. With an estimated three weeks left to live, his older brother Tyler (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and his rambunctious pal Stevie Three (Clark Duke) liberate Paul from the hospital to go on a cross country road trip to Las Vegas, where Bernie will be allowed the opportunity to satisfy his ultimate life goal — to participate in a medieval jousting tournament at the Excalibur Hotel & Casino.
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: Directed by Kevin Smith, this foul-mouthed romantic comedy focuses on womanizing business executive Langdon McRee (Jason Lee), who gets knocked down a peg or two when his firm is crippled by a terrible sex scandal. Now jobless, Langdon convinces his overbearing wife (Joey Lauren Adams) that he's still commuting to work — instead, he's visiting a New York stripper named Zelda (Liv Tyler), whose free-spirited attitude causes Langdon to reevaluate his own choices in life.
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG: The only thing that Walter Buckley (Charles Grodin) ever wanted was some peace and quiet. Now without a family and in his 70s, Walter has finally earned the solitude he always longed for. But after his own brother dies of natural causes, Walter is left with all of his worldly possessions — including Sonic, an overactive hedgehog. Are Walter's curmudgeonly dreams of solitude forever dashed, or will he learn to love the spiky little animal and, perhaps more importantly, himself?
SUPER MARIO BROS.: A pair of brothers working as plumbers (Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo) are catapulted into a strange new world where man is descended from dinosaurs, all led by one particularly gnarly dictator named Bowser Koopa (Dennis Hopper). The plumbers work together to restore the kingdom's rightful ruler Daisy (Samantha Mathis) to power, all while dodging the bumbling reptilian foes that lurk in every corner.
Oh, wait, that was a real movie? Huh. Sounds kinda dumb.
Are you bummed that "Space Invader" isn't based on the video game of the (nearly) same name? What other game titles with contradictory premises can you think of? Let us know in the comments or on Twitter!
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