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Denzel WashingtonDust off your rocker switches and joysticks, because Hollywood seems to be all about video games this week -- well, video games and comic books. Today's Dailies feature gaming's most famous vampire hunter, as well as plenty of news from Comic-Con, with "Roger Rabbit 2," "Alice in Wonderland," and much more.

-- James Wan, who helped launch the wonderful world of the "Saw" movies now gets to bring famous vampire hunter Simon Belmont to theaters, as he writers and directs a film version of the classic Konami video game "Castlevania." (Blood Disgusting)

-- Producer Lornezo di Bonaventura says his team has "crafted a really strong, deep mythology" for their film adaptation for the really classic video game "Asteroids." (IGN) Read more...

'Ateroids'News of Hollywood cherry-picking video game franchises for movie adaptations is nothing new, but here's something that's a bit more surprising. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the latest game to be slated for the big screen is the action-packed "Asteroids."

Yes, you heard that right. Universal Studios is making "Asteroids" into a movie. Some of you have never played the classic 1979 Atari title, but the concept is very simple -- fly your triangle "spaceship" while shooting at flying saucers and asteroids, and trying not to smash into them. It was a revolution back in the late-1970s, but is a far cry from sophistication in the era of next-gen consoles like the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Read more...