What if aliens attacked the Earth using video game characters!?
In the new trailer for “Pixels,” classic video game characters – Pac-Man, Donkey Kong and Centipede – are used against humans after a time capsule about human culture is misinterpret by extraterrestrials.
Adam Sandler, Josh Gad and Peter Dinklage play all-star video gamers tasked with taking on the pixelated villains – watch out for Pac-Man, his bite is deadly!
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Michelle Monaghan plays a military weapons developer, Ashley Benson stars as Lady Lisa and Kevin James plays the President in the Chris Columbus-directed film
Get your quarters ready (those used to be needed for video games for our readers born post-’80s), “Pixels” hits theaters on July 24.
— Jesse Spero
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