Deadline reports that King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters director Seth Gordon will head up a remake of 1983 Matthew Broderick hit War Games. In that flick, Broderick plays a hacker who endangers the world by breaking into government computers to play what he thinks is a video game.

This was one of the first starring vehicles for Broderick, who would later go on to immortality as Ferris Bueller. The subject matter seems more timely than ever in the post LulzSec era.

The King of Kong: a Fistful of Quarters is a rare achievement: a genuinely good videogame film. Directed by Seth Gordon, the documentary follows nice-guy Steve Wiebe as he challenges the ultimate Donkey Kong score (and ego) of Billy Mitchell, the self proclaimed king of classic arcade games.

The film is by turns hilarious and touching. Seth Gordon has a light touch with all the humor. Overly serious arcade gurus like Mr. Awesome and eccentric Twin Galaxies creator Walter Day get played for gentle laughs, while the real zingers are aimed at Mitchell’s inflated sense of self. At one point, he even exclaims, without a hint of irony, “When I talk, it brings controversy. It’s like the abortion issue.”

It’s clear that…