Dead Space Movie Confirmed
Good news for those of you with a thing for necromorphs.
Despite still reeling from the unexpected departure of Executive Producer Glen Schofield last week, the show at Visceral Games/EA goes on. Today they announced that survival horror hit Dead Space is on course to grace the silver screen.
The news also confirms that the future of the Dead Space franchise is rosy, with hints of “second and third installments”. It’s unclear at this time if this is confirmation of a trilogy or merely reference to the Dead Space: Extraction and upcoming Dead Space 2.
One of five projects currently in talks, Dead Space the movie is expected to follow on from straight-to-DVD anime prequel, Downfall. As with the game plot, engineer Isaac Clarke and crew respond to a distress signal from the mining ship USG Ishimura, upon which they find the reanimated corpses of their friends and colleagues, mutated by an alien virus. D.J. Caruso (Eagle Eye, Disturbia) is already attached to the film as director, with EA producing alongside Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey. There is no release date at this time.
Other titles in discussion include the Dante’s Inferno film that will be produced by Strike Entertainment partners Eric Newman and Marc Abraham, and EA is in business with Scott Z. Burns (The Bourne Ultimatum) to script and Scott Stuber to produce Army of Two. EA’s The Sims is being developed by producers John Davis and Avi Arad (Mass Effect, Spiderman). Temple Hill’s Bowen and Godfrey are producing Gears of War, a live-action adaptation of the Microsoft and Epic Games’ video game for New Line, with Len Wiseman attached to direct and Chris Morgan for scripting.
Here’s hoping EA manage to succeed where other console-to-movie transitions have failed.
Source: uk.gamespot.com
Tags: dead space, ea, movies, visceral
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Great, and I was too scared to even play the video game! One thing is for sure, though, they should make it in 3D. The Necromorphs are perfect for 3D slicing, lunging, and popping out from vents.
I still need to rent this baby. I only tried the demo but quite liked it.
The fact that you have not played this yet has killed a small part of me. It is a new brand that is so good. Right up there with Mirror's Edge as two of the best new brands created in the last few years.
Agreed. It's one of the best games of the last five years. Period. Even though I still can't get through Chapter 6 without getting owned …
Oh my, yes. 3D necromorphs? That would scare the bejesus out of me!
Oh my, yes. 3D necromorphs? That would scare the bejesus out of me!