Dead Space

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EA has confirmed that they are making a film adaption of the game "Dead Space" with D.J. Caruso.("Disturbia," "Eagle Eye")

The newest deal on the horizon is a live action adaptation of the terrifying Electronic Arts vidgame “Deadspace,” which is fast coming together as a scifi-horror film property that will be developed by D.J. Caruso, director of “Eagle Eye” and “Disturbia.”

EA will produce the film with Temple Hill partners Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey.

The producers, EA, and Caruso have been listening to takes from prospective screenwriters. Only after they set a writer and EA signs off on a creative direction will they auction the property to studios. That will likely happen in early September.

“Deadspace” has a storyline that seems ready made for feature treatment.

Set in deep space in the 26th Century, the thriller focuses on an engineer who responds to a distress signal from a mining ship. He arrives only to find it infested with monstrous creatures called Necromorphs, human corpses that have been re-animated by an alien virus. The engineer and his team retro-fit most of their weapons from tools on the mining ship. They try to stay alive long enough to discover the “hive mind” that is controlling the creatures.

This could turn out to be a good horror movie if they get it right. Lets keep our fingers crossed!