Director D.J. Caruso on the set of his upcoming sci-fi thriller I Am Number Four tells MTV News that the film adaptation of the hit sci-fi/horror video game Dead Space is in the early stages of prep.
The game is set in the 26th century in deep space, where an engineer who responds to a distress signal from a mining ship finds the vessel infested with monstrous creatures called Necromorphs. The creatures are human corpses, reanimated by an alien virus.
"We don't have a writer for it yet, but... right before I left we were listening to different writers and taking different pitches. We have to decide on a couple once we get back what we're going to do. We've tried to crack the story a few different ways, so I know when we get back we're going to get into it and I feel like we'll have a screenplay in a few months" says Caruso.
The premise of the pic could be a prequel - "We've got a really good sort of storyline. It's almost a prequel, sort of, to where the game picks up... You have have the whole sort of brainwash-y/ Scientology thing and ultimately the Necromorphs. It's interesting to try to get the major studios to understand that this isn't Event Horizon"
The film would not be a retread of the animated direct-to-DVD feature "Dead Space: Downfall" which hit around the time of the 1st video game
The game's sequel, "Dead Space 2", will likely hit stores in January.
Meantime Caruso is still "Loosely Attached" 2 helm the long gestated comic book pic Y: The Last Man
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