Screamwriter: Warren Ellis contributed to Dead Space

by Christopher Grant { Aug 8th 2008 at 8:15PM }

Turns out Warren Ellis – comic writer, blogger, and president of the Southend-on-Sea bearded writer's association – laid some of the groundwork for EA's upcoming Dead Space. The writer, newly freed from an NDA, shared the info with subscribers to his newletter, writing, "I can finally say that I wrote a bunch of the groundwork, backstory and structure on the forthcoming EA videogame Dead Space, which recently got a comic prequel from the hands of Antony Johnston and Ben Templesmith" (which you can watch here: one, two, three, four).

Ellis estimated that, although he submitted his contribution as far back as two years ago and that "there was at least one other writer on the project," he's "sure there's some of [him] in there somewhere." Let's hope so!

Gallery: Dead Space

[Via RPS]

Tags: Dead-Space, Warren-Ellis

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

syrik zero @ Aug 8th 2008 8:25PM

I really can't wait for this game... You should uhmmm get me a review copy of this game Chris. I get as many people as I know to join your facebook group if you do =D

zkey14 @ Aug 8th 2008 8:31PM

It'll be hilarious when out of nowhere a sexually perverted mutant makes his entrance.

Yourself @ Aug 8th 2008 9:33PM

So it'll basically be Transmetro 2, then?

Blue_Falcon @ Aug 8th 2008 10:08PM

I had no interest in this game up until I heard about this.

Between Transmetropolitan, Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E., Thunderbolts, Crooked Little Vein...Ellis is easily one of the best people in the comic book industry.

VampireHunter Z @ Aug 8th 2008 11:12PM

Great writer. He definitely up there with the greats like Neil Gaiman and Alan Moore. I discovered him back in 1994 when he wrote a few comics of Thor. Never have I ever seen a super hero comic written like that before. Even though he is not the lead writer on Dead Space now I know the story will be good. The webisodes are also good.

Avarice @ Aug 8th 2008 11:46PM

Umm... who?

Of course, if he is fully and positively confirmed to be bearded then I have the highest hopes for the game's quality.

zuburi @ Aug 9th 2008 3:09AM

Do I chastise you for not knowing Ellis, or do I compliment you on having a Rowsdower avatar?!

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Aug 9th 2008 7:08AM

Chastise his ass. How do you not know who Warren Ellis is?

Super Fun Time Gamer @ Aug 10th 2008 6:37PM

Dude, Warren Ellis is probably THE BEST current writer in comics these days. I like a lot of Moore's older stuff(Watchman, as do we all...), but he's gotten sort of...eh, curmudgeony as of late.
Ellis, on the other hand, proves that there is no genre he can't write. Sci-Fi, comedy, pulp, whatevs. Ellis slays it all.