Dead Space being directed with an 'Eagle Eye' by D.J. Caruso

by Alexander Sliwinski on Jul 27th 2009 9:00AM

Variety reports "vidgame" (seriously, Variety, stop that!) Dead Space is going to the big screen under the watchful gaze of Eagle Eye director D.J. Caruso. The producers and EA are currently talking to screenwriters and will then auction the movie to a studio. EA created a bidding war last year when it auctioned off God of War-esque Dante's Inferno -- even before it officially announced the game. The publisher also currently has Sims, Army of Two and Mass Effect movies in varying stages of development.

The Variety piece also mentions that EA is "working on the second and third installments" of the Dead Space franchise. Although that can be interpreted to mean sequels to the main game, it could also mean Extraction and the expected sequel. We're following up with Variety and EA for clarification and will update when we hear back.

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Tags: dantes-inferno, dead-space, Dead-Space-Movie, dj-caruso, ea, electronic-arts, Microsoft, Movies, Nintendo, Wii, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (54)

I'm all for video games to be turned into movies, but these days, games are so cinematic that it's almost like a movie itself, except you control it. I think they should try adapting older video games into films, it would surprise people and be really original. However, I can't wait for the "Bioshock" adaptation. I can see them doing a lot with that.

I'll be buying Dead Space 2 whenever it comes out. The first game was amazing, possibly my favorite game of 2008. Thank you Toys R Us for having that buy 2 get 1 free game event, otherwise I would never have bought Dead Space.

That's funny. I didn't know eagles blinked every third of a second to look at something else.

@Keenmachine

HOLY SH*T!! That's pretty freaking cool Keen! Thanks for sharing! However as somebody was mentioning the whole Nicole being dead thing: Yeah I pretty much figured she's been dead even before Isaac even got to the Ishimura. However the fact that there's a "part of her" in the end was a nice little twist. Yes it was all cliche as far as story goes but the game sure as hell scares the bejeezus out of you when you first play through it! The game would have been perfect if they programmed it so that all the enemies would randomly regenerate whenever you started a new game so that the scares were always fresh and new!

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