Zombie-horror game adaptation under way at Lionsgate; film to aim on “human feelings, family bonds, as well as nonlinear storytelling. ”

Dead Island was launched previously this month on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC to commonly positive critical reception in spite of claims of sexism and corrupted PC files. The game–that has purchased 2 million units to date–additionally spawned a book offshoot. Today, Deep Silver’s zombie world will tell a different story, but this one is going to be on the big screen.

Shambling soon to a movie theater next to you.
Lionsgate today declared that it had optioned the legal rights from Deep Silver to produce a film based upon the Dead Island computer game. The movie is in the quite early stages of development, with no plot details still exposed.

But, Lionsgate did note that interest within the IP was sparked by the CGI trailer for the game which published in February. Regarding to Lionsgate, the film will probably focus on “human feelings, family bonds, as well as nonlinear storytelling. ”

Progression of the Dead Island film will be led by The Mummy producer Sean Daniel and his Sean Daniel Company. Accompanying Daniel on the project will be post production leader Stefan Sonnenfeld (Pirates of the Caribbean, X-Men: The Last Stand). Today’s announcement did not talk about a director or cast for the Dead Island movie.

Set on a secluded resort, the game Dead Island tells the brutal story of each day civilians captured up in a zombie apocalypse. Gamers can select amongst four character classes, which breakdown into the leader, tank, jack-of-all-trades, and assassin archetypes. Each character will start out the same way; characters are unexpectedly attacked by zombies at the island’s hotel, knocked out, and pulled to a nearby pool house modified to a shelter.