Lionsgate To Adapt Zombie Videogame Dead Island For The Big Screen

Lionsgate To Adapt Zombie Videogame Dead Island For The Big Screen

Lionsgate has acquired movie rights to the smash hit, Dead Island, the Deep Silver video game about vacationers on an island paradise overrun by zombies.

By MarkJulian - Sep 27, 2011 08:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Video Games
Source: Deadline


Story first reported by Deadline.

Last February, Deep Silver's trailer for Dead Island tore through the video game industry like wildfire. The buzz has culminated into making Dead Island one of the most anticipated video games of 2011. The trailer actually had a cinematic quality to it and many theorized that the game would make a great movie before any details were known about the game. Since it's release, the game has sold 2 million copies. There was some controversy as to who owned the rights to the film but that all appears to have been worked out.

Here's what Liongate's Joe Drake had to say:
“Like the hundreds of journalists and millions of fans who were so passionate and vocal about the Dead Island trailer, we too were awestruck. This is exactly the type of property we’re looking to adapt at Lionsgate, it’s sophisticated, edgy, and a true elevation of a genre that we know and love. It also has built in brand recognition around the world, and franchise potential.”





Dead Island is a first person horror action-adventure video game developed by Techland and published by Deep Silver for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. It is centered on the challenge of survival on a zombie-infested open world island with a major emphasis on melee combat. It was originally announced at E3 2006, but was pushed back to 2011. It was released on September 6, 2011 in North America and September 9, 2011 for PAL regions.

The game is set in the fictional island of Banoi, located off the coast of Papua New Guinea. The main characters wake up in the Palms Resort hotel to find the island attacked by zombies and mysteriously, they are immune to whatever is making people into zombies. As they try to find and help other survivors, they must also find a way to escape the island as well. The players go through a series of both main and side quests.




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LucasMend
LucasMend - 9/27/2011, 8:44 AM
Oh god more video games adaptations, just hope it turns to be good different of the Resident Evil Movies.

Nice find man!
santoanderson
santoanderson - 9/27/2011, 8:52 AM
Uwe Boll will probably direct....
EpicMan
EpicMan - 9/27/2011, 8:56 AM
So a video game article makes front page... But mine, an article specifically about Comic book Movie news stays back in editorial?

Interesting...
ICStoopedPeople
ICStoopedPeople - 9/27/2011, 9:03 AM
I highly doubt they can make anything even close to what that trailer pulled off.

Decent game though.
ICStoopedPeople
ICStoopedPeople - 9/27/2011, 9:04 AM
@EpicMan

Well, it did have a prequel comic attached to it. Not sure how that system works for you guys, sir.
sexymuppet
sexymuppet - 9/27/2011, 9:04 AM
dead island is a wicked game, i wish this movie all the best when it comes out in 30+ years
nuck82
nuck82 - 9/27/2011, 9:11 AM
@sexymuppet.. why so green?
MarkJulian
MarkJulian - 9/27/2011, 9:13 AM
@EpicMan

Your new here so let me give you the score just this once:

1. Your news about the Hardy Boys is not an Editorial. Doesn't belong there.
2. You copy and pasted all your information from Collider w/o any modifications. That a no-no.
3. The Hardy Boys started out as books not comic books, so your stretching your assertion that its pure comic book news.
4. CBM covers more than just comic book movies. Click here and you'll see all the categories we cover.

This is meant to be informative and help you with future posts. I'd advise going back and fixing your Hardy Boys article for starters.
VictorHugo
VictorHugo - 9/27/2011, 9:22 AM
theWorld: books=comics=movies=videogames they are all mere canvas for the glorious tales to be told.
ecksmanfan
ecksmanfan - 9/27/2011, 9:30 AM
I [frick]in love that trailer. I am a big fan of zombies, but like Vampires, they are getting too much exposure. If one zombie flick is good, then 15 must be epic. Take it easy Hollywood. Use your imagination.
EpicMan
EpicMan - 9/27/2011, 9:34 AM
I didnt copy and paste. I added pictures and 2 sentences at the bottom alot like Waylon.

2. I am not new here. a member in 2009 brah. and a frequenter for a year before that.

3. It is a comic book
MarkJulian
MarkJulian - 9/27/2011, 9:36 AM
Not starting a fight here, just pointing some things out. It's your first article so tried to help. It's totally your choice as to whether you listen or not.
ManofSteel23
ManofSteel23 - 9/27/2011, 9:40 AM
OVER RATED GAME,sorry Ive got it,played it,completed it,wasnt satisfied,it was abit repetative,they have just ran out of ideas for zombie movies obvi
EpicMan
EpicMan - 9/27/2011, 9:40 AM
your comments seemed back handed and hostile. You were defensive and came at me... Without grounds, but you still came at me.

Just pointing some things out.
REMY1
REMY1 - 9/27/2011, 9:53 AM
I'd rather watch wolverine anime for free.
Herosave
Herosave - 9/27/2011, 10:15 AM
Hoping someone will decide to make a movie based on Fallout 3...
13Deadpool13
13Deadpool13 - 9/27/2011, 10:38 AM
Shazzam! :^)
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 9/27/2011, 10:52 AM
If the director is some like Danny Boyle or David Fincher i think it could be pretty cool but until then not really interested.
ICStoopedPeople
ICStoopedPeople - 9/27/2011, 10:57 AM
@MovieTheaterLad

Just have Nathan Fillion as the lead. That guy could play Black Panther, King of Wakanda and the movie would still probably own.
ICStoopedPeople
ICStoopedPeople - 9/27/2011, 10:58 AM
Anyways, they did make a Fallout 3 movie. It was called Book of Eli.
MatchesMalone1989
MatchesMalone1989 - 9/27/2011, 11:17 AM
Book of Eli was not close to what walks in the night in Fallout 3. No supermutants no deathclaws, No little kid city, No brotherhood of Steele, no ghouls, All Eli had was the crazy raiders. There's even more stuff that Eli didn't have. Eli was good. But don't compare it to fallout ever again..... And Dead Island movie. In the words of Ikkaku [frick] Yeah!!!!
MatchesMalone1989
MatchesMalone1989 - 9/27/2011, 11:28 AM
Spiderboi91 is gaaaaaaaaaaaay!
MatchesMalone1989
MatchesMalone1989 - 9/27/2011, 11:32 AM
Spiderboy91 likes to suck on greengoblins goblin!!!!
TheShakeBake
TheShakeBake - 9/27/2011, 11:34 AM
They should really make Gears of War movie or Halo movie before this game, those both have numerous possibilities in film, and both have been trying to get a green light by a studio for 10 years or so
EpicMan
EpicMan - 9/27/2011, 12:01 PM
Well i wonder who reported my comment.... Its funny because its blank....

Hmm... any guesses. What a joke you are.
grifter
grifter - 9/27/2011, 1:07 PM
So are they going to Adapt that Jurassic park of an ending?
HULK2099
HULK2099 - 9/27/2011, 1:19 PM
YES!!!!!!!
eatmyhit
eatmyhit - 9/27/2011, 2:33 PM
@epicman you just sound bitter i'm sure if your article was good and intresting enough they would post it on main.
SigmaCenturion
SigmaCenturion - 9/27/2011, 3:47 PM
Um hell no. hollywood get your asses working on video games that have been out longer stop jumping on new franchises and humping the crap out of newer franchises and completely ignoring ones that have a larger fan base.
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