John Carpenter, legendary film director, may have inadvertently leaked the development of a Dead Space movie. In something that could almost be described as a throwaway comment in an interview, Carpenter made a statement that, if read the right way, directly suggests such a project exists.
Carpenter, whose works include the likes of The Fog, Halloween, and Escape From New York, is an Academy Award-winning director. He’d be perfectly placed to work on a film based on one of the most horrific franchises in gaming, but according to him, he certainly isn’t up to directing it.
But someone else is.
Is A Dead Space Movie On The Way?
Recently, there has been so much news regarding live-action adaptations of top-tier gaming franchises. We’ve covered so many of them that we may as well put together something of a quick repository for you:
- Death Stranding 2‘s movie
- The God of War series
- The Last of Us television show
- Henry Cavill’s Warhammer 40K series
The latest title to join the list of potential franchises being made into a movie is Dead Space, which is a concept that has been floating around for years. It’s the perfect setting for a horror movie, and according to John Carpenter, it’s in development as we speak.
In an interview with Variety, when asked if there’s any movement on Carpenter directing a possible Dead Space movie, the man himself said:
I’m not gonna do it. I think they already have another director involved. And they haven’t asked me to do it. So, until someone asks me, I wouldn’t do it. But there’s a new version of the Dead Space video game coming out in January, and I’m there
John Carpenter
So, John Carpenter, legendary director, plugged into the inner workings of Hollywood, believes that there’s a director involved with a Dead Space movie. It’s time to discuss taking something this with a pinch of salt, but if that statement is to be believed, it could mean that a grisly, gory horror film is on the horizon, and its name is Dead Space.
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