The Comic-Con reports that EA could be pushing forward to the Dead Space Movie towards becoming a film franchise. It has already put a Need for Speed film starring Aaron Paul in the can, so this may be the future of all of EA’s franchises. The reason behind this resurgence is speculated to be Dead Space 3’s disappointing sales.
EA’s overseer of film adaptations Patrick O’Brien said, “EA is planning to take more control over how its franchises are developed into movies, rather than just pitching, for example, the idea of Dead Space film. We decided we have to pitch the projects as scripts. EA was batting 0 for 5 before we began funding scripts. We’ve had our knocks in the studio system. The “0 for 5” apparently refers to failed attempts at getting Sims, Spore, Mass Effect, Army of Two, and Dante’s Inferno made into films. Dante’s Inferno. Ugh.”
EA is now doing much more than expected. The scriptwriter of the Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, Justin Marks is writing the Dead Space script. Its planned that whatever studio picks up the film will probably develop the script and do rewrites. Also, John Carpenter (The Thing) has expressed interest in directing a Dead Space flick.