MTV recently talked with director D.J. Caruso (currently directing I Am Number Four) about his long gestating project Dead Space.
The film is based on the sci-fi/horror video game from Electronic arts. Caruso talked about translating the video game to the big screen.
The project was on the way to getting made but then things took a different turn for Caruso and his team.
“Playing that game was one of the scariest gaming experiences I’ve had in my entire life,” he said in a recent interview with MTV from the I Am Number Four set. “So I think the nuances of that and trying to capture that in the movie [are intriguing].”
The director even gave off some hints about the way the story might go.
“The cool thing about Dead Space is we’ve had a few offers to set it up. Once I started [I Am Number Four] and [producer] Wyck Godfrey and all those other guys got really busy on the The Twilight movies because they’re kicking butt over there, so we’re gonna get back and talk about it [once everyone’s time frees up].”
D.J. Caruso then talked about getting the right elements in place to make Dead Space a reality.
“We’ve got a really good sort of storyline,” he revealed. “It’s almost a prequel, sort of, to where the game picks up.”
“We don’t have a writer for it yet, but… right before I left we were listening to different writers and taking different pitches. We have to decide on a couple once we get back what we’re going to do,” he explained. “We’ve tried to crack the story a few different ways, so I know when we get back we’re going to get into it and I feel like we’ll have a screenplay in a few months. It’ll hopefully be ready to go.”
