http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118006507.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2564

D.J. Caruso to direct 'Dead Space'

Helmer set to adapat Electronic Arts hit vidgame

Electronic Arts vidgame 'Dead Space' is set in the 26th century in deep space, where a mining ship is infested with monstrous creatures. Caruso

The Electronic Arts hit vidgame "Dead Space" is on course to become a sci-fi/horror film, with "Eagle Eye" helmer D.J. Caruso attached to direct.

EA will produce the film with Temple Hill partners Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey.

The producers, EA and Caruso have been listening to takes from prospective screenwriters, and once they set a writer and EA signs off on a creative direction, they will auction the property to studios. That will likely happen in early September.

The last EA property to follow that course was "Dante's Inferno" -- a journey through the depths of hell; Universal made the deal after a four-studio bidding battle.

"Dead Space" is set in the 26th century in deep space, where an engineer who responds to a distress signal from a mining ship finds the vessel infested with monstrous creatures called Necromorphs. The creatures are human corpses, reanimated by an alien virus.

EA launched the game in 2008 and is working on the second and third installments.

"Dead Space" becomes the fifth EA title to percolate as a feature property. Aside from the "Dante's Inferno" film that will be produced by Strike Entertainment partners Eric Newman and Marc Abraham, EA is in business with Universal on "Army of Two," with Scott Z. Burns ("The Bourne Ultimatum") scripting and Scott Stuber producing. EA's "The Sims" is being developed by producer John Davis and "Mass Effect" by "Spider-Man" producer Avi Arad.

Temple Hill's Bowen and Godfrey are producing "Gears of War," a live-action adaptation of the Microsoft and Epic Games' vidgame for New Line, with Len Wiseman attached to direct and Chris Morgan scripting.

Caruso is also developing "Defender," the Gary Witta-scripted DreamWorks drama that Alex Kurtzman and Robert Orci are producing.

EA's repped by UTA and attorney David Fox, while Caruso's repped by CAA and Media Talent Group.

awesome, looks like EA really wants a franchise out of this one

i would prefer rather anime/cgi movies if we're talking bout Dead Space, Dante's Inferno since i doubt they will have enough resources to make them look good(video game based movies don't have huge budgets) - especially Dante's Inferno.

umm...there's an animated one already out afaik

http://www.deadspacethemovie.com/

If Uwe Boll isn't directing, then I'm not interested. At least he's a master of bad filmaking.

I'm excited! Seriously, the story is simple enough. They can't screw this up, right? Right?

Woohoo C class Alien movie clone is just what i dreamed about :D

@SHMUPGurus - of course they can. Just look at SF legend of chun li :)

If this happened then there will be a Dead Space 2.

@ShmupGurus, Doom. Do i need to say anything else?

I already said in the news section, they will add a pretty woman, make Isaac a super action hero, take his helmet, off course, to show the actors face and add a comedy relief, cause the movie can become heavy. Plus, they will probably cut half the gore to make it PG-13. Wanna bet? Failure.
The prequel movie in animated series was good though. Maybe there's a chance they'll follow this model. Too much hope?

Noooo. Make an animated movie like the prequel of dead space which was an animated movie.

If it's not animated or CGI, then it will be phail.