Canadian-American entertainment conglomerate Lionsgate has confirmed that it, like many others, was impressed with the unforgettable trailer for Deep Silver's Dead Island. The difference between you and Lionsgate, of course, is that you saw the trailer and thought, “I like this so maybe I'll buy the game and play it,” Lionsgate saw the same trailer and said, “we like this so maybe we'll buy the rights and make a big-budget feature film out of it.” So today Joe Drake, president of the company's Motion Pictures division, confirmed it's done exactly that.
And while the announcement marks another Onion story crossing over into reality, it also makes sense. Dead Island was a fine game (we gave it a 7), but it's the trailer that turned it into a geeky household name. If we're going to have another movie about the human drama of a zombie outbreak (and you can be assured we are, whether or not Dead Island has anything to do with it), it might as well take a few cues from one of the living dead's more notable appearances in recent years.
We're looking forward to see what the film's producers – whose work ranges from cult hits like Dazed and Confused to mainstream fun like The Mummy – do with the property. Aim high, Lionsgate: you've got some stiff competition!
Above: Some stiff competition
Sep 27, 2011
