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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.

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

 

[Fbh]

Not sure I can take Tom Holland seriously in this role.
But I guess we'll see.

 

[Sleepwalker]

I would definitely give it a watch

 

[Danjin44]

I guess they officially run out of Marvel IP to make movie on.

 

[VAVA Mk2]

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

And please put grunner wright as Clarke... Not Adam sandler.

 

[Badlucktroll]

And please put grunner wright as Clarke... Not Adam sandler.

Didn't they make Isaac look like him in the remake?

 

[fart town usa]

Yea, Carpenter is never getting behind the camera again but I can accept that. He stays busy doing OST stuff with his son and god-son.

That's good enough for me.

 

[FoxMcChief]

John Carpenter Ned’s to work on a new The Thing.

 

[kyussman]

Looking forward to all the immersion breaking cgi monsters exploding everywhere........I imagine this will be closer to the second Thing movie in terms of quality rather than the Carpenter original,lol.

 

[lostinblue]

Not sure I can take Tom Holland seriously in this role.
But I guess we'll see.

If the Necromorphs have Zendaya's facial features on them it might just work.

 

[k_trout]

been 0 for 5 for john since in the mouth of madness, so not sure what to think.... comeback?

 

[Moses85]

we will finally get a good movie

 

[AncientOrigin]

Dead space would make an absolutely awesome film.You can’t even do anything wrong dark floors and those creatures and the film is perfect.Dead space will be way better than Alien yes i said it.The story is way mir interesting the enemies are way scarier and mor interesting everything else is the same like Alien.Can’t wait for this movie they can make it more horror suspense or make it more action ala Predator or terminator.I would prefer more horror than action.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Man, I wish. I wish SO much that Carpenter would get involved. If it were to happen without him, man do I hope it's good.

 

[PharaoTutAnchAmun]

As Carpenter is not involved ore not directing this movie i keep my expectations very low.

 

[RickSanchez]

I will post this quote from Yahtzee (taken from an Extra Punctuation episode) every chance i get, because it really resonated with me:

Immersive narrative is something utterly unique to interactive media. The complex subtleties of Tunic or Obra Dinn would be completely impossible in a movie, tv show or book. That's why it irks me whenever the media outlets talk about a video game getting a tv/movie adaptation in a way that implies it is an elevation of the material. It's not. It's a reduction and you should never expect much out of it. Trying to adapt a great game to a movie/tv show is like trying to appreciate a renaissance painting through a microscope.

Basically, the video game is a superior medium to tell a story immersively. Movies can be good, but games are better.

 

[fart town usa]

Looking forward to all the immersion breaking cgi monsters exploding everywhere........I imagine this will be closer to the second Thing movie in terms of quality rather than the Carpenter original,lol.

Worst thing about The Thing prequel is that they had filmed the bulk of it with practical effects but then the studio went and made them go the CG route. I think some rough footage of it exists online. I saw that movie in theaters and don't remember a thing about it for the most part.

 

[xrnzaaas]

That would be cool, just don't cast some 50yo+ actress to play Nicole.

 

[Arachnid]

Not sure I can take Tom Holland seriously in this role.
But I guess we'll see.

Meh, I can see him playing a twerpy terrified engineer who's out of his depth. He doesn't have to sell Nathan Drake this time, at least.

 

[lh032]

Nice.

anyone can recommend good horror alien movie like pandorum?

 

[Drizzlehell]

Give it to Sony Pictures - they'll know what to do with it!

 

[peronmls]

I want practical effects if they make it. I don’t want CGI aliens.

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

YES!!!!

I want this so bad.....

Spoiler

...but only if they don't fuck it up.

 

[coffinbirth]

been 0 for 5 for john since in the mouth of madness, so not sure what to think.... comeback?

Personally, I LOVE Cigarette Burns.

 

[Camreezie]

So Event Horizon.....

 

[NT80]

So Event Horizon.....

Exactly. Event Horizon is almost the film version of Dead Space already.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

So Event Horizon.....

That's the first thing I thought. Dead Space even has not whole wheel spinning within a wheel gravity drive type thing going on.

Also, I thought John Carpenter passed away.

 

[kyussman]

Worst thing about The Thing prequel is that they had filmed the bulk of it with practical effects but then the studio went and made them go the CG route. I think some rough footage of it exists online. I saw that movie in theaters and don't remember a thing about it for the most part.

Yea,they got cold feet about the practical effects,shame.It didn't need to exsist anyway,the mystery of what happened at the Norwegian base added to the original film for me.....everything has to be explained in autistic detail these days,lol.

 

[Redefine07]

They have no clue how to make a brand new movie , a new ideea , so many books we have fuckin' use them turds.