Dead Space movie to be penned by The Legend of Chun-Li writer

The long-in-stasis Dead Space movie is still happening.

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The long-in-stasis Dead Space movie is still happening. In an effort to push the franchise through the gears of Hollywood, the publisher has secured a writer to help pen the script. The scariest part of the news? EA has tapped Justin Marks, writer of the critically lambasted Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li.

At San Diego Comic-Con, Marks said that the film adaptation shouldn't replicate the action of the game, Variety reports. "You would be making Event Horizon or Alien," he said. "I've already seen that movie."

Instead, Marks hopes to tell the story in a way that's "new and intriguing."

Andrew Yoon was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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    July 19, 2013 1:45 PM

    Andrew Yoon posted a new article, Dead Space movie to be penned by The Legend of Chun-Li writer.

    The long-in-stasis Dead Space movie is still happening.

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      July 19, 2013 1:47 PM

      Well, there went that movie down the drain...

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      July 19, 2013 1:59 PM

      That's certainly a ringing endorsement.

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      July 19, 2013 2:04 PM

      Doubt it could be any worse than the story in those games, really.

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        July 19, 2013 9:00 PM

        I liked the story :(

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        July 20, 2013 2:55 AM

        Well. Haven't played the third one just yet because of the ridiculous pricetag on ps3, but the story was very solidly fleshed out in the first one.

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      July 19, 2013 2:23 PM

      hope chris klein is in this.

      http://youtu.be/5VjdE9Y8VQA

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      July 19, 2013 4:33 PM

      Looks like Duke Nuked obliterated someone else's comment I found funny. Lame.

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      July 20, 2013 2:46 AM

      And we can say farewell to any hopes of a good adaptation.

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        July 20, 2013 3:04 AM

        Seriously. Why would they throw money at this person and hinge the reputation of their brand on such a loser?

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      July 20, 2013 3:06 AM

      At San Diego Comic-Con, Marks said that the film adaptation shouldn't replicate the action of the game - - Wait, why are you even making this movie then??

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        July 21, 2013 9:05 AM

        Is there any part of Hollywood that isn't completely backwards and unworthy of paying attention to?

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      July 20, 2013 3:36 AM

      why? who in their right mind would want this for their franchise?

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      July 20, 2013 2:15 PM

      Not like deadspace is well-writeen, highly-original fiction.

      It's the thing + aliens + doom + etc., derivative to the max.

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        July 20, 2013 9:53 PM

        Correct, and they could make it an average movie combination of those that's a "decent" watch. Instead they decided to possibly make it much, much worse.

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        July 22, 2013 2:04 AM

        name something that isn't a combination of earlier iterations of the same medium. being derivative isn't the same as being bad.

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      July 21, 2013 1:02 AM

      Hahaha, wow.

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      July 21, 2013 6:38 AM

      i farted and it sounded better then this.

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