Sci-Fi Film and Television Developments

Dead Island

9/27/11 - Lionsgate has optioned the film rights from video game publisher Deep Silver to develop a zombie picture inspired by the viral media sensation Dead Island, according to The Hollywood Reporter.  Sean Daniel and Stefan Sonnefeld will lead production through the Sean Daniel Company.  Jason Brown of The Sean Daniel Company and Missy Papageorge for Sonnenfeld’s Sunny Field Productions are executive producing, with Sarah Perlman serving as co-producer.  Alli Shearmur, Lionsgate’s president of motion picture production and development, will oversee the project at the studio with Jim Miller, senior vp of production and development.  The project is about a family on a tropical island beset by a mysterious zombie outbreak.  Lionsgate is aiming at a Dead Island zombie genre picture that focuses on family ties and non-linear storytelling.

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