Dead Island Film Adaptation Rises From the Grave

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Dead Island Film Adaptation Rises From the GraveRemember when those rumors of a Dead Island feature film were squashed? Well, just like any good ghoul… it didn’t stay dead for long. Read on for the first details of when you’ll be able to plan your next vacation. The boats can leave now. Tell the crew.

From the Press Release
Occupant Entertainment and Deep Silver, the video game publishing label of Koch Media, announced today they are partnering to package, produce, and finance a screen adaption of the popular hit video game franchise Dead Island®.

Occupant plans to attach a filmmaker and fast track the project for a production start in Q1 of 2015.

Set on a tropical island resort, Dead Island revolves around a zombie outbreak and has become one of the most successful new video game IP’s in the last few years, selling over 8 million copies worldwide across all platforms.

“Deep Silver has created a highly successful game franchise based on very cinematic, widely viewed, and well received trailers, which provide a great template for launching a film franchise with a distinctive and commercial take on the zombie apocalypse,” say Occupant partners Joe Neurauter and Felipe Marino.

“The Dead Island universe offers a rich and unique setting that can expand beyond the pure gaming experience. We are very much looking forward to seeing Dead Island open up to new audiences and showing off the fun everybody at Deep Silver has with this brand,” says Dr. Klemens Kundratitz, CEO Koch Media.

Maintaining the franchise position as a worldwide phenomenon thanks to its iconic trailers, the latest installment of the Dead Island 2 trailer has made a strong start with over ten million views on YouTube since its reveal in June. The Dead Island 2 trailer (see below) managed to become an instant classic as did its famous predecessor back in 2014.

Dead Island Film Adaptation Rises From the Grave

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