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Based on all available information, including John Carpenter quotes, here is the answer to whether a Dead Space movie is happening.

Is a Dead Space Movie Happening?

With the original Dead Space getting a remake and director John Carpenter once again talking about making it into a film, could it be that weā€™re actually going to get a Dead Space movie? Is a Dead Space movie happening?

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A Dead Space Movie Is Very Unlikely to Be Happening Soon: Hereā€™s Why

Itā€™s true that John Carpenter, of Halloween, The Thing, and Body Bags fame, has expressed a desire to make a Dead Space film. However, as Carpenter explained in a January 2023 Variety interview, it was really just an offhand remark that appears to have taken on a life of its own. So John Carpenter is not making a movie out of the game, though heā€™s a fan of the games.

However, in the same interview, Carpenter stated, ā€œI think they already have another director involved,ā€ for a movie adaptation. So is that confirmation that a Dead Space movie is happening? Again, no. Firstly, ā€œI thinkā€ isnā€™t exactly concrete proof.

Secondly, if there is a Dead Space movie in development, and a director has been spoken to, thatā€™s still not a guarantee itā€™s happening. The idea may have been mooted, but thatā€™s likely all. Even if a studio has purchased the rights, a film may never get made. Take The Last of Us for example, which is now an HBO series ā€” that was originally going to be a movie.

Yes, on reflection itā€™s hard to see how the first game could possibly be squeezed into a single movie, but thatā€™s what the studio was going for. The Last of Us co-creator Neil Druckmann, who is also a major creative force on the HBO series, said this about the movie, way back in 2016: ā€œ(W)e had a table read, got the script to a good place and it kind of entered development hell like these things tend to do. There hasn’t been any work done on it in over a year and a half.ā€

The movie remained in development hell until it finally transformed into the TV series we know now. So a movie can falter at any stage. Besides which, given how quickly rumors spread over the internet, if a Dead Space movie were even in preproduction, one would expect some leaks to come out about it.

Unlike with The Last of Us, we can see a Dead Space film fitting into a two-hour slot. And weā€™d hope that, if it ever got made, it would use practical effects. However, on the question of if a Dead Space movie is happening, right now the answer is likely no.


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Chris McMullen is a freelance contributor at The Escapist and has been with the site since 2020. He returned to writing about games following several career changes, with his most recent stint lasting five-plus years. He hopes that, through his writing work, he settles the karmic debt he incurred by persuading his parents to buy a Mega CD. Outside of The Escapist, Chris covers news and more for GameSpew. He's also been published at such sites as VG247, Space, and more. His tastes run to horror, the post-apocalyptic, and beyond, though he'll tackle most things that aren't exclusively sports-based. At Escapist, he's covered such games as Infinite Craft, Lies of P, Starfield, and numerous other major titles.