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The Undead Rule at Paramount
Source:Ryan Rotten, Managing Editor
March 20, 2009
Paramount is thinking epic and apocalyptic these days. Over the last week, I met up with one industry insider who tipped me off about a pair of projects the studio is calling "priorities."The first you already know about: World War Z by Quantum of Solace's Marc Forster and written by J. Michael Straczynski. Word is, production offices are set up and Forster is in early pre-production. Based on a novel by Max Brooks, it's a detailed tale in which a researcher for the U.N. Postwar Commission interviews survivors from countries all over the world, 10 years after the crisis, to gather a first-person post-mortem on a zombie war that obliterated every country on the map.
The other project is one we haven't heard about since MTV picked up the rights in 2005: An adaptation of Dark Horse Comics' Damn Nation.
Here's a synopsis from the publisher: Imagine a United States shut off from the world by concrete barricades and barbed wire-not because of what might get in, but what might get out. A vampire plague has spread from sea to shining sea and when a small holdout of scientists trapped outside of Buffalo, N.Y. discover a cure, it's up to a Special Ops team from the President's current offices in London to go in and get it. Yet, not everyone in the world wants to see America back in the saddle again...
Andrew Cosby penned the comic and, at the time the rights were picked up, writing the screenplay. Paramount owns distribution rights to Damn Nation and, according to my source, they're pushing it to the top of their to-do list.
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Posted by: BoggyCreekBeast on March 20, 2009 at 12:34:07
Vampire plague? PASS.
Posted by: djblack1313 on March 20, 2009 at 13:03:22
YAY!!!! Ryan this is AWESOME news!! WWZ is going to be AWESOME! i'm so glad it's a priority now!!! i was fearful that it would be put on hold (considering zombie movies aren't the "rage" at the moment. the movie (if anything like the book) will be groundbreaking/super-epic!
Posted by: Our Time Has Come on March 20, 2009 at 13:16:00
is it just me
or does Damn Nation sound like Doomsday?
meh
I'm excited for WWZ,the book was intense and fantastic
and Marc Forster is becoming a more and more impressive director
Posted by: cameron on March 20, 2009 at 13:19:16
Damn nation sounds just like resident evii. someone should pick up rights to make a resident evil 4.
Posted by: weinersim on March 20, 2009 at 13:30:10
someone should pick up the rights to remake resident evil from scratch... and do it well this time
Posted by: joe asylo on March 20, 2009 at 15:58:22
i think wwz is a better choice than damn nation.
Posted by: Movie_Jamie on March 21, 2009 at 13:48:07
Yea, Resident Evil could've been sooo much better. I've only seen the 3rd in its enirety. I couln't make it through the others(for various reasons) and haven't made it a priority to do so. They weren't impressive at all, which really pissed me off because of how great the premise is.
I completely agree with the Resident Evil overhaul. Although, the impact would be greater if it was put to rest for a few years first. Someone can more easily dust it off and start over without the stigma of the original.
I think both, WWZ and DN have great potential. I'm looking forward to seeing how they pull of WWZ more than anything. A vampire plague...there's a lot of potential there. I liked 30 Days of Night, but thought it could've been better. I really liked 28 Days Later and hope they go in a similar direction in terms of the style.
Bring it on...I'll see it!
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