That badass trailer worked! Movie get. Lionsgate announced today that it has acquired the film rightsDead Island, and that they’ve begun working on a movie.  Sean Daniel (“The Mummy”) will produce the zombie flick, saysLA Times.

A statement from Lionsgate says that the movie will be “an innovation of the zombie genre because of its focus on human emotion, family ties and non-linear storytelling.”

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So what they’re telling me is that it will be as much of a “beautiful mess” as the game was?

A film on this game could be cool, but somehow I get the feeling that it won’t measure up to that original game trailer. Hopefully I’m wrong.

Superman, Elio, and Glordon all looking up

Three characters walking through red water with a massive dinosaur looming over them in jurassic world rebirth next to a boy riding a black dragon in how to train your dragon

Steve, Garrett, and Henry standing on a bridge in front of a Woodland Mansion in A Minecraft Movie.

Five A Minecraft Movie characters standing in a blocky Minecraft forest with a dog.

A Minecraft Movie cast standing together in Minecraft

The Fantastic Four standing in front of a large blue four in Marvel’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps film.

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The Fantastic Four and Thunderbolts teams from Marvel