Producer gobbles up zombie comic
Roughly five years ago, it looked like the comic book “Deadworld” was going to be adapted for the screen. George Clooney’s Maysville Pictures was on board with Robert Lawrence producing and Todd Alcott (Antz) scripting. Mark Pavia (The Night Flyer) was circling to direct. Then the project seemed to fizzle out.
There’s renewed interest in the property now from producer Bill Mechanic (Coraline) who tells MTV he’s in development on a Deadworld feature film. “I’ve always looked for a good story and these guys have created stories that are so visual that you just see the movie,” he says. “There’s story that needs to be worked out and character that needs to be worked out, but you at least know what you’re going to do.”
The series – about survivors of a zombie apocalypse where the undead are quite smart – was first released in the late ’80s under Arrow Comics. Publishing duties transferred to Caliber in the ’90s. Image Comics picked up the reins in 2005.
Mechanic also produced the J-horror remake Dark Water and The New World.
Source: MTV
