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After an ill-fated foray into movie theaters twenty years ago, The House of the Dead is opening its doors again. The venerable Sega horror video game franchise is set to return to the big screen, and a veteran of console-to-screen adaptations is leading the way. Deadline reports that Resident Evil's Paul W.S. Anderson will write and direct the new film.
✕ Remove Ads The House of the Dead franchise began in 1996 with the arcade game of the same name, which was an early use of so-called"fast zombies"; they would subsequently be popularized with Zack Snyder's 2005 remake of Dawn of the Dead. Anderson tells Deadline that the film will adapt the third game in the series, 2002's The House of the Dead III.
✕ Remove Ads Was 'The House of the Dead' Adapted Into a Movie Already? Close The House of the Dead was previously adapted for the screen by controversial director Uwe Boll in 2003. Intended as a prequel to the games, it centered around a group who travel to a remote island for a rave, only to find the island crawling with ravenous zombies.
✕ Remove Ads In addition to writing and directing, Anderson will produce The House of the Dead with Jeremy Bolt, Sega’s Toru Nakahara, Story Kitchen’s Dmitri M. Johnson, Mike Goldberg, and Dan Jevons. Timothy I. Stevenson will executive produce. The House of the Dead is in development; no release date has yet been announced. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
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