Days after the haunting, evocative trailer for Dead Island showed the world that little girls can die in zombie outbreaks too, rumors hit that the game had landed a movie deal. Thatâs not exactly true, the developers tell us.
Variety reported that the producer behind The Mummy had bought the rights to a Dead Island film adaptation, but Techland international brand manager Blazej Krakowiak tells Kotaku thatâs not correct.
Hollywoodâs attention was apparently drawn to the game after the trailer hit for Dead Island, a zombie apocalypse game first unveiled in 2007, last month.
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Krakowiak says that the overwhelming and positive reaction to the trailer has been âvery humbling.â
âWe knew we had a good trailer, thatâs why we worked on it,â he said. âBut of course we were overwhelmed and surprised by the extent of the reaction. The response has been crushing.
âItâs a little scary to face that sort of hype.â
Krakowiak said that despite the rumor, Sean Daniel, the producer behind âTombstoneâ and âDazed and Confusedâ, does not have the film rights to their game. At least not yet.
