During a recent interview, director D.J. Caruso (I Am Number Four) spoke about his long gestating feature film adaptation of the Electronic Arts sci-fi/horror video game, Dead Space.

Caruso talked to MTV about translating the video game to the big screen:

“Playing that game was one of the scariest gaming experiences I’ve had in my entire life, So I think the nuances of that and trying to capture that in the movie [are intriguing].”

On why the project has taken so long to get off the ground:

“The cool thing about Dead Space is we’ve had a few offers to set it up. Once I started [I Am Number Four] and [producer] Wyck Godfrey and all those other guys got really busy on the The Twilight movies because they’re kicking butt over there, so we’re gonna get back and talk about it [once everyone’s time frees up].”

Caruso did hint at a possibility for the direction of the film:

“We’ve got a really good sort of storyline, It’s almost a prequel, sort of, to where the game picks up.”

Caruso then talked about what they’ll be doing next to bring Dead Space to theaters:

“We don’t have a writer for it yet, but… right before I left we were listening to different writers and taking different pitches. We have to decide on a couple once we get back what we’re going to do,” he explained. “We’ve tried to crack the story a few different ways, so I know when we get back we’re going to get into it and I feel like we’ll have a screenplay in a few months. It’ll hopefully be ready to go.”

Trailer: Dead Space