Overview
- Merced will also serve as an executive producer on the feature based on Sega’s long-running arcade shooter.
- Paul W.S. Anderson is writing and directing, with producing partners Jeremy Bolt, Sega’s Toru Nakahara, and Story Kitchen’s Dmitri M. Johnson, Michael Lawrence Goldberg, and Timothy I. Stevenson.
- Rocket Science will handle international sales at the European Film Market, while CAA Media Finance represents domestic rights.
- Producers describe the project as a potential franchise starter with an immersive, real-time narrative approach.
- The film draws from the 1997 game known for fast-moving zombies and follows a prior, poorly received 2003 adaptation.