“Deadworld,” a comic book series that takes place on Earth four months after the zombie apocolypse, has been optioned by Dark Horse Pictures for a new film franchise according to Variety.
The film will follow Protag, the king of the zombies in the new world order, as he cruises the planet on his Harley Davidson. Protag bears a grudge against the remaining human survivors who made him an outcast due to his condition.
“Deadworld” will have a script by David Hayter, who will serve an executive producer along with Bill Mechanic and Benedict Carver. Gary Reed, who co-created and wrote the comic book series, will also serve as a producer accordig to reports.
“It’s very much about the design of the Deadworld and creating cool, frightening but not necessarily gory creatures,” Hayter said. “I am a huge fan of zombie mythology.”
Mechanic said, “I’ve never done anything close to this subject, but I loved the whole world because it’s so unique.”
The first feature, which will begin production early next year, is the first of a proposed series of film that would follow an arc storyline about the zombie-infested future.
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