The live-action adaptation of Deus Ex: Human Revolution now has a director to bring the sci-fi story to the big-screen.
Scott Derrickson will helm the project, which will operate under the production and distribution of CBS Films.
Derrickson’s work includes the The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Exorcism of Emil Rose, and most recently, Sinister.
An official synopsis of the film was released:
“Set in the near future, when dramatic advances in science, specifically human augmentation, have triggered a technological renaissance, Deus Ex: Human Revolution follows Adam Jensen, an ex-SWAT security specialist who must embrace mechanical augments in order to unravel a global conspiracy.”
“Deus Ex is a phenomenal cyberpunk game with soul and intelligence,” Derrickson said in a statement. “By combining amazing action and tension with big, philosophical ideas, Deus Ex is smart, ballsy, and will make one hell of a movie. Cargill and I can’t wait to bring it to the big screen.”
Derrickson’s Sinister co-writer C. Robert Cargill will help write the script, while Roy Lee and Adrian Askarieh will produce, with John P. Middleton as executive producer.
Source: Deadline
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