
The film was a co-production between the motion picture studios of MWM Studios, Nine Stories Productions, Impact Pictures, and Constantin Film. The director cast a group of international actors for the film, and had the actors live together and learn about topics related to their roles, as a form of method acting. The ensemble cast features Jake Gyllenhaal, Olivia Wilde, Lance Reddick, Sam Worthington, Ewan McGregor, and Amber Heard. Based on the game series of the same name by EA, it takes place in the distant future of 2508, where Issac Clarke and a few other recruits visit the shipwreck of the USG Ishimura to repair it, but stumble into a nightmare of horror. Dead Space is a 2028 sci fi horror film directed by Francis Lawrence and written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz.
