A sci-fi/horror movie based on Electronic Arts’ Dead Space franchise is to be helmed by Eagle Eye and Disturbia director D.J. Caruso.

According to Variety, EA will produce the film with Temple Hill partners Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey. Screenwriters and a creative director are currently being sought before the property is auctioned to studios.

EA released Dead Space in 2008, and the report adds that the company is currently “working on the second and third installments.”

The titles referred to are most likely a sequel to the original game, which has been hinted at but is yet to be officially announced, and Dead Space: Extraction for Wii. The latter title, which is due for release later this year, has just been given an 18 certificate by the British Board of Film Classification. This work was passed with no cuts made.

Dead Space studio Visceral Games recently lost its general manager, Glen Schofield, and COO, Michael Condrey, when the pair left to lead a new Activision development studio in the San Francisco Bay Area.