Despite its console popularity, Square Enix’s hit title Deus Ex hasn’t exactly raced onto cinema screens sinceCBS Films grabbed the rights back in 2012, the second time someone has taken a stab at the idea. It’s been through a few drafts and at least one director in Scott Derrickson, but now Predators** scribe Michael Finch has been hired to work on the script{
The movie will apparently spring from the latest version of the game, Human Revolution, which took the story back to before the first title and introduced security chief Adam Jensen, the first person to receive nanotechnology treatment after an attack on his company leaves him badly injured.
This isn’t the first time the game has pinged Hollywood’s radar – Sony’s Columbia arm announced in 2002 that Laura Ziskin would produce a version with Greg Pruss cranking out the script. Willem Dafoe was mentioned as a possible cast member, though nothing ever came of it.
Now producers Roy Lee and Adrian Askarieh are hoping that Finch will deliver a screenplay that locks in a director, especially since Derrickson left to make Deliver Us From Evil and is now busy on Doctor Strange for Marvel. The time is right to jump on Deus Ex again, particularly with a new version of the game, Deus Ex: Universe, set to reignite interest.