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Based on the video-game of the same name
Comic writer Grant Morrison (“New X-Men”, “The Fantastic Four”, “Arkham Asylum”) has been tapped to write the feature film adaptation of the video game “Area 51”.
Set in the U.S. government’s most top-secret military facility, storyline revolves around a hazardous materials specialist who is called in to investigate a viral outbreak that could be extra-terrestrial in nature.
According to Variety, Christine Peters will produce through her Paramount-based CFP Prods. with Penn Station’s Dean Georgaris and Michael Aguilar, along with Stan Winston.
Paramount picked up to the film rights to “Area 51” from Midway Games in 2004. The game was released in April 2005.
