HUSH Director Mike Flanagan to Write and Helm INHERIT THE EARTH

With Oculus, Hush, and Ouija: Origin of Evil on his recent résumé, director Mike Flanagan is one filmmaker many horror fans are keeping an eye on for a frightening good time at the movies. While Flanagan is currently working on Netflix's film adaptation of Stephen King's Gerald's Game, the director already has his sights set on his next project.

Deadline reports that Flanagan is set to write and direct the sci-fi film Inherit the Earth for Sony. While official plot details for the movie are mostly under wraps at this time, the film is described as focusing on "a servant protector robot who is tasked to protect a young girl."

Deadline mentions that the film's origins come from a "development script" that was created at Columbia Pictures with ties to Ashley Wood and Chris Ryall's IDW comic book series Zombies Vs. Robots. Deadline reported that the comic book series was the source material for the development script that focused on a team of robots protecting the sole survivor of Earth—a young girl—from the living dead that have overrun the world.

Flanagan is expected to give the film quite a creative overhaul, so it remains to be seen if zombies will still be a part of the story. Director Andrew Adamson (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Shrek) was previously attached to the film before moving on from the movie earlier this year.

Inherit the Earth will be produced by the Platinum Dunes trio of Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller, with Circle of Confusion's Dave Alpert and Rick Jacobs on board, in addition to Ted Adams and Trevor Macy. Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more updates.