According to Deadline, Sony Pictures have acquired the movie rights for the popular IDW comic book; Zombies vs. Robots.

Deadline claim that the script for the movie will be handled by JT Perry while Transformers: Dark of the Moon director Michael Bay is set to produce.

Here’s an overview of the comic book that I lifted from the awesome comic book blog www.thoseweleftbehind.co.uk. It’s definitely worth a visit…

Three scientists, Throckmorton, Winterbottom and Satterfield are the orchestrator’s of this titanic battle for Earth and the survival of Mankind. After creating a portal for time travel, a test of its capabilities brings one of the scientists back as a heap of flesh. Sentient robots are then designed and used to exploit time travel, as human bodies could not deal with its rigours (but the robots could). It is during these explorations through time (whether in the past or future is unclear) that the robots inadvertently bring back a zombie plague. Soon, and with the human race decimated, it is the sentient robots that are all that are standing between the future survival of mankind (which hinges on keeping a baby alive) and a seething mass of the undead.

Zombies vs. Robots was created by Chris Ryall and Ashley Wood. To date, there have been two Zombies vs Robots miniseries and an anthology. A third miniseries is planned for April.

No release dates yet for the movie.

Photo courtesy of bscreview.com

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