Of course, the book came out in 2006, so MySpace and Facebook were already on the rise.

InCell, King asks what if it was them versus us?

Oh, the outbreak is by far the most unique part of this grim zombie novel.

Theyve also developed psychic powers, which they use to force unwanted groups of humans to commit suicide.

Always, in the back of the writers mind, is the thought that perhaps the undead are right.

Maybe our time on this Earth is rightfully over, leaving our place open for a new species.

Even as the phoners grow in numbers, the humans continue to commit atrocities against each other.

The true monsters have walked the Earth since the beginning of time.

The film was due out in 2009.

It is now 2015, and lots of things have changed.

Why did it take so long for the film to get made?

Creative differences and the inability to produce a script are at the forefront here.

When the pulse hits, I wanna see it hit EVERYWHERE.

I see total armageddon.

People going crazy killing each other everyone at once all over the world.

Cars smashing into each other, people getting stabbed, throats getting ripped out.

Im so excited, I wish the script was ready right now so I could start production.

It should feel like an ultra-violent event movie.

EspeciallyLand of the Dead, which features some of the best gore in zombie movie history.

But after that initial spark of excitement from Roth, things seemed to stall.

The script was never finished.

Throughout 2007, Roth continued to field questions: No script yet, noCellyet.

It was very friendly because its the Weinsteins, they madeInglourious Basterdsand were all friends.

I said, Im not really interested in doing the film this way.

You guys go ahead and Im going to make my own films.

So Roth quietly exited the project.

Well see how that turns out, wont we?

And in 2013,Williams was chosen to direct.

And that is howCell, a 2006 best-selling novel, died and came back to life.

At least this Constant Reader hopes so.

Cellis out on VOD today.

A version of this article originally ran on February 9, 2015.

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