Deadwood executive producer David Milch has now signed on to script the film adaptation, joining former New Line chiefs Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne who will produce via their Unique Features shingle for Warner Bros., according to Variety.
The game was created by Paris-based Quantic Dream, developers of “Indigo Prophecy,” and built around a 2,000-page script written by founder and CEO David Cage.
“Heavy Rain,” based on the Sony Computer Entertainment game released last year, spans four days of mystery and centers on the hunt for a murderer known as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following his own leads and with his own motives, take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim, with each character’s decisions affecting the plans of the other three
Heavy Rain is being fast-tracked, although Milch will have to get the first season of HBO series Luck out of the way before he joins the project full time.
