Brooks’ book tells the story of a globe-spanning undead plague from the points of view of numerous survivors. “The genre always fascinated me,” Forster tells the trade, “and when they pitched it to me, it reminded me of the paranoid conspiracy films of the ’70s like ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN.” BABYLON 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski, who scripted the current Clint Eastwood drama CHANGELING, is doing the adaptation. Forster previously ventured into the paranormal with 2005’s STAY, and he also helmed the Oscar-winning MONSTER’S BALL, FINDING NEVERLAND, STRANGER THAN FICTION and THE KITE RUNNER.