Handling the Undead

For many years Kristian Petri was lined up to direct the picture, being John Ajvide Lindqvist's preferred choice. Ajvide Lindqvist wrote on his now-defunct official forum that the film had fallen into development limbo because the production company to which he had assigned the rights wanted to sell them to an American company rather than produce the film themselves. Petri eventually abandoned the project and, when the rights reverted to Ajvide Lindqvist, he sold them to Einar Film.