[2][3] In October 2007, a few weeks before the film's release, reports came in that Fox had turned down the version that Gens submitted to them.

Nicolas de Toth was brought in to edit the film for commercial purposes and the studio ordered reshoots.

[7] He narrated and produced the French zombie film La Horde,[8] directed by Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher.

[10] Gens directed The Divide (initially titled The Fallout), his second English-language film,[11] which features Michael Biehn in the lead role.

[16] The same year, alongside Vincent Roget and Eric Lavaine's banner Sameplayer, Gens launched a new production company called Good Players.