From worstpreviews, Fox 2000 has won a bidding war for the film rights to Justin Cronin's "The Passage," a partial manuscript intended as a trilogy for Ridley Scott to produce and possibly direct."Passage" is a departure for Cronin, as it is a post-apocalyptic vampire story set in 2016. The dark tale revolves around a U.S. government project gone awry that turn a group of experimental subjects -- condemned inmates plucked from death row -- into highly infectious vampires. Meanwhile, an orphan named Amy discovers that she has unusual powers, seemingly related to the crisis that quickly overtakes civilized society.Ballantine plans to publish the book in the summer 2009. There is no other information about the trilogy. Stay tuned.
Friday, July 20, 2007
Ridley Scott's "The Passage" Trilogy
From worstpreviews, Fox 2000 has won a bidding war for the film rights to Justin Cronin's "The Passage," a partial manuscript intended as a trilogy for Ridley Scott to produce and possibly direct."Passage" is a departure for Cronin, as it is a post-apocalyptic vampire story set in 2016. The dark tale revolves around a U.S. government project gone awry that turn a group of experimental subjects -- condemned inmates plucked from death row -- into highly infectious vampires. Meanwhile, an orphan named Amy discovers that she has unusual powers, seemingly related to the crisis that quickly overtakes civilized society.Ballantine plans to publish the book in the summer 2009. There is no other information about the trilogy. Stay tuned.
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Darn those pesky government experiments! They're always going awry. They should require a "going awry" impact statement for all new proposals starting now.
What about the experiments that don't go awry? How come you never hear about them? "Heck, senator, me and my team have had a working death squad of intelligent werewolves contained in an underground facility for the past eight years, haven't been a lick of trouble."
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