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‘The Road’ is Taking Form

Submitted by Travis on Tuesday, 29 January 20082 Comments

You would have though that Oprah would ever feature a book like Cormac McCarthy’s bestselling The Road on her cherished book list? Well, she did and fans read it, loved it and now a movie adaptation is being made. In case you aren’t familiar with the novel, the story center on a man who makes a perilous journey across an post-apocalyptic America with his son after a disastrous nuclear explosion. He hopes to find food and safety on the west coast, but to get there they must fend off cannibals along the way. Australian filmmaker John Hillcoat (The Proposition) will direct the movie and casting has already produced two stars; Viggo Mortenson (Eastern Promises) and most recently Charlize Theron (Monster).

[Theron, who will play the wife of Mortensen's character, will be seen mostly in flashback. Although the role is small, Theron joined the project because she's a big fan of the book -- published by Knopf in 2006 -- and was eager to reteam with producer Nick Wechsler, with whom she worked on 2000's "The Yards."] — Variety

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Dean Rader said:

Great news about The Road. It will make a fantastic film. I liked The Proposition quite a bit. Do you know when filming begins?

I actually write about why The Road and the film, No Country for Old Men, are popular right now in my post yesterday. If interested, you can check it out here:
http://weeklyrader.blogspot.com/2008/01/extolling-mccarthy.html

- 30 January 2008 at 11:11 am

Travis (author) said:

Hello Dean. I also really enjoyed ‘The Proposition’. I haven’t heard anything yet on when filming will begin, but casting is still being handled and the film is officially in pre-production status. I have also come across some rumors of Robert Duvall and Guy Pearce being cast as well.

- 30 January 2008 at 7:10 pm