The Road

[RunAmokRampant]

Yeah, new Cormac McCarthy adaptation of his 2007 Pulitzer winning novel 'The Road' will be directed by John Hillcoat (The Proposition) and will most likely star Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron. Very brief synopsis in link.

http://au.rottentomatoes.com/news/1703242/

[MBS]

i can see charlize theron playing the wife of the protagonist. i can also see viggo as the protagonist, so there's some good casting calls here. if it's directed right, it has a ton of potential.

really fantastic novel, by the way.

[RunAmokRampant]

Yer I haven't read it, but I love McCarthy's work (Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses) and is probably the best American writer alive.

[Time]

loved the book, it'll be interesting to see how they approach making the film.

[RunAmokRampant]

Update: Robert Duvall and Guy Pearce have also been named in the cast. Young Aussie actor Kodi Smit-McPhee (plays Eric Bana's character's son in Romulus, My Father) will play the son.

This just gets better and better.

[Toaster]

i didnt think the book was anything special at ALL. i was like, yawn, through the whole thing.. not that it was boring but not really intriguing or original

he wrote another one about ppl hunting indians that i loved, forget the name tho

[ariathe22nd]

hopefuly it will be good the coen bros proved it can be done

the other book that got made in to a movie was disgraceful by all acounts i havent read it tho

[RunAmokRampant]

All the Pretty Horses is a fantastic novel, quite unlike the film you mentioned aria.

[ariathe22nd]

yea what i meant was the book is sweet like all mcarthy but the movie butchered it

[RunAmokRampant]

Okay bumping this thread for some news and a PICTURE.

http://chud.com/articles/articles/14802/1/TAKE-A-LOOK-AT-THE-ROAD/Page1.html

I don't think Guy Pearce is in it anymore but whatever, Viggo seems to be the right choice and he has the talent to do it easily.

[ohcleverhansyou]

This could be really good or really bad. Book was amazing.

[J Rad]

i have never read a single cormac mccarthy book and this story is completely unfamiliar to me

but the vigo is awesome i'll probably watch this for his presence alone

[MBS]

the pic looks really good

i just hope they don't mess it up

[Janeway]

I got the book for Christmas and still haven't gotten around to reading it...

[Aficionado]

I've got this book in the que right now, after I'm done City of God i'll read it.

[Against Miik!]

Can't wait for this. Loved the book, cast sounds good. I loved No Country, book and movie. And Blood Meridian was really good too. He really is one of the better living American writers, as was already mentioned.

[RunAmokRampant]

Blood Meridian is getting an adaptation too. By Ridley Scott I believe.

[Against Miik!]

Can't wait for that either. I'm not a big Ridley Scott fan though. The only movie of his I like is Black Hawk down.

A quick imdb query shows me that Ridley is producing 7 movies, all with release dates in the next two years. So if he is doing Blood Meridian (which isn't one of the seven), it probably won't be for a while.

[RunAmokRampant]

Really? I heard it was heading for a late 2009 release.

Alien is, and probably will be always, his greatest achievement.

[Against Miik!]

I dunno if you checked it out for yourself, but here is what he's got coming out. Busy man:
Emma's War (2009) (in production) (producer)
Factor X (2010) (pre-production) (producer)
Welcome to the Rileys (2009) (pre-production) (producer)
Cracks (2009) (filming) (executive producer)
Tell-Tale (2009) (post-production) (producer)
Body of Lies (2008) (post-production) (producer)
Churchill at War (2008) (post-production) (executive producer)

[RunAmokRampant]

yeah but he's producing those is he?

On wiki it says he is directing Blood Meridian to be released in 2009 but that's most likely speculative perhaps.

[RunAmokRampant]

Okay a new in depth article is up with some more pictures, Good stuff.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/27/movies/27road.html?_r=2&ref=movies&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

[MBS]

the article makes it sound the movie is coming along nicely. but there's no way to tell until it comes out, i suppose.

[YouGottaBeCrazy]

I just finished reading this book last night. I thought it was good. Maybe not as good as a lot of people hyped it up to be, but still very good. The last 5 or 10 pages was one of the most moving pieces of literature I've read in awhile.

[RunAmokRampant]

I thought the book was excellent for a story that consists mostly of aimless wandering.

[Apocalyptic Raids]

sounds good

[Apocalyptic Raids]

thought i'd give this a bump with some news

nick cave and warren ellis are doing the score for this. being a big fan of their work on the proposition as well as their music careers i am pretty excited :o

[Time]

i think this is my most anticipated movie for the next few months. i love mccarthy, viggo's great, guy pearce is great, nick cave and warren ellis are great, and all the pictures from the set pretty much matched my mental picture of the setting. I think I'll check out The Proposition to familiarize myself with Hillcoat.

[SgtPrimus]

That I great to hear about Nick Cave. There are more pictures up on RT too.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10009460-the_road/pictures/6.php#highlighted_picture

http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/gallery/1200886/photo_03_hires.jpg

[simplephotographinthesun]

given the lack of light in the novel, i wonder how the cinematography will look in the barren fallout. i can't wait for this ****

[CarnageFairy]

really fantastic novel, by the way.

This. I'm reading The Crossing right now. I like his style.

The wife is barely in it at all, I can only remember one or two flashbacks about her in the book. Can't imagine it'll be a huge part.

This movie better be beautifully shot and expertly produced if it hopes to come close to matching the amazing imagery that the novel put into my brain.

[RunAmokRampant]

Yeah apparently they do some digitally editing with the ttrees and sky and more general ash to enhance the apocalyptic atmosphere. By some of the photos it looks perfectly rendered imo.

[thunderzstruck]

cant wait for this movie and viggo will kick ***

[Against Miik!]

Damn they make Vigo look old

[Apocalyptic Raids]

I think I'll check out The Proposition to familiarize myself with Hillcoat.
it's quite a good movie.

[mbs2]

oh wow the bandits look exactly how i imagined them to

http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/gallery/1200886/photo_04_hires.jpg

[RunAmokRampant]

Some bad news http://www.joblo.com/the-road-delayed

Same kind of thing but potentially even worse sounding.

http://chud.com/articles/articles/16668/1/JOHN-HILLCOAT-FACES-A-BUMPY-ROAD/Page1.html

[Mr. Pickle]

The road is ****in' hard,
The road is ****in' tough-ah,
There's no question that-eh
It is rough, rough stuff.
It's the ****in' road my friend
But it's the only road I know.
When I'm lunchin' on a tasty boosh
Right after the show.
You g-go go go!

The road is ****in' hard,
It's also really ****in' tough,
There's no question that
It don't take no guff.
The road is a be-a-itch my friend
But it's the only ****in' road I know,
When I'm snackin' on a tasty boosh
Right after the show.
You g-go go go!

I met a tasty baby in Michigan.
We screwed two times then I left.
Sometimes I think of my baby in Michigan.
Why can't I stay in one place
For more than two days.
Why?!
Because I'm talkin' about the road. [5X]
Road!

[Tillius]

Interesting.
I never read the NCFOM book but I really did enjoy the movie. I don't remember if All the Pretty Horses was good as a movie because it's been years since I've seen it but I chose to read the book for a project my senior year and it was great.
This should be good.

[RunAmokRampant]

I'm hoping it pulls through okay, Hillcoat is a decent director but the Weinsteins are notorious for being assholes.

[RunAmokRampant]

New pics released by the studio, which is good that the film hasn't been forgotton. But goddamn a trailer would be nice.

http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/five-new-images-remind-us-that-the-road-still-isnt-out.php

[Alf™]

First trailer is out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiMWf4WeGWc

Obviously a trailer intended to bring in the audience that hasn't read the book. But from all the footage, looks very decent. Viggo looks great.

[RunAmokRampant]

i dislike how the trailer implies that this is an action film esp if audiences who havent read the book will go in expecting something like I am Legend who will probably be very disappointed. I also read an early review from Esquire which states this will be the most important film of the year.

Anyway the actual footage of the film other than those gay pop words which really is degrading, looks fantastic. Visually it has captured the tone of the novel perfectly.

[aria1]

**** trailer but some of it looks good

will be interesting at least

[RunAmokRampant]

yeah actually upon second viewing the trailer ****in sucks. Just the way it is edited is horrendous and not a genuine reflection of what the film will be actually be about.

[Meatplow]

i think it's cool how hillcoat has teamed up with nick cave so often, i'm looking forward to this now cause i'm a big fan of ghosts of the civil dead and the proposition

[Room13]

automatic fail for showing the disasters. not knowing what exactly happened made the book even more effective

movie will probably be awesome though

also hope there's a lack of music in the film

[Txus]

Wow, I didn't know they were doing this. The book was pretty good, the trailer doesn't look that bad and Vigo is always great.

[RunAmokRampant]

automatic fail for showing the disasters. not knowing what exactly happened made the book even more effective

Can't believe how much Hillcoat and McCarthy have stressed that not explaining what happened was an important conscious decision yet Weinstein can't refrain from getting his grubby hands to tarnish this important decision of the film.

[The_Mop]

The road is ****in' hard,
The road is ****in' tough-ah,
There's no question that-eh
It is rough, rough stuff.
It's the ****in' road my friend
But it's the only road I know.
When I'm lunchin' on a tasty boosh
Right after the show.
You g-go go go!

The road is ****in' hard,
It's also really ****in' tough,
There's no question that
It don't take no guff.
The road is a be-a-itch my friend
But it's the only ****in' road I know,
When I'm snackin' on a tasty boosh
Right after the show.
You g-go go go!

I met a tasty baby in Michigan.
We screwed two times then I left.
Sometimes I think of my baby in Michigan.
Why can't I stay in one place
For more than two days.
Why?!
Because I'm talkin' about the road. [5X]
Road!

Thought this as soon as i saw the thread title :lol:

[RunAmokRampant]

Reviews are starting appear after the film's premiere at the Venice Film Festival

http://www.emanuellevy.com/blog/index.cfm?v=198

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/first-night-the-road-venice-film-festival-1780894.html

Both are positive reviews.

[DeckerDontPlay]

This movie does look pretty awesome. They should put Vault 101 in it

[RunAmokRampant]

http://www.traileraddict.com/tags/the-road

more clips

[robertsona]

afraid about the movie, book was amazing

[Mr. Ron]

Sweet, they got a bunch of the lines from the book down...looks pretty good so far.

[Interstate]

I will be very interested to see how this turns out, the book was sublime.

[Mr. Ron]

Vigo's voice acting is pretty damn good, I must say. He sounds just like I imagined the father in the book would.

[RunAmokRampant]

http://www.vvcnetwork.ca/tiff09/20090913/20090913-theroad/

Interview with director and main cast at the Toronto film festival. Very interesting.