Theron takes short ‘Road’ to McCarthy adaptation

Here is a rare treat: back-to-back years of Cormac McCarthy book to screen adaptations. After No Country for Old Men, 2008 will give us The Road and Variety reports that Charlize Theron is hitchhiking aboard 2929 Entertainment’s production that begins filming next month.

Based on McCarthy’s novel and adapted by Joe Penhall, this is set after a nuclear explosion, is the post-apocalyptic nightmarish road trip of a man who tries to transport his son to safety while fending off starving stragglers and marauding packs of cannibals. Theron, who will play the wife of Viggo Mortensen‘s character, will be seen mostly in flashback.

It has already been established that John Hillcoat will direct the project – he directed the excellent Aussie western called (a must see!) The Proposition. Dimension Films will distribute The Road hopefully around the same date when NCFOM was released. Look for more casting news here.