Movie of Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"

After reading The Road last year I was pleased but a bit wary when I heard they were making a movie of it. I had visions of a Speilberg mawk-fest turning a stark and grim story into schmaltz or, worse, some idiot trying to make it into an action movie.

The first good news was that John Hillcoat was directing. After the great job he did on The Proposition - another bleak story set in a stark landscape - this was a great choice. As was the choice of Nick Cave for the soundtrack. But the best news was the casting of Viggo Mortensen as the Father. Throw in Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce and Charlize Theron and you've got the makings of a great movie.

No trailer is available yet, but the production stills I've seen look pretty amazing. They shot a lot of it on a streach of abandoned four lane highway in Pennsylvania as well as on coal mining slag heaps and in abandoned industrial sites. Other footage was shot at Mt St Helens and in parts of New Orleans that have yet to be reconstructed after Hurricane Katrina.

The first review I could find was posted on aintitcoolnews back in February and apparently it's from someone who saw a rough cut of the film. From the sounds of his glowing report, it's going to be one to wait for.

Review HERE.

After films like 28 Days Later and the brilliant Children of Men, it's good to see we're going to get another intelligent post-apocalypse movie.

I am worried some of the terrible things that happen in the book might be lost in the rating of the movie. Some of the parts in The Road were downright gruesome.

I'm really, really looking foward to this. I read The Road late last year and loved it - it's minimilistic genius. If it's anywhere near as good as the last McCarthy book to film (No Country for Old Men) this one should be awesome.

Yeah the mutilated people in the cellar would definately earn an 18 if its in the film.

That review sounds very promising.

Wait...I have a friend called Cormac Mc Carthey.\!!!!

The Road was such and amazing and disturbing book I hope that they put up a great movie. The novel created quite an apocalyptic atmosphere.
Viggo is a great choice he has always portrayed the kind of melancholic character type.