Following Flight, it seems Robert Zemeckis is firmly back in live-action territory, and he may now be going young adult, as TheWrap reports that he’s in talks to direct Chaos Walking, based on Patrick Ness’ series of books.
It should be more interesting than most young adult outings, as Adaptation and Being John Malkovich scribe Charlie Kaufman is on scripting duties.
Chaos Walking is the title of three books, The Knife Of Never Letting Go, The Ask And The Answer and Monsters Of Men, which are ‘set in a dystopian future where humans have colonized a distant Earth-like planet. When an infection called the Noise suddenly makes all thought audible, privacy vanishes and chaos ensues, leading a corrupt autocrat to threaten to take control of the human settlements and wage war with the indigenous alien race.’
Hunger Games studio Lionsgate is backing the movie, with the company apparently hoping Chaos Walking can fill the void when Katniss’ adventure come to an end in 2015.
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