Cinema Science

I really hope this is true. While I was reading this book I kept trying to picture actors that could play the main role (I had already read it was going to be a movie). The two people that kept coming to mind was Christian Bale and Viggo Mortensen. Anyway, a rep for Viggo Mortensen confirms that the Lord of the Rings star is in early talks to star in the big-screen adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's best-selling The Road. The story, about a man and his young son traveling through a desperate, post-apocalyptic world, is being adapted by Joe Penhall (Enduring Love). Aussie John Hillcoat, who helmed last year's down-under Western The Proposition (one of my favorite movies from last year), will direct.