Longtime horror alum Greg Nicotero, of The Strolling Useless and Creepshow fame, has discovered his subsequent venture to sort out: a TV adaptation of Robert McCammon’s Swan Tune.
Per Deadline, Nicotero will government produce the upcoming collection via his manufacturing firm Monster Company. He’ll even be tapped to direct the pilot episode, which is at the moment on the seek for a author. In a press launch for the present, Nicotero known as it a “[perfect] time to delve into this world. [McCammon’s] story of survival in a world ceaselessly modified by political distrust and worldwide intrigue intertwined with a supernatural pressure has at all times been considered one of my favorites.”
Launched in June 1987, Swan Tune was set in America within the aftermath of a nuclear conflict between the US and Soviet Union. The e-book then focuses on quite a few survivors, considered one of whom has powers that places her within the sights of an evil build up a military of followers across the nation. After its launch, it tied with Stephen King’s Distress for the 1987 Bram Stoker award and was the primary of McCammon’s works to make it on the New York Instances bestseller listing.
In that very same assertion, Steve Barnett, Alan Powell and Vicky Patel—who’re co-executive producing via their Monarch Media firm—known as McCammon’s novel “extremely compelling, and in contrast to something we’ve got seen earlier than in movie or tv. We’re very excited to deliver this world to life and may’t think about any higher companions for the collection than Greg and Brian [Witten].”
At time of writing, it’s unclear if the Swan Tune will go to AMC—which has housed Nicotero’s TV ventures for over a decade and already has expertise with adapting horror novels—or elsewhere.
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