Vampires for Ridley Scott?
Hollywood's really sucking now
By Robert Falconer | Wednesday, September 16, 2009
It seems vampires have really sunk their fangs into Hollywood these days. Metaphorically speaking, vampire projects are popping up almost as frequently as the undead spawned by their namesake. Add Ridley Scott to the list of those bitten. John Logan has been set by Fox 2000 to adapt "The Passage", the Jordan Ainsley vampire novel which is being developed for Scott to helm, reports Variety.
In the novel, terminally ill patients become healthy after they are bitten by bats in South America, and the government conducts secret tests on human subjects to see if the virus can cure illness. The result is an apocalyptic unleashing of bloodthirsty vampire test subjects that include death row inmates.
Fox 2000 acquired the book two years ago, paying for the three-book series right after its publishing rights sold to Ballantine for $3.75M. Ainsley sold the book based on the first 400 pages and an outline, but the film adaptation awaited his completion of the book, which is nearly 1,200 pages.
If solidified, the project will mark the first time that Logan and Scott have collaborated since the Oscar-winning Gladiator.
Where this project will rank in Scott's roster of directorial responsibilities isn't yet known—he has several other features in various stages of development that he's slated to helm.
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