Longtime horror alum Greg Nicotero, of The Strolling Useless and Creepshow fame, has discovered his subsequent mission to sort out: a TV adaptation of Robert McCammon’s Swan Track.
Per Deadline, Nicotero will govt produce the upcoming collection by means of his manufacturing firm Monster Company. He’ll even be tapped to direct the pilot episode, which is presently 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 perpetually modified by political distrust and worldwide intrigue intertwined with a supernatural drive has at all times been considered one of my favorites.”
Launched in June 1987, Swan Track was set in America within the aftermath of a nuclear warfare between the US and Soviet Union. The ebook 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 record.
In that very same assertion, Steve Barnett, Alan Powell and Vicky Patel—who’re co-executive producing by means of their Monarch Media firm—known as McCammon’s novel “extremely compelling, and in contrast to something now we have seen earlier than in movie or tv. We’re very excited to carry this world to life and might’t think about any higher companions for the collection than Greg and Brian [Witten].”
At time of writing, it’s unclear if the Swan Track will go to AMC—which has housed Nicotero’s TV ventures for over a decade and already has expertise with adapting horror novels—or someplace else.
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