‘Wyrmwood’ Director to Adapt Vampire Thriller From ‘Sandman Slim’ Author (Exclusive)
Writer Richard Kadrey also plans to develop “Dark West” as a graphic novelBrian Welk | March 5, 2021 @ 9:15 AM Last Updated: March 5, 2021 @ 9:44 AM
Richard Kadrey (left)/Courtesy of Winterlight Pictures
Richard Kadrey, author of the fantasy book series “Sandman Slim,” has written an original screenplay called “Dark West” that will be adapted into a movie by “Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead” writer-director Kiah Roache-Turner.
Chris Goldberg’s Winterlight Pictures has optioned “Dark West” and set Roache-Turner to write the next draft of the script. Roache-Turner is eyeing to direct the film in his native Australia. Kadrey is also working on turning “Dark West” into a graphic novel.
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There’s already a Sandman Slim movie in the works, but now author Richard Kadrey has another film on the way. The Wrap reports that his original screenplay
Dark West has been optioned by Winterlight Pictures, to become a film directed by Kiah Roache-Turner (
Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead), who will also write another draft of the script.
Kadrey also plans to turn
Dark West into a graphic novel.
Dark West is described as being akin to classic ’80s horror films
Near Dark and
The Hitcher; The Wrap summarized it as “a vampire revenge thriller set on the highways of Texas that follows two car thieves who accidentally T-bone a pair of vampires in the middle of the night.”
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