Derek Warriner will serve as executive producer. Goldberg and his company Winterlight Pictures will produce the film in partnership with Australian producers See Pictures. The idea for “Dark West” came about after Kadrey’s “Sandman Slim” book series was optioned by Goldberg in his role as EVP at Studio 8 and subsequently developed as a feature with Chad Stahelski (“John Wick”). The story is in the vein of the classic ’80s horror films “The Hitcher” and Kathryn Bigelow’s “Near Dark.”Īlso Read: 'Blade': Stacy Osei-Kuffour to Write Vampire Hunter Script for Marvel Studios “Dark West” is 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. Kadrey is also working on turning “Dark West” into a graphic novel. Roache-Turner is eyeing to direct the film in his native Australia. 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.Ĭhris Goldberg’s Winterlight Pictures has optioned “Dark West” and set Roache-Turner to write the next draft of the script.
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