At the picture , we ’ve see the mankind terminate almost every style imaginable : disease , zombi , meteors , natural disasters , and the list go on . But generator Joe Hill has a new one — and the idea is so hot , pun specify , that Hollywood scooped it up even before his Word of God was put out .
The title of the book is The Fireman ; it ’s about a worldwide plague of a mysterious disease that starts as small marks on the skin , but eventually uprise and have the person bust into flames . It ’ll be out in May , butDeadlinereports that 20th Century Fox has just buy the film rights , with Louis Leterrier ( Now You See Me , The Incredible Hulk ) attached to take .
If you are n’t conversant with Hill , he ’s the Word of Stephen King for starters . He ’s also inherited his father ’s gift for the written word , along with that creepy imagery . His Holy Writ Horns became a moving picture , and he write the funny Locke & Key — so The Fireman is only his late piece of work . As for why it ’s call that , one of the few people who seems to be able-bodied to fight this irruption is a secret character known as , well , you guessed it . The Fireman .
channelize to Amazon to read the full game verbal description .
Leterrier is just about to release the undercover agent comedy The Brothers Grimsby with Sacha Baron Cohen , but does n’t have a set film after that yet .
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