John Cusack To Star In Adaptation Of Stephen King’s ‘Cell’
By Russ Fischer/Oct. 31, 2012 11:15 am EST
Now Cusack will go back to King’s imagination, as he has been set to star in an adaptation of the author’s novel Cell, “about a father’s odyssey to find his wife and son in the wake of a catastrophic pulse transmitted via mobile phones.” When the pulse hit, anyone using their phone was tranformed into a murderous, mindless monster, and Cusack will have to navigate that landscape.
Screen Daily reports that King co-authored the screenplay with Adam Alleca (The Last House on the Left), based on King’s own novel. Richard Saperstein, who was an exec on 1408, is producing.
Cusack will also star in Due Process, which is yet another thriller set in the world of finance. This one is written by Anthony Derrico, and to be directed by Paul Currie (One Perfect Day). Cusack will be in a slightly new element here, as he’ll play a farmer who needs to stare down two bankers trying to foreclose on his homestead.
