"John Dies At The End" Rights Sold to Bubba Ho Tep Guy

[JenniferL]

The movie rights to "John Dies at the End", that retarded horror novel I'm constantly peddling have been purchased by  Don Coscarelli, the dude who adapted "Bubba Ho Tep" for the screen.

 

You can read all about it at Fangoria. http://www.fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=5950

 

And you can read JDATE for FREE at www.johndiesattheend.com

[Jelly]

I went on that link and it said adults only. *Sighs*

[Tenshin_Xo]

How the hell are they going to get a cohesive script out of that?  I still dig the Pi tattoos. ;)

[Emperor]

What was this book about again?

[Jelly]

Is it safe for me to read, Kathana? I want to know what happens!!! It sounds interesting..lol :D

[JenniferL]

From Amazon:

 

It's a drug that promises an out-of-body experience with each hit. On the street they call it Soy Sauce, and users drift across time and dimensions. But some who come back are no longer human. Suddenly a silent otherworldly invasion is underway, and mankind needs a hero. What it gets instead is John and David, a pair of college dropouts who can barely hold down jobs. Can these two stop the oncoming horror in time to save humanity? No. No, they can't.

 

Jelly, it's definitely an R rated book. There's LOTS of violence, swearing, sex, etc.  About the level of a Stephen King book, I'd say.

 

Tenshin, I'm curious how it'll play out as a movie too.  It's a not a LONG book, so they could probably do it without cutting much out. Or they could just adapt one of the stories Dave tells Arnie. If it was a sure fire hit, then they could produce a trilogy that way. But I doubt they'd do that.  But yeah, half the charm of this book is in the writing. It's like Hitchhiker that way. It's hard to translate that to film.

[Jelly]

Oh...like Sword Of Truth? Lol...no I won't read it...definately not...

[JenniferL]

And it's up on AICN today too.

 

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/35692

[Silver]

ROFL, I just started and am on the first chapter, this is hilarious :D

[Cadsuane]

I just got to the "After Vegas" section. Definitely a crazy story so far, and not finished yet!  ;D

[JenniferL]

I absolutely love this book. David Wong is probably my favorite currently living author.