John Cusack attached to a Stephen King penned scipt of "The Cell"

Steven King is writing the script and John Cusack is slated to star as protagonist, Clayton Riddell.  Initially, Eli Roth was attached to the project (I can SO see that!); however, he was no given the creative control he wanted over the film.  

Stephen King announced that he had written a draft of the script and was changing the controversial ending of the book.  Now, the official announcement is that the film will go ahead with a script by King and Adam Alleca, writer of the Last House on the Left remake.  It still has the potential to be brutal even without Roth at the helm.

Richard Saperstein, a former employee of Dimenson, is producing the movie and John Cusack (who previously stared in a film adaptation of the King story 1408) is slated to take the lead according to Screen Daily. 


Here’s the official synopsis of the book:

Artist Clayton Riddell had been in Boston negotiating a successful deal to sell his comic book project.  His joy at finally hitting it big is shattered by an event called The Pulse which causes all those who were using their cell phones at the time of The Pulse to become zombies attacking and killing anyone in their way.  Fortunately for Clay, he does not own a cell phone.  In the panic to get out of Boston and find his way home to his wife and son in Maine, he is joined by Tom McCourt, a man he meets in the meleé immediately following The Pulse and a young girl, Alice, who they rescue from being killed by one of the “crazies.”  The story follows their terrifying journey, avoiding capture—and worse—by the “crazies” who are beginning to “flock” and are led by one they call Raggedy Man as they attempt to reach Maine and a place called Kashwak which they hope will be their salvation.

Trust me, it's a scary story; partially because it's believable.


 Source: Bleeding Cool