Joe Cornish will write and direct Snow Crash for Paramount
The project is an adaptation of Neal Stephenson's critically acclaimed 1992 novel, which was named one of Time Magazine's 100 greatest English-language novels of all time. The story is set in a United States which is now controlled by corporations and the mafia. The plot revolves around a computer virus dubbed Snow Crash, which has the ability to transfer from the computer screen directly into the users, destroying their brains. The protagonist, named Hiro Protagonist, a computer hacker and pizza delivery guy, steps in to try and stop the utter downfall of human civilization.
Paramount first held the rights to this seminal novel back when it was first published in 1992, before the project moved to Disney and producer Kathleen Kennedy. Now the rights are back at Paramount, after Kathleen Kennedy introduced the property to Joe Cornish.
No production schedule was released.
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skywise
Loved Attack the Block. Hope cornish can keep it up
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Pbcritical
He is a talented director for making attack the block on such a limited budget but I don't know about this one. Normally whenever they make films about computers that go haywire and start to attack humans. These become either very serious like Terminator or too campy. But maybe this can work.
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SherlockHolmes2009
Sounds interesting
1 year agoby @SherlockHolmes2009Flag