Walter Salles to direct American Rust adaptation
Story by Jack Foley
DIRECTOR Walter Salles (pictured) and screenwriter Jose Rivera are re-uniting to bring acclaimed novel American Rust to the big screen.
The duo, who worked together on Che Guevara movie The Motorcycle Diaries, have been signed by Universal to adapt the debut novel by Philip Meyer, according to Variety.
The story follows two friends from a derelict Pennsylvanian mill town as they hit the road in search of a better life, only to encounter violence, mistrust and more urban degeneration.
In what is proving to be a prolific period for the creative duo, Salles and Rivera are also working on a keenly anticipated adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s On The Road as well as a big screen version of Junot Diaz’s epic The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.
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