Not much information yet, but GalleyCat is reporting that Chain Saw director and horror icon Tobe Hooper has just signed with Crown for his first novel. Right now it's got a tentative release date of Halloween, 2010.No word on the content, but a bigwig at agency that brokered Hooper's deal told GalleyCat the following:
They're an energetic team, and the proposal they created got a lot of attention. The most compelling element of the book is Tobe's use of his own life experiences in the story. He's a master storyteller who mines his own history for the project ... We've begun discussions with several producers already, and are getting a lot of calls as word gets around.
Honestly, it's been awhile since Hooper's done something that really rocked my face off. That said, given the seminal status of TCSM, I imagine I'll pretty much have to cave in to my curiosity and check this novel out when it streets.
2 comments:
I'm hoping for a novelization of Lifeforce to clear up the two or three hundred questions the film left unanswered.
Gil,
I'm hoping that the "his own experience" thing is a coded reference to the Hooper/Spielberg dust up over Poltergeist. I think it would be interesting if Hooper turned in a dishy career-implosion tale about a hot indie cult director who makes the big time just to have it explode in his face rather than a traditional horror novel.
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