Jacob Elordi and Lily-Rose Depp come together for the dark adaptation of Cormac McCarthy

Jacob Elordi AND Depp of Giglio they are intended to act in a new adaptation of Cormac McCarthy«Haunting 1968 Novel Dark externalAnd he promises to be a bold and disturbing lap.

Directed by Oscar-Vint Son of Saul director László nemes, Dark external He marks his first feature film in English and is set to the desolate background of the era of depression.

He tells the story of “A young woman who bears his brother’s child. The brother lets the child die unwilling in the woods, but he tells his sister that the newborn died of natural causes and had to be buried.

“The sister discovers this lie and starts finding the child for herself. But while both brother and sister move separately through the countryside, three terrifying strangers are on the tail, causing death and destruction wherever they appear.”

Described as a “dark fairy tale”, the film should start shooting in 2026. Clara RoyerWhich previously had collaborated with Nemes, co-scripted the script.

Nemes said in a statement: “From reading Dark external The first time, it was my dream of transforming it into a film and finding the appropriate cinematographic language that would do justice to the evocative and cosmological work of Cormac McCarthy. Combined with two magnetic actors, now I feel it is possible.

“The extraordinary material of origin is a profound inspiration to build a unique world that vibrates with life and death at the same time. An exciting street film, a terrible and beautiful journey in the labyrinth of the human-soul-This is the ambition I have for the external darkness.”

The cast is more than ready for the material. The Gily-Rose Depp is coming out of the back of NosferatuA Gothic horror that has achieved critical applause and has become a box office success.

In the meantime, Elordi, after acclaimed, turns on Priscilla AND The narrow road to the deep northIt is already blocked in a stacked blackboard: it will appear after the monster of Guillermo del Toro FrankensteinLike Heathcliff in Emerald Fennell Wuthering Heightsand in imminent of Ridley Scott Dog stars.

Nemes recently wrapped Orphanhis third film, and is also preparing MoulinA drama of the Second World War on the hero of the French Resistance Jean Moulin.

For fans of the gross poetic brand of American Gothic by Cormac McCarthy, which includes No country for the old AND The roadThis new film has a great promise.

Source: deadline