Guy Pearce will re-team with The Proposition director John Hillcoat for The Road, the movie adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s popular novel which Hillcoat first went after Viggo Mortensen to lead.

Pearce will be playing the lead role in the post-apocalyptic movie that see’s America in danger from wacko’s and cannibals.

I loved The Proposition, especially the way the film was handled by this exciting up and coming director, and Pearce is a fine actor and there’s no reason to think their combination won’t work out again.

So he may not be as bankable, interesting or as commanding on screen as Viggo… but I like this move.

I really should get around to reading the book. Everyone tells me it’s spectacular.

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