Neil Jordan to write and direct "Heart-Shaped Box"

By: Karl Schneider
Date: Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Source: Hollywood Reporter

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Neil Jordan has signed on to rewrite and direct the upcoming adaptation of the horror novel, Heart-Shaped Box.

The book, by author Joe Hill, centers on a rock star obsessed with the occult who buys a suit advertised at an online auction site as haunted by its dead owner's ghost. He ultimately is forced to confront the ghost and the demons of his own past.

Hill is the son of Stephen King, and has written under the above pen name for years before revealing his identity.