Wechsler Options Stephen King & Son's THROTTLE
By: Jarrod SarafinDate: Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Source: Variety
Famed author Stephen King and his son Joe Hill have joined forces to write a 60 page novella called Throttle and it looks like it's already getting optioned for a theatrical adaptation a year before hitting book shelves. Producer Nick Wechsler has optioned the screen rights to the upcoming horror tale thanks in part to having elements that appeal to him. The novella will be published next year in a Richard Matheson anthology titled "He is Legend".
"It has elements of iconic films like 'Duel' and 'Breakdown,' but with a horror element that I want to push," Wechsler said.
Plot Concept: The protagonists in the King-Hill novella are father-son members of a motorcycle gang that's chased through the desert by an 18-wheel tanker truck.
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