Dimension Films | USA | 119 min

The Road is a mostly successful adaptation of a truly masterful novel. While some aspects fall flat due to the film being faithful to a fault, it still works as a whole for the most part. Viggo Mortenson’s excellent performance, Hillcoat’s distinct vision for a violent world, and a few moments of pure poetry make this a worthwhile journey.

The Man (Viggo Mortensen) and the Boy (Kodi Smit-McPhee) are caught in a post-apocalyptic world striving for survival. The Man only carries a pistol with a few bullets for defense and avoids contact with others. The world has turned into turmoil with most people looking out for their own gain, most notably the cannibals. They travel by day on the road where they’re heading South. The Man is sick and he knows it. His main goal is to keep his boy alive and get him to a safe place. Along this journey they face psychopaths, a well hearted old man, and a few moments of pure darkness. Read the full story

Writer and director Todd Field (In The Bedroom, Little Children) is said to be adapting an as-of-yet unpublished novel for one of his next films.  While he’s currently writing an adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian for the screen, this other project is also a western-based adaptation.

Field will direct (and possibly write) a film based on an upcoming novel Creed of Violence by Boston Teran.  The movie is still in the early stages of development and because Field is working on Blood Meridian and has a somewhat slow work schedule, we may not see the film for quite some time.

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The trailer for John Hillcoat‘s The Road is finally here. The film which was delayed from last year’s Oscar season stars Viggo Mortensen in a post-apocalyptic tale of a man and his son trying to survive by any means possible. The adaptation is based on a novel by Cormac McCarthy, who wrote 2007′s best picture No Country For Old Men. Check out the trailer in HD after the jump.

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…according to one person from Esquire Magazine. Tom Chiarella has seen the film and posted the first official review. Despite early negative buzz it seems like John Hillcoat’s feature film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy‘s The Road is quite the masterpiece. Here are a few quotes from review:

“The Road is no tease. It is a brilliantly directed adaptation of a beloved novel, a delicate and anachronistically loving look at the immodest and brutish end of us all. You want them to get there, you want them to get there, you want them to get there — and yet you do not want it, any of it, to end.”

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Dimension Films and 2929 Productions have announced that they will finally be releasing John Hillcoat’s (The Proposition) adaptation of  Cormac McCarthy novel The Road, on October 16th 2009. The Road was originally scheduled to be released in time for 2008 award-season, but was pushed back due to post-production issues.

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Here are five new photos for John Hillcoat‘s (The Proposition) film adaptation from the Cormac McCarthy (No Country For Old Men) novel, The Road. The delayed film which was scheduled for last winter, is now coming out this fall. It stars Viggo Mortensen, Guy Pearce, Robert Duvall and Charlize Theron. Check out the pictures below:

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According to an LA Times Article the Weinstein is pushing the rest of their ’08 film releases to 2009. The only exclusions are Zach and Miri Make a Porno, Extreme Movie, and The Reader (maybe). Cinematical explains:

That includes some oft-delayed titles like Killshot and Fanboys, as well as higher-profile stuff like Crossing Over (with Harrison Ford and Sean Penn) and Shanghai (with John Cusack). Ah yes, and the highly-anticipated adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Cormac McCarthy novel The Road.

Despite the fact that The Weinstein Co. is losing employees by the fistful, Harvey W. insists that the reasons for the delays are legit: Killshot he wants to hold for Mickey Rourke’s The Wrestler; Fanboys is waiting for a Comcast promotion in January; Crossing Over deserves to enter a non-crowded marketplace; and Shanghai isn’t even finished yet. Regarding The Road … hmph, it never came up.

Fanboys has gotten delayed over and over again. Does anyone still want to see this movie?