Radar Pictures developing sci-fi HEART OF DARKNESS adaptation

Peter Cornwell (The Haungting in Connecticut) has been hired to direct a sci-fi take on Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness for Radar Pictures. The project is titled Into Darkness and has a script co-written by Tony Giglio and Branden Morgan. Radar's Ted Field and Mike Weber are producing, with Arclight Films overseing foreign sales.

Francis Ford Coppola also based Apocalypse Now on Conrad's novel. The1902 book tells the story of "ferryboat captain Charles Marlow's quest to return shadowy ivory trader Kurtz to civilization." Giglio wrote Death Race 2 and is writing Death Race 3.

This is an awesome story with a lot of potential, but I am worried because Death Race 2 was horrible. It will be interesting to see how this turns out. What are your thoughts?