Post Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Series QUARANTINE Gets Big Screen Adaptation
This July the first book of a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi novel trilogy called Quarantine: The Loners is going to be released, and it looks like the movie adaptation will follow shortly after. Black Forest Film Group has announced that they have acquired the rights to the books and will bring them to life on the big screen.
The book was written by Lex Hrabe and Thomas Voorhies, and they are publishing it under the pen name Lex Thomas. They will also adapt their story into a screenplay for the movie, which everyone involved is hoping will blow up into a successful franchise.
I think there's some good ideas in the story, and the concept is decent. At the same time, it sounds like it could be stupid as hell. It guess it all depends on how it's executed. Check out the description of the story below and let us know if it's something you might be interested in seeing.
Here's the description of the book:
The Thorpe brothers are on their own. Ever since their mom died, and their dad took a big job, David's been forced to play parent to his epileptic younger brother, Will. He knows he's got to teach Will how to take care of himself sooner rather than later. But when a mysterious explosion rocks their high school one morning, David realizes he needs to teach Will real survival skills, if the two of them are going to make it out alive. With the explosion, a deadly virus is unleashed on the school. The virus only infects teenagers in their peak puberty years, causing them to lose their hair and making them lethal to adults and children. Within minutes, every faculty member is dead. The military quarantines the building, opening fire on any escape attempt and installing bi-monthly food drops. After a year of quarantine, with no adults around, all of the social cliques have developed into gangs - The Nerds, The Geeks, The Freaks, The Skaters, The Pretty Ones and Varsity - and without a gang, it's almost impossible to survive.
Because of an old grudge, David is hated by Varsity, the scariest gang in school. Because no gang wants trouble from Varsity, nobody wants David or Will as a member. Now, more than ever, the brothers need to work together, but if the school doesn't kill them, sibling rivalry will.
In this dark and captivating debut, Lex Thomas takes readers on a thrilling ride of a high school where fitting in is a matter of life-or-death.