THE HUNGER Is a New Movie about the Donner Party with a Walking Dead Twist
20th Century Fox has picked up the right to an upcoming novel called The Hunger. The film adaptation will be written and directed by Luke Scott, who is Ridley Scott’s son. He recently helmed the upcoming sci-fi thriller Morgan, which looks solid.
All we really know about the story for The Hunger at this point is that it will tell the tragic and bizarre tale of the Donner Party, which will be infused with a “Walking Dead-style twist. What is that twist? The report doesn’t say, but it’s safe to assume that zombies will be involved.
In case you’re not familiar with the Donner Party, it was a group of pioneers on their way to California who were trapped for several months in the Sierra Nevada in late 1846 and early 1847 due to a snow storm. To survive, many of them resorted to cannibalism. Only 48 of the 87 original members of the party survived the winter.
The novel will come from New York-based Paper Lantern Lit and Alma Katsu, who is writing the story. I’m curious to see how this story turns out. It’s always fun to see actual history mixed in with horror and other fantastical elements.
Source: Deadline