"Cold Skin" Film Update!

The film adaptation of this book has been in the works for quite a while.  First attached to David Slade (30 days of night) who since opted out, the baton has been passed onto Xavier Gens (The Divide).  I love Gens work so I was extremely happy to here about that development.  The Divide is definitely one of my favorites and I'll probably nerd out about it in many a post in the future.  If any one hasn't read this book, you're missing out.  It's such an odd little treat. 

"On the edge of the Antarctic Circle, in the years after World War One, a steamship approaches a desolate island, far from all shipping lanes. On board is a young man on his way to assume the post of weather observer, to live in solitude for a year at the end of the earth. But on shore, he finds no trace of the man whom he has been sent to replace - instead just a deranged castaway who has witnessed a horror he refuses to name. The rest is woods, a deserted cabin, rocks, silence, and the surrounding sea. Then night begins to fall..."

The unique story is compelling, brutal and heart pounding.  I couldn't put it down.  Having previously read Pinol's "Pandora in the Congo" (also utterly unique) he has once again introduced us to a new race of creature and brought up the slightly uncomfortable subject of monster sex.  Yup, Pinol loves him some interspecies relations.  Aside from that it's a page turner and I absolutely can't wait to see what Gens does with it.  IMDB has listed this project as being in pre-production for quite some time but he recently announced on his Facebook page that he was headed to Prague to start filming!  So excited the ball is rolling :)