Mark Romanek Adapts Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go

Director Mark Romanek and writer Alex Garland have been tapped to bring Kazuo Ishiguro's sci-fi novel Never Let Me Go to the big screen.

Set in a dystopian alternate reality in 1990's England, the story follows a young woman named Kathy H. who must reexamine her past at an unusual boarding school when two childhood friends re-enter her life. Though permeated by dark themes, the book is still a love story at its heart. The novel was shortlisted for the 2005 Booker Prize (which Ishiguro won in 1989 for The Remains of the Day) and has been compared to Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.

The screenplay, adapted by Alex Garland (who has turned in some amazing work in the past, namely his collaborations with Danny Boyle for 28 Days Later, and one of my favorite films of last year, Sunshine), was on the 2008 Brit List (the British version of the Black List, an industry compilation of the best unproduced screenplays). Now Romanek is attached to direct, which can't help but make me feel like this is going to be something special. His early work in the development and pre-production of Wolfman was instrumental in setting the right tone and casting, and any success the final movie finds will at least owe in part some debt to his original vision.

Check out the AICN article for more details.