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Hammer Films (The Woman in Black) has acquired the rights to the Steampunk zombie novel “Boneshaker” by Cherie Priest for adaptation to the big screen. The project will be co-produced by Hammer and Cross Creek Pictures.

Award winning John Hilary Shepherd (Nurse Jackie) is writing the screenplay.


From the release:
An example of “steampunk” science-fiction, which incorporates futuristic innovations into a Victorian setting, Priest’s novel is set in an alternate version of 1880s Seattle, where the city has been walled in and a toxic gas has turned many of its remaining residents into “Rotters,” more commonly known as zombies. A young widow hunts for her teen son in the Seattle underworld, while dealing with airship pirates, a criminal overlord and heavily armed refugees. “Boneshaker” was nominated for a 2010 Hugo Award for Best Novel, and won the 2010 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.


The novel was published in 2009 by Tor Books and is the first in a series set in the same Civil War-period, alternate-world Priest has dubbed “The Clockwork Century.” The series’ second novel “Dreadnought” was published in 2010 and the third novel titled “Ganymede” was recently released online and in bookstores on September 27th.

More as it develops!



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Diggler (5 months ago) Reply

This was a very enjoyable read and a real score that I picked up from a Goodwill for $2. I have to say I'm looking forward to this.

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LeftLeft (5 months ago) Reply

The book was...odd. Someone took that grifter Seattle tour one time too many. Getting "steampunk {any punk}" right is big film onl
y expensive. Hope they give it a go though.


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