The Road author Cormac McCarthy turns in first original screenplay
Novelist's 'spec' feature-film script deals with a lawyer who becomes embroiled in drug trade in south-west US
His novels have been adapted into critically acclaimed films such as the Coen brothers' No Country For Old Men and John Hillcoat's The Road, but American author Cormac McCarthy has now surprised Hollywood by turning in a screenplay of his own, reports Deadline.
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Wednesday, 18 January, 2012
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