After the success of Fight Club and the more muted response to Choke, another Chuck Palahniuk novel is headed for the screen, with Haunted getting its turn.
The story follows 17 individuals chosen to go to a secret writer's retreat. They are taken to an abandoned theatre, and locked in with enough food, water and facilities to last for three months, at the end of which time they're expected to have finished a story. The only problem is that the supplies start to run out , and life in the theatre starts to get very difficult indeed.
Belgian director Koen Mortier (Ex Drummer) has been lined up to adapt and direct the film, but there are no details yet on any cast or a starting date. Let's hope, however, that the very cinematic Haunted does get made, and not stuck in development hell with other Palahniuk works like Invisible Monsters and Survivor.