Luke Scott To Write/Direct ‘The Hunger’ Based On The Donner Party Tragedy
When you think of real life cannibals the first name to come to mind is Jeffrey Dahmer. The truth is, there have been many cases of cannibalism throughout the world and several of the cases took place here in the U.S. But not all cases of humans feeding on the flesh of others is born out of evil. Sometimes cannibalism is simply a method of surviving. A new film from 20th Century Fox will bring the story of one of the most famous cases to the big screen. Fox has acquired the rights to the purposed novel ‘The Hunger’, which is inspired by the true, tragic story of the Donner Party. ‘The Hunger’ is based on the novel currently being written by Paper Lantern’s Alma Katsu. Lauren Oliver and Lexa Hillyer, co-founders of Paper Lantern Lit, who will also be serving as executive producers for the film, by the same name, Variety reports. Luke Scott will both pen the script
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