Mumbai, Dec 18 : Cuban filmmaker Alejandro Brugues, who is known for ‘The Last Will’ and ‘Testament of Charles Abernathy’, is all set to direct and adapt the Gabino Iglesias novel ‘The Devil Takes You Home’.
The rights to the novel were secured by Sony in a competitive situation and the project is currently in its early stages with Alex Rosario serving as the executive producer on the project at Sony, reports Deadline.
Iglesias’ novel is a thriller, which follows the story of Mario who unwillingly becomes a hitman to cover his family’s bills and his daughter’s medical tab.Things take a turn for the worse when he is presented with a tempting offer that will either pull him out of poverty forever or put a bullet in the back of his skull.Iglesias is a writer, journalist, professor, and literary critic, who has critically-acclaimed and award-winning novels such as ‘Zero Saints’ and ‘Coyote Songs’ to his credit.The novels racked up nominations for the Bram Stoker Award, the Locus Award and the Wonderland Book Award.’Coyote Songs’ clinched the Wonderland Book Award.Brugues’ feature directing credits include the segment ‘The Thing in the Woods’, ‘Juan of the Dead’ and ‘Personal Belongings’.
Alejandro Brugues will adapt and direct The Devil Takes You Home’
The thriller novel by Iglesias is about Mario, who becomes an unwilling hitman in order to pay his bills and cover the medical costs of his child.When he receives a tempting deal that could either lift him from poverty for good or make his head explode, things take a bad turn.Iglesias, a journalist, writer, professor and literary critic is also a poet, journalist, teacher, and scholar.He has received critical acclaim and won awards for novels like ‘Zero Saints’ and ‘Coyote Songs’.
These novels received nominations for the Bram Stoker Award as well as the Locus Award.The Wonderland Book Award was won by ‘Coyote Songs.
Brugues has directing credits for the segments ‘The Thing in the Woods, Juan of the Dead and ‘Personal Belongings.
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