Hammer Films to Adapt Zombie novel Boneshaker

Cross Creek Pictures, Hammer Films and Exclusive Media Group announced today that Hammer has secured the rights to the novel “Boneshaker” by Cherie Priest for adaptation to the big screen. 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.

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