Back in May of 2009 , we predicted that Christian Bale and The Machinist ’s Brad Anderson would beteaming up again to contribute J.G. Ballard ’s Concrete Island to life . Looks like that film is finally displace forward , according to various online reports . So , who ’s ready to see Bale lose his mind , a ton of weight , and eat his own cable car ?
What J. G. Ballard Novel Is Christian Bale Adapting To Film ?
Many moons ago Bale told us at the Terminator Salvation junket that he and his “ director friend ” were trying to plug the rights to a mysterious Ballard novel , which we later confirmed to be Concrete Island and conductor Brad Andreson . Today it seems like the team has finally made some headway on their film .
Anderson updatedWe’ve Got This Coveredthat The Machinist screenwriter was presently working on the screenplay :
I ’ve get another labor that Scott Kosar , the writer of The Machinist is writing . It ’s establish on J.G. Ballard ’s novel called Concrete Island . It ’s an urban survival tale that Christian Bale is attach to be in .
Hey , we ’ll take that progress ! Concrete Island is a difficult chronicle and we ’re not certain anyone else Bale could take on such a heavy and physically demanding role . Here ’s the premiss , a rich man crashes his jaguar on a manmade concrete island , surrounded by a expressway . He ’s strand there unable to leave the “ concrete island ” and has outlast on the contents of his luxury sports vehicle . As time pass on he slow starts to lose his mind , as Ishmael so often do . This tale is beg to be made into a gargantuan one man show . have ’s go for they follow through .
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