Are you happy Hollywood? After you took back the star-studded Depression-era crime drama “The Wettest Country” from John Hillcoat, the talented director is now having to helm 30-minute, animated, made-for-TV adaptation of a video game.
Hillcoat’s “Red Dead Redemption” will hit the small screen on Saturday May 15th at midnight on Fox and reportedly follows a former outlaw in early 1900’s America as he tries to bring back the rule of law and defend his family whilst burying his “blood-stained past, one man at a time.” Utilizing “in-game assets,” the short will essentially be one long ad for the game.
As depressing as it is that Hillcoat is reduced to overseeing what is essentially an overly long game trailer, the director also seemingly still has his U.K. TV mini-series adaptation of Nick Cave “The Death of Bunny Munro” in the works and hopefully — fingers crossed — has some other feature films developing.