Charlize Theron Joins The Road
By Nix | January 15, 2008 (11:19 am)
Nuclear explosions suck already, but then cannibals? Oy vey. And now, Charlize Theron? Yup, it’s true. Theron has officially joined the cast of the horror/sci-fi movie “The Road”, which will star Viggo Mortensen. The movie is a big screen adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s bestselling novel of the same name.
Story centers on a man who embarks on a nightmarish road trip after a nuclear explosion in an attempt to transport his son to safety while fending off cannibals. Aussie helmer John Hillcoat (”The Proposition”) is directing from a screenplay by Joe Penhall.
Theron will be playing Mortensen’s wife, who will be seen mostly in flashbacks. Wait, no cannibalistic Charlize Theron? What a gyp.
>>whoever owns this site is going to feel real stupid when the news story turns out complete bull 
thank you jason, atleast someone else out there has some common sense.. the movie DID get a pg-13 cut but ...
I’ve read the book and think it has potential to be a good movie. Mortensen could be good in the lead. The wife’s appearances in the book are few but perhaps the screenplay will expand on the man’s past. I wonder who’ll play the boy. Has to be skinny.