Cornwell Now In The Dark

Peter Cornwell ("The Haunting in Connecticut") will direct "Into Darkness", a sci-fi remaining of  Joseph Conrad 's .classic novella "Heart of Darkness says Variety.

The original 1902 novel explored the dark side of European colonization in Africa and centres on an Englishman working as a ferry-boat captain in Africa. He takes an assignment to head up the river into the heart of the Congo to find and return the rogue ivory trader Kurtz to civilisation.

Francis Ford Coppola once reimagined the story into his war epic "Apocalypse Now".

This time the adventure will use a sci-fi backdrop

Tony Giglio and Branden Morgan wrote the script.

Ted Field and Mike Weber are producing