Trio Carry A "Bone Tomahawk"

Industry writer S. Craig Zahler ("The Brigands of Rattleborge ") will make his film directorial debut on the brutal, character-driven horror western "Bone Tomahawk" says Variety.

The story follows a sheriff (Kurt Russell), a gunslinger, a befuddled oldster (Richard Jenkins) and a cowboy (Peter Sarsgaard) as they attempt to rescue a group of captives (including Jennifer Carpenter) from a band of cannibalistic troglodytes.

Zahler wrote the script

Dallas Sonnier and Jack Heller are producing the film.

Production hopes to kick off in the Spring in New Mexico.