Just because we defeated something decades ago doesnt mean it is gone forever.
The scarier thing is the monster turning me intoit.
Thats whats really terrifying.
Credit: Melissa Thomas; Ecco
Obviously, that one had social relevance as well as just horror.
The hero ofCold Storagewas literally inspired by someone Koepp passed on the street.
You know those nasty humid New York days?
He was either going to work or coming from work and he fking hated it.
The cover for the book had to express a lot in a single image.
Ive always felt that its sci-fi horror.
I feel like they really did.
And then the guy in a hazmat suit has a gun.
It asks a lot of questions that I would like the answers to.
I realized, ugh, this cant be a treatment.
You cant write what people are thinking and feeling, thats not allowed in movies, Koepp says.
Then I thought, well maybe Ill just keep going, maybe its a short story.
And then I kept going, maybe its a novella.
And then, after a hundred pages, I thought, maybe its a book.
He was right, sort of.
The novel was quickly purchased by Ecco and Harper Collins, but … itsalsogoing to be a movie.
Paramount has the rights to that.
Koepp will adapt the screenplay himself and co-produce with Gavin Polone (Zombieland,Curb Your Enthusiasm.)
As he said before, you dont want to be taken over completely.
