Sanctuary movie to be scripted by Roger Avary, based on William Faulkner's novel
John Langley (Cops) has hired Roger Avary, co-writer of Pulp Fiction to adapt Sanctuary, reports Deadline.
Faulkner's bleak tale of a changing social order in the South involved characters that include a ruthless moonshine racketeer and other sinister types who commit murder, abduction and other unsavory deeds.
First published in 1931, Sanctuary is a psychological melodrama. Characters involve Popeye, a moonshining racketeer who has no conscience, the beautiful Temple Drake, Harace Benbow, a lawyer of honor who wishes he had more, and a college student called Gowan Stevens who has a drinking problem.
Faulkner's story is of sensational and motiveless evil. Read more about it on Amazon.com.