Fortunately it looks as though the Road to Perdition sequel, Road to Purgatory, hasn’t taken a side trip into development hell. Although talk of a Road to Perdition sequel goes back several years, writer Max Allan Collins tells MovieWeb it may now be right around the corner.

Collins wrote the graphic novel on which Road to Perdition was based and has since authored two text-only sequels, Road to Purgatory and Road to Paradise.  Although the task of adapting Road to Perdition into a screenplay ultimately fell to David Self, Collins handled the script for Road to Purgatory himself.

When pressed for details Collins said:

Well, I can only tease, I’m afraid. We seem to be right on the brink, or maybe it’s the precipice, I don’t know (Laughs), of a deal being signed. Things have gotten very, very serious ...

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This week:

John Landis robs with graves with Burke and Hare; Spielberg and Will Smith eye Oldboy; Tom Hanks doesn’t take The Road To Purgatory; we can expect another 30 Days of Night and Carpenter and Cage think that it’s a Riot that they are no longer Scared Straight. Also there is the usual Box Office break down.

Box Office

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa ruled the weekend with an estimated $60 million, beating its predecessor which managed to make $47 million back in 2005. Man, family movies are making so much money these days (like when have they never?).

The runner-up spot goes to Role Models starring Seann William Scott and Paul Rudd. The film was predicted to gross around $11 million over the weekend, but instead it should make somewhere between $17-19 million. Kevin Smith must be ...

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