AUGUST 8, 2008:

James Curcio's dystopic road tale "Fallen Nation: Babylon Burning" has been optioned by Invictus Films. Published by Mythos Media, the novel has been well received in both the conventional literary and digital worlds. Invictus President and Creative Director Alexander Emmert will adapt the novel for the screen.

"I am intensely excited about (Fallen Nation)" Emmert said. It is a brilliant and fascinating work, and unlike anything I've adapted before. It presents challenges to the filmmaker and will prove provocative to the audience. If I were to be pressed for parallels, I'd have to say that it is as if 'Foxfire' and 'Fight Club' got together to form a band with their buddy 'Romper Stomper' and played a gig down at 'Blade Runner's bar for 'Clockwork Orange's bah mitzfah".

Production dates have not yet been set, but there are rumors that Emmert hopes to shoot the film in South Africa in early 2009.