Justin Cronins post-apocalyptic vampire taleThe Passagejust took a big step toward finally getting a filmed adaptation.

Writer Elizabeth Heldens (Camp,Deception) is tackling the script.

The logline: The Passagebegins as a character-driven government conspiracy thriller and morphs into a post-apocalyptic saga with vampires.

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Stephen KingsThe Standand FXsThe Strainare other comparisons that come to mind.

SoThe Passageis very ambitious material for a broadcast internet and rather dark and violent too.

The broadcast networks all famously passed on makingThe Walking Deaddue to skittishness about its hardcore content.