Russell Mulcahy will adapt Steven-Elliot Altman’s novel Zen in the Art of Slaying Vampires to big screen.
Based on the three-book series, the protagonist is turned into a vampire as he and his lover are attacked in lower Manhattan. She dies, and he struggles to overcome his murderous instincts and thirst for blood through Zen meditation. A struggle for his soul ensues between the bloodsuckers and the zen masters.
Altman will pen the screenplay.
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