In April of 2023, film industry magazines published the news that director John Hillcoat (Lawless, The Road) would be helming an adaptation of Blood Meridian with Cormac McCarthy writing the screenplay himself. Unfortunately, McCarthy died two months later on June 13th.
I corresponded with Mr. Hillcoat to arrange an interview for The Spectator. I won’t disclose our conversations, but he confirmed that the project was still going forward and in April of this year, John Logan was announced as the film’s new screenwriter.