Charlize Theron hitches a ride on THE ROAD

By Matt Holmes / June 25, 2011

Ok, I'm confused. Variety are reporting that Charlize Theron has signed up for a role in John Hillcoat's adaptation of the brilliant Cormac McCarthy novel THE ROAD.

Ok that's cool. We like Charlize around here but the strange thing is the trades are still reporting that Viggo Mortensen is in the film... which he was right up until October when it was reported that Guy Pearce had secured the lead role when the LORD OF THE RINGS actor had turned them down. But hey, I'm happy that Viggo is back. He's an acting Picasso, a true artist and I will flock to see anything he is in. Theron's small role will be that of wife to Mortensen and will only be seen in flashbacks (it's a post-apocalyptic world, so think I AM LEGEND) and the actress says she isn't doing it for the part per-say, but because she is a massive fan of the book. Said book, written by NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN author Cormac McCarthy depicts a guy who takes the nightmare road trip to get his son to safety whilst feeding off cannibals after a nuclear explosion. John Hillcoat is helming (he did the wonderful Western THE PROPOSITION) and is working from a script by Joe Penhall (ENDURING LOVE) with shooting set to begin next month.