Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road” has been sitting awaiting the light of day for some time now. A story (starring Viggo Mortensen) about a man and his son surviving day to day in the aftermath of some unknown apocalypse, it is the adult novel of adult novels. There is no no mercy in the telling. It is as pure as literature can be. Cormac sets the scene. The land produces no more food. No animals survive except the occasional dog. How can humans survive? The resulting story is as honest as a book gets.

It’s my favorite book of all time. Yes, it’s really depressing. The movie I assume, is also really depressing. Since we are in the midst of some hard economic times I can assume that the movie release is being delayed somewhat by the mood of moviegoers. The movie’s release date has now been updated to Oct of  2009. Here we have some sample concept art for the film from Flickr. Thanks QuietEarth and Slashfilm.