{"id":26385,"date":"2010-04-06T10:32:48","date_gmt":"2010-04-06T17:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=26385"},"modified":"2010-04-06T10:32:48","modified_gmt":"2010-04-06T17:32:48","slug":"robert-zemeckis-directing-dark-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2010\/04\/06\/robert-zemeckis-directing-dark-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Zemeckis Directing Dark Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Zemeckis has been confirmed to direct the big-screen adaptation of young-adult underwater adventure novel, &#8220;Dark Life&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>The book&#8217;s story according to it&#8217;s publisher, Scholastic, describes &#8220;Dark Life&#8221;;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Set in an apocalyptic future where rising oceans have swallowed up entire regions and people live packed like sardines on the dry land left, &#8216;Dark Life&#8217; is the harrowing tale of underwater pioneers who have carved out a life for themselves in the harsh deep-sea environment, farming the seafloor in exchange for the land deed.<\/p>\n<p>The story follows Ty, who has lived his whole life on his family&#8217;s homestead and has dreams of claiming his own stake when he turns eighteen. 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And that the government abandoning the territory might be the best thing for everyone, especially for someone like Ty, someone with a Dark Gift.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Scholastic will be releasing &#8220;Dark Life&#8221; this May.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to Shockya.com for more on this project.<\/p>\n<p>By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Variety)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26393\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26393\" style=\"width: 297px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/robert_zemeckis_director.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Zemeckis\" title=\"Robert Zemeckis\" width=\"297\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/robert_zemeckis_director.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/robert_zemeckis_director-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Zemeckis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Zemeckis has been confirmed to direct the big-screen adaptation of young-adult underwater adventure novel, &#8220;Dark Life&#8221;. 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