The work has repeatedly transferred to a large screen: In 1979, Francis Ford Coppola took off the Oscar-"Apocalypse today", which was based on the work of Konrad; And in 1993, Nicolas Rouge reached the television film "The Spirit of Darkness", which became the closest to the text by the screen. The main roles in the picture were performed by Tim Roth and John Malkovich.
This time the story will be the starting point for the sci-fi ribbon. In the center of the plot - the story of Charles Marlow - the ambitious captain of the British steamer, which delivered the goods in the very heart of African jungle. It returns with the most valuable cargo - ivory. Throughout the journey, the captain repeatedly hears the name of a certain curtain, which is pronounced with a tint of reverent fear and hatred. Arriving on a guarding staving, Marlowe makes his ways to the gloomy castle of a curtain, surrounded by human skulls, tropical thickets and African warriors. In the air begins to smell death when he finds a cache with huge stocks of ivory.
The director's chair of the project will take the creator of "ghosts in Connecticut" Peter Cornwell.