Mendes really got it and understood it and, I think that, in some ways, enhanced it. There certainly are differences between my graphic novel and Road to Perdition, but the spirit of the story is there. Based on the Graphic Novel by Max Allan Collins & Richard Piers Rayner. That isn't to say that you have to do it absolutely faithfully. That's the most important thing to me, that the material be faithfully rendered. It does look like, now, that I won't be directing, but it is my script. With Tyler Hoechlin, Rob Maxey, Liam Aiken, Jennifer Jason Leigh. It was adapted into the 2002 film of the same name, starring Tom Hanks, for which Collins also wrote the novelization. The comic book of the original series, with art by Richard Piers Rayner, was published by DC Comics ' imprint Paradox Press. Things have gotten very, very serious and I have, for years, held onto it as a project I would direct, because I have directed five independent films. Road to Perdition: Directed by Sam Mendes. Road to Perdition is a series of fictional works written by Max Allan Collins.
We seem to be right on the brink, or maybe it's the precipice, I don't know (Laughs), of a deal being signed. Max Allan Collins: Well, I can only tease, I'm afraid. Is there anything you can tell us about that? Is there anything you can tell us about the status of Road to Purgatory? We reported on it a few years ago that you were adapting your own graphic novel and were directing the film.
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