According to Variety, Charlize Theron and Viggo Mortensen (of The Lord of the Rings fame) will star in the adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. Theron, who won an Oscar for her role in Monster, will play Mortensen’s wife, a small role in which she appears only in the flashback scenes. The story is about a man who takes a nightmarish road trip after a nuclear explosion in order to get his son to safety and away from cannibals. The film will be directed by John Hillcoat and produced by Nick Wechsler (who worked with Theron on The Yards).