Gore Verbinski directing an adaptation of Sandkings
Gore Verbinski is to direct an adaptation of 'Sandkings'. The 56-year-old filmmaker revealed he is bringing George R.R. Martin's novelette to the big screen, with the project currently in the works at Netflix. Asked what project he is working on, Gore told the website Collider: "One of the screenplays is based on a George R.R. Martin short story called 'Sandkings', which is this brilliant little twisted short story that I love. "And I'm working with a great writer, Dennis Kelly, who wrote the original ('Utopia') ... The British original series is brilliant. And Dennis is doing the adaptation, ...