According to Deadline, Taylor will direct a small-screen adaptation of 1971 novel, Roadside Picnic, to be aired on WGN America. Originally written by Soviet brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, the adaptation will be penned by Transcendence writer, Jack Paglen. Neal Moritz (Fast & Furious franchise) is on board to produce. The story takes place in the aftermath of a two-day extraterrestrial visit in six separate locations around the world. Those zones are now experience strange and unexplained phenomena due to the supernatural properties of artifacts that have been left behind. But there are a few, known as stalkers, who venture into the dangerous zones to retrieve these artifacts.
The book was adapted for the big screen with 1979's influential film, Stalker, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and written by the Strugatskys. It's a little surprising they're going the telefilm route given the popularity of the material and the attached talent.
