Catherine Hardwicke ("Thirteen", "Lords of Dogtown") will direct "The Monkey Wrench Gang" for Sony Pictures based on Edward Abbey's anti-establishment classic of the same name reports Variety.

William Goldman is penning a new draft of the screenplay. Story concerns a motley group of environmental warriors who wage mayhem against road builders and other developers in southern Utah.

Publication of Abbey's novel in 1975 gave rise to a new generation of environmentalists - people who practiced sabotage for the sake of saving the Earth (ie. eco-terrorists).

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