"Shutter Island" is coming to theaters on February 19th. Directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, moviegoers can look forward to a hard-boiled suspense thriller. Lehane's novel has also now been turned into a graphic novel by Tokyopop. This new release has been adapted by French artist Christian De Metter. It has been reviewed by LA Times as being "profane, terrifying, trippy and unrelentingly grim".
LA Times writer,Geoff Boucher, sums up Shutter Island's story:
The story, set in 1954, presents a U.S. marshal and widower named Teddy Daniels who, with his new partner, is dispatched to an island with one dominant landmark: Ashecliffe Hospital, a fortress-like mental institution that is missing one of its mass murderers. A hurricane hits and the entire island becomes a wind-lashed prison where the simple case of an escapee deepens into a surreal puzzle. Daniels, who arrived on Shutter Island with his own inner demons, soon wonders what is real and who can be trusted.
This sneak peek of the GN/interview of Dennis Lehane clocks in at 6 minutes but is an intriguing look into a writer's mind. He rarely does interviews.