[Linkin Park] Joe Hahn to take on 'King Rat'

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From: MTV.com

Linkin Park DJ Joseph Hahn has made another move toward becoming a filmmaker.

The band's resident video director has purchased the option rights to shoot a movie based on China Miéville's 1998 novel, "King Rat."

"I'm still developing it, but it's a horror thriller and it's a modern-day tale of the Pied Piper," Hahn said Wednesday at the premiere of quite a different kind of film.

The book centers on a young London drifter who is wrongly imprisoned for the murder of his father. The character is rescued from authorities by the mysterious King Rat, who claims to be his real parent as well as the leader of a rodent army driven out of Hamelin 700 years earlier.

King Rat trains the boy to fight the man who framed him for murder, the Rat Catcher, a flautist who works his melodies into drum 'n' bass music to turn London's dance music scene into his army.

"My agent gave me the book and I loved it," Hahn said. "It had a lot of elements I like. A lot of fantasy, a lot of modern-day culture, some background of drum 'n' bass music — so a little bit of everything I'm into."

Hahn is unsure of when he will begin pre-production on the movie, as he is currently tied up with Linkin Park touring through the end of the year.

The DJ recently finished another of the band's videos, "From the Inside," which he shot in Prague, Czech Republic, along with "Numb" (see "In The End, Linkin Park's Joseph Hahn Wants To Be A Filmmaker"). So far, the song is scheduled to be the next international single, although Hahn hopes to release it Stateside as well.

"It's actually one of the best videos we've done," he said. "It's about a riot that happens. We basically took over a historic square in Prague and let 400 people loose and we performed in the middle of the riot. It's basically a display of someone's power."

The video may be included on Linkin Park's upcoming live DVD, which Hahn said was shot primarily at a Summer Sanitarium Tour stop in Texas and will be released before the holidays (see "Linkin Park's Sanitarium Stay Documented On Live CD/DVD").

I've been reading a lot about this on the net. Goooo mr.hahn! Hopefully he does a good job with it, just like he's done in the band's videos

Damn hes been busy, wOOt hes awsome!! always been my fav from teh band, since i love mixing *scraches somethin*

I hope he dosnet get greedy and decide on leavin teh band tho... i mean he can get distracted easily, cuz he said hes tied up with teh band, i hope he didnt mean theyre getting in his way

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go mr.hahn he better not leave the band or ill sue........ive just gotta figure out why sueing would help!

If he leaves the band, I shall stalk him and threaten that if he doesn't join back in, I shall stalk him summore. You'll see how back he goes to his buddies lol j/k