Those lucky guys over at Esquire got a chance to see a new re-edited cut of The Road adapted from Cormac McCarthy’s bestselling book. The film, starring Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall, and Guy Pierce was supposed to come out around Oscar season this past year. Early buzz from a test screening in New York was horrible, to say the least, and the release date got pushed into the ether. Apparently they either did some more shooting or hired themselves a better editor, because the new cut has gotten itself a huge pile of praise. This is majorly good news for fans of the novel who have been anxiously awaiting the film.

“The Road is no tease. It is a brilliantly directed adaptation of a beloved novel, a delicate and anachronistically loving look at the immodest and brutish end of us all. You want them to get there, you want them to get there, you want them to get there — and yet you do not want it, any of it, to end.

A story without guarantees. In every moment — even the last one — you’ll want to know what happens next, even if you can hardly stand to look.” …  “You have to see it. Really. You do. Not because it’s grim, not because it’s depressing, or even scary. The Road is all of those things, both acutely and chronically. But there was not a single stupid choice made in turning this book into this movie. No wrongheaded lyric tribute to the novel. No moment engineered simply to make you jump.”

With a strong October release date set and a slow simmer of godwill bubbling to the surface, this project may still manage to have legs after all. Interested in seeig some footage? Well you’re in luck as the brand new trailer of the film hit late this afternoon. Feast your eyes on the grimy post-apocalyptic future, and tell me if you see an end to the color faded brown landscapes coming anytime soon. Is it too much to ask for a future that’s lush and colorful?