Why didn't anyone TELL ME another Chuck Palahniuk film was being adapted into a movie!? While I've never felt any of his dark and twisted satires could work nearly as well in film as Fight Club did, I've always wanted to see more of his demented stories turned into sights anyway. Especially since I liked the film version of Fight Club more than the book.

Well, later this summer, "Choke" will make it's way onto the big screen with Sam Rockwell starring as the story's tragic center--Victor Mancini.

If you aren't familiar with the story, Victor is a historical re-enactor by day and a faker at night. He goes to expensive restaurants and forces himself to choke on food to be saved by rich fellow diners who then take him under their wing. At it's heart, its a dark comedy about wanting to be 'saved' and the hunger for attention--which is classic Palahniuk fodder.

Is it destined to find a spot on the cult classic shelf next to "Fight Club"? It doesn't illustrate a generation vs. the enslaving advertising culture like Tyler Durden and Project Mayhem did, but it's got some solid chops of it's own about the relationship between a son and his mother and how it affects him.

For some stills from the movie, here ya are.