 Producer Dean Zanuck (qv) had never seen a graphic novel before  until the time when he was pitched the idea of "Road to Perdition".  While flicking through the pages of the novel, he was immediately  hooked. He then sent a copy to his father. Richard D. Zanuck (qv),  who was on location in Morocco at the time. He too was smitten with  the project and instructed his son to dispatch a copy of the novel  to Steven Spielberg (qv). Who called back two days later, saying  that he wanted to do it.