If you’re of a certain age, there’s a good chance you were traumatized by the young adult survival novel Hatchet after being forced to read it in elementary school. You were probably particularly disturbed by the part when the main character, Brian, found a dead body partially consumed by fish. Then you spent the rest of your childhood thinking about what you’d do if you were trapped in the wilderness.

According to Variety, Netflix is adapting Gary Paulsen’s 1987 novel, meaning many more kids are likely about to go through this formative experience

The film adaptation of Hatchet is being written and directed by Derek Cianfrance, who previously helmed the critically acclaimed films Blue Valentine, The Place Beyond the Pines, and Roofman. Andrew Mittman will produce the movie; his company, 1.21, is behind Netflix’s Wednesday. The movie is being created in partnership with Paulsen’s estate, which has kept the book out of the adaptation market until now, and helped select Cianfrance for the project. Hatchet’s only adaptation thus far was the 1990 TV movie A Cry in the Wind.

Mittman pushed for the film at Netflix after the streamer's recent survival films Apex and Thrash both debuted with more than 36 million views this year.

Hatchet centers on 13-year-old boy Brian Robeson, who is stranded alone in the Canadian wilderness after his plane’s pilot suffers a heart attack. Left alone and without food, Brian’s only belongings are the clothes on his back and a hatchet his mother gave him.

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