Mad Max goes Victorian.

Mel Gibson now owns the movie rights to Libba Bray's soon-to-be-trilogy.

From Libba Bray's Livejournal:

Still, It doesn't quite seem real to me, somehow. I feel a little like Sissy Spacek getting ready for the prom while her crazy mom yells, "They're all gonna laugh at you!" in the background. Yeah, just waiting for that pig's blood to fall. (No, really, it makes sense in my head. Go with me.)