Morgan Spurlock is to direct a new documentary about the origins of rats in New York City.
According to Deadline, the feature-length film, based on The New York Times best-selling book by author Robert Sullivan Rats: Observations on the History & Habitat of the City’s Most Unwanted Inhabitants, will look at their ability to spread diseases, including historical plague, and their use as test subjects.
Speaking about the film, Spurlock said: "As a New Yorker, I've had a two-decade-long love/hate affair with rats. We've all seen them and we all live with them, we just don't want to know we're living with them.
"This movie is going to be a modern day horror film - it will make you squirm, scream and jump out of your chair. You may not like rats, but you'll love this movie."
Rats NYC will be released in cinemas in January 2015.
