David Schwimmer to adapt Sinclair's 'The Jungle'

With only a couple of films under his belt, 'Friends' alum David Schwimmer appears to have his sights set on adapting a literary classic. According to Movieline, Schwimmer stated in a recent interview that he has “commissioned an adaptation of 'The Jungle.'” 

The 1906 novel, penned by muckracking journalist Upton Sinclair, follows the exploits of a Lithuanian immigrant named Jurgis who experiences firsthand the macabre and squalid conditions of the American meatpacking industry.

Upon finishing the novel myself, I almost fell into a depression-induced coma. So for me it is really hard to imagine Ross Geller bringing such an opaque story to the big screen. 

Call me a cynic, but I cannot imagine this adaptation will be executed as well as other Sinclair adaptations such as Paul Thomas Anderson's "There Will Be Blood." What do you think?