Per Collider, Zac Efron has signed on to star in a remake of Firestarter for Blumhouse. The original 1984 film, which starred a young Drew Barrymore, was itself an adaptation of Stephen King‘s 1980 novel, which followed a young girl who develops pyrokinetic abilities and is abducted by a secret government agency that wants to harness her powerful[…]
The Stephen King adaptations continue to roll in. In the wake of IT becoming the highest grossing horror film of all time back in 2017, King was suddenly in vogue again, with studios and streamers desperately wanting that kind of success for themselves. Thus, an avalanche of King adaptations were put into motion, and three years later, they’re still[…]
The Stephen King adaptations keep rolling in. This is one of the more exciting ones though. Alex Ross Perry, one of the best directors working today, will reportedly adapt King’s 1989 novel The Dark Half for MGM. The story revolves around author Thad Beaumont, a recovering alcoholic laying low in the small town of Ludlow, Maine. (No, really).[…]
Lionsgate has tapped Osgood Perkins to write and direct the supernatural thriller Incident At Fort Bragg. The film is inspired by the true story of world-renowned priest Malachi Martin, who was brought in by the U.S. government to perform a sanctioned exorcism on a young soldier. This incident took place in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the largest military installation[…]
Spider-Man: Far From Home director Jon Watts will direct the pilot of Jeff Bridges‘ FX spy series The Old Man. Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Thomas Perry, the show revolves around Dan Chase, who absconded from the CIA decades ago and has been living off the grid ever since. When an assassin arrives[…]