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The Exorcist showrunner to script Stephen King adaptation The Tommyknockers

August 19, 2018 by Gary Collinson

Back in march it was announced that James Wan (The Conjuring) and Roy Lee (It) are teaming to produce a feature adaptation of Stephen King’s novel The Tommyknockers, and now comes word that the project has found a writer.

Variety is reporting that Jeremy Slater, showrunner on The Exorcist TV series, is set to script the adaptation of the 1987 sci-fi horror novel, which takes place in a small town in Maine (surprisingly) where the residents are granted enhanced abilities and violent tendencies after a gas escapes from a long-buried alien craft.

The Tommyknockers was previously adapted as a 1993 miniseries starring Jimmy Smits as Jim Gardener, a man immune to the gas thanks to a metal plate in his head, who has to save the day.

SEE ALSO: Hulu renews Stephen King series Castle Rock for season 2

A host of Stephen King projects are in various stages of development for the big screen; filming is currently taking place on It: Chapter Two, while other films in the works include Doctor Sleep, In the Tall Grass, The Gingerbread Girl, The Long Walk, Pet Sematary,  The Boogeyman, The Bone Church, From a Buick 8 and Firestarter.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Jeremy Slater, Stephen King, The Tommyknockers

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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