Originally published March 11, 2025. Updated March 12, 2025.
Netflix are hoping to add to their successful run of Stephen King adaptations by snapping up the rights to the author’s 1981 killer-dog horror Cujo.
According to Deadline the streamer has secured a deal and are in the process of looking for writers. Roy Lee, a horror specialist behind the likes of Companion, Barbarian, and Weapons, is on board as Producer.
Cujo tells the story of a good-natured 200 pound St. Bernard who chases a rabbit into a hole, where he is bitten on the nose by a rabid bat, slowly descending into a frenzied state that causes him to go on a murderous rampage in a suburban neighbourhood.
The novel has already been adapted into a 1983 VHS favourite directed by Lewis Teague (Alligator) and starring Dee Wallace (E.T. – The Extra Terrestrial).
Cujo would follow Gerald’s Game, In the Tall Grass, 1922, and Mr Harrigan’s Phone as Netflix-backed Stephen King adaptations.
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