Just yesterday it was announced that Jeremy Slater, who created FOX’s “The Exorcist” series and penned Pet, Death Note andThe Lazarus Effect, has been tapped to write Tommyknockers, a feature film based on Stephen King’s 1987 sci-fi horror novel, for Universal.
While James Wan‘s Atomic Monster is producing, Bloody Disgusting has confirmed that, contrary to reports, the filmmaker behind Saw, Insidious, The Conjuring, and the forthcoming Aquaman will not be directing.
Stephen King‘s “The Tommyknockers” is about the residents of Haven, Maine, who experience changes from a metal object that turns out to be an extension of a long-buried alien spacecraft. Once it’s exposed, the spacecraft releases an invisible gas into the atmosphere that gradually transforms people into beings similar to their alien visitors.
Michael Clear will also produce for Atomic Monster. Roy Lee (Godzilla, The Ring, Quarantine, Blair Witch) and Jon Berg will produce through Vertigo Entertainment along with Larry Sanitsky, who executive produced the hit 1993 ABC miniseries, also based on the book.