The latest Stephen King novel to get re-adapted is The Dark Half, with Her Smell director Alex Ross Perry on board to helm for MGM, reports Variety.
King wrote the book in 1989 about a novelist whose pseudonym comes to life as a murderous twin after his own pen name, Richard Bachman, was revealed.
MGM first adapted a film version in 1993 with zombie horror icon George Romero directing and Timothy Hutton starring. Hutton portrayed the best-selling author Thad Beaumont, who also sells grisly crime novels under the name George Stark. When the pseudonym is exposed, the author and his wife give the other author a ceremonial burial — resulting in George Stark coming alive and going on a murder spree.
As the site notes, the movie was a box office flop, grossing $10 million from a $15 million budget. Hopefully, with the recent King revival, things will be different this time around.
Here’s the trailer for Perry’s Her Smell, which starred Elisabeth Moss as a ’90s rock superstar.