One of the stories featured in Stephen King‘s new collection If It Bleeds is titled Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, and as we recently learned, a feature film adaptation is in the works for Netflix.
The project is being developed by “American Story Creator” Ryan Murphy and Blumhouse, with John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side) writing and directing the adaptation.
Production begins this month on the film, and Blumhouse has announced today during BlumFest 2021 that the movie will premiere globally on Netflix in 2022.
Donald Sutherland and Jaeden Martell (IT) will star. Sutherland will star in the title role of “Mr. Harrigan,” we’ve learned, with Martell in the role of “Craig.”
“Mr. Harrigan’s Phone is from the latest collection of novellas “If It Bleeds” from Stephen King, about a young boy named Craig, living in a small town, who befriends an older, reclusive billionaire, Mr. Harrigan. The two form a bond over books and an iPhone, but when the man passes away, the boy discovers that not everything dead is gone, and finds himself able to communicate with his friend from the grave through the iPhone that was buried with him.”
