Stephen King’s story has obtained a film adaptation from the manufacturer of The Witch and the LightHouse

Stephen KingNovel Rat It is officially directed on the big screen with an impressive creative team behind it. Jay Van HoyThe manufacturer of The witch AND LighthouseIt is developing the project with a team of filmmakers who know disturbing stories of gender.

The story follows Drew Larson, a writer “cursed by his own ambition. Every attempt by a novel has ended in disaster: the perillumination, the misfortune or the worst. Determined to break the cycle, he retires into a desolate cabin in the woods of the Maine, convinced that this time it will be different.

“But while a violent storm traps him in isolation, the body of Drew Vacilla and his mind begins to reveal. In the taking of fever and madness, a stranger appears – a disturbing visitor who promises salvation and success … for a price that Drew can barely understand.”

The script is adapted by Jeff Howardbetter known for The pursuit of Hill HouseWhile directing the duties they will fall to the Mexican director Isaac Ezbanwhose past work includes Mal de Ojo AND Párvulos. Unite Van Hoy On the production side are Iron Fernando (The birthday cake) AND Paul Perez (Father of the bride).

Rat It was published for the first time in the King’s 2020 collection If bleedwhich has already produced several screen adaptations. Mike Flanagan is working Chuck’s life With Tom Hiddleston AND Mark Hamillwhile Netflix previously released Mr. Harrigan’s phone.

The Washington Post praised Rat As “an unpredictable narration, often hallucinatory … one of King’s definitive explorations on the dark side of the creative impulse”.

For Ezban, this adaptation is a dream project. He explained: “Stephen King has always been my favorite writer, since I started reading the horror as a teenager, and since then I had the long -standing dream of adapting some of his material …

“Incorporate that essence of the contrast of the beauty and brutality that modeled my vision and my sensitivity as a narrator. I read most of his work, and Rat remains one of my favorite stories I have ever created … The perfect game – a dark, intimate, bizarre, uniformly humorous and deeply disturbing game that puts under your skin …

“I see this as a survival film on the blocking of the writer, and also as the final story of our crafts against our people, our creations against our loved ones, our art against our family, a theme that I can relate to very personally. King has always inspired me as a director and a storyteller, and I feel honored to give life to this story.”

The producers echoed to that passion in a joint declaration, saying: “Except for the incredible 52nd state production experience, we were anxious to immerse ourselves in a project with the same level of ambition and artistic edge.

“Rat It gives us this opportunity. Stephen King’s work has always been a comparison stone for gender filmmakers and with Isaac and Jeff who have guided this adaptation, we believe that the terror and humanity that make his stories without time. “

Ezban has already gained recognition from Guillermo del Toro For his unique voice in the cinema of the Latin American genre, while Howard has been involved in a series of adaptations related to the king like Game’s game and other horror projects such as Oculus AND Ouija: origin of evil. Perez also has a story with King’s stories, having worked at Doctor Sleep while he was in Warner Bros.

The latter project joins the long list of recent King adaptations in development, including Francis Lawrence’S The long walk to Lionsgate e Mike Flanagan’S Carrie Series for video first.

With this new team of filmmakers at the helm, Rat It promises to be a disturbing and deeply personal vision of one of the darkest stories of creativity and obsession with King.

Source: deadline