An unpublished story from author Joe Hill (The Black Phone, “Locke & Key”), the mysterious Ushers has been picked up for feature film adaptation by Sony Screen Gems this week.
Deadline reports that Gary Dauberman (Salem’s Lot) will produce the film.
The website reports, “Under his first look deal with the studio, Gary Dauberman and his team at Coin Operated will develop and produce with Zak Olkewicz set to write the script. Coin Operated’s President, Mia Maniscalco, will also be a producer.”
Zak Olkewicz recently wrote Fear Street: Part Two and The Last Voyage of the Demeter.
At this time, the plot is being kept under wraps. Does Joe Hill’s Ushers have something to do with the Edgar Allan Poe tale The Fall of the House of Usher, which served as the backbone for Mike Flanagan’s same-titled Netflix horror series? Is it even a horror story at all?
Stay tuned for more…
Joe Hill is of course the son of prolific (and still very much active) horror legend Stephen King.
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