New Film Adaptation of Stephen King's CUJO Being Developed For Netflix

Netflix is set to produce a new film adaptation ofStephen King’s bestselling novel Cujo, with Roy Lee (IT, IT: Chapter 2) developing it as a producer.

The original 1983 film scared the hell out of me when I was a kid. That movie instilled a fear of dogs in me that took me a long time to get over. I love dogs, but when I was a kid, I did not like dogs.

Cujo is a psychological horror story that follows the descent into terror of a mother (Dee Wallace) and son trapped by a rabid dog.

The novel is set in the small town of Castle Rock, Maine, where Cujo, a friendly St. Bernard, is bitten by a rabid bat, transforming him into a monstrous force of nature. Meanwhile, Donna Trenton, a frustrated housewife, and her young son, Tad, become stranded in a broken-down car at an isolated mechanic’s garage where the now-rabid Cujo lurks, waiting to attack.

On top of that they are dealiong with the summer heat, which intensifies their ordeal. The story builds edge-of-your-seat suspense.

King is currently working on his next novel Never Flinch will be next one published and he’s also working on a third installment of The Talisman.

As for films, the Osgood Perkins-directed adaptation of The Monkey just came out, and upcoming films include the Francis Lawrence-directed The Long Walk, the Edgar Wright-directed Glen Powell-starrer The Running Man, the It prequel Welcome to Derry with Andy Muschietti directing, the Jack Bender-directed The Institute, and a series adaption of Carrie with Mike Flanagan directing.

Adaptations of more recent King novels include Fairy Tale with Paul Greengrass, and Life of Chuck with Flanagan, and The Dark Tower has also been long in the works.

Source: Deadline