Darren Aronofsky is circling to direct Netflix’s Cujo film, based on the novel by Stephen King.
Deadline first reported the news of the film adaptation , with Roy Lee (It, Salem’s Lot) attached to produce in the deal made last week.
The 1981 novel was originally adapted into a thriller film in 1983 starring Dee Wallace as a mother protecting her sone from a 200-pound St. Bernard that turned rabid after being bit by a bat. The formerly friendly hound transformed into one of cold calculation that left a trail of bodies in its wake.
The climactic scene in that film took place when Wallace’s mother and her son face the difficult decision of battling heatstroke in a car that won’t start or confronting the big, rabid dog waiting for them outside the small vehicle.
Aronofsky’s more recent projects include Postcard from Earth (2023) and The Whale (2022) starring Brendan Fraser who won the Best Actor Oscar for his role as Charlie. The Whale also starred newly cast Spider-Man 4 star Sadie Sink. Arronofsky is also known for the Natalie Portman Oscar winning Black Swan (2010) and Requiem for a Dream (2000).
King’s short story The Monkey was just adapted into a film directed by Osgood Perkins and starring Theo James. Francis Lawrence (The Hunger Games) is set to direct The Long Walk, and Edgar Wright’s The Running Man feature starring Glen Powell will follow in the footsteps of Paul Michael Glaser’s 1987 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso and Yaphet Kotto.
The InSneider had the news about Aronofsky’s circling Cujo. The project is still in the early works at the streamer. Cujo grossed over $21M at the domestic box office, not reflecting inflation.
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