Deadline reports that the man behind the King-like adaptation is none other than Mike Flanagan The Life of Chuck, Gerald’s Game, Doctor Sleepand so on carryhas signed a contract to write and direct a new adaptation of the story for Warner Bros. He is currently working on a new version Exorcist Universal and has long been associated with a capacity dark tower Customization with Amazon.
Based on a 1980 novel, fog It’s the story of a group of Maine (it’s always Maine) residents trapped in a supermarket as a mysterious fog descends over their town. It’s scary, creepy and mysterious but mostly it tells how humans react to dangerous situations in both positive and negative ways. It was adapted into the above 2007 film by the director of The Shawshank Redemption And the green Mile And it was later made into a TV series on Spike. It lasted just one season.
There is no information on how or why King or Flanagan are choosing to revisit fog At this point, but you have to admit, there’s some new, fresh take on this. After all, that unforgettable, final fall was a far cry from King’s original version. Perhaps he believes that this is why the previous film never got the love it deserved. Which may be true. But that could also be because, as we said, everyone who saw it never watched it again because its ending is so brutal.
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