Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot' Coming to Max
by EG
A new Max adaptation of Stephen King's Salem's Lot won't be the first time the vampire novel has been on screen, but it promises to put a scary new spin on the old story. The new feature film will debut on the streaming platform in early October. Read on for details.
Lewis Pullman is ready to sink his teeth into defending his hometown in the trailer for Salem’s Lot, which adapts the classic Stephen King horror novel.
The trailer was released Thursday ahead of writer-director Gary Dauberman‘s feature hitting Max on Oct. 3. Makenzie Leigh, Bill Camp, Pilou Asbæk, Alfre Woodard and William Sadler round out the cast for the movie centering on writer Ben Mears (Pullman), who returns to his hometown and realizes he needs to defend it against a vampire.
“I’ve always written stories about things that are so terrible, you’ll run away until your brain won’t remember,” Pullman’s character says in the footage.
Dauberman directed and wrote the film that is adapted from King’s 1975 novel of the same name. Michael Clear, Roy Lee, James Wan and Mark Wolper serve as producers on the feature that is set to premiere at Beyond Fest on Sept. 25.
Salem’s Lot was previously adapted for a CBS miniseries that debuted in 1979 and a TNT miniseries that launched in 2004.
Dauberman’s previous credits include directing the 2019 feature sequel Annabelle Comes Home after working on the scripts for the franchise’s first two films. He was also credited for his work on the screenplays for the 2017 movie It and its 2019 sequel, which were both based on King’s novel.
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