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Stephen King’s killer dog classic Cujo is headed back to the screen with a new adaptation in the works from Netflix, we learned last week, and the film’s director may have been found.

The Hollywood Reporter confirms a scoop from Jeff Sneider this week, reporting that Oscar-nominated filmmaker Darren Aronofsky is in talks to direct Stephen King’s Cujo for Netflix.

THR notes in their report this afternoon, “The feature project was only revealed last week but it’s clearly further along than known or moving on the fast track.”

Stay tuned for more as we learn it.

Roy Lee (It) is producing the new adaptation of Cujo for the streamer.

Stephen King’s horror novel Cujo was originally published in 1981, with director Lewis Teague’s classic horror movie adaptation being unleashed just two years later in 1983. Dee Wallace, Ed Lauter, Daniel Hugh Kelly, and Danny Pintauro starred...

Stephen King’s killer canine is coming back to life, with Deadline reporting this afternoon that Netflix and producer Roy Lee (It) are developing a brand new Cujo movie.

The project “will go out to writers immediately,” Deadline notes in today’s report.

No other information has been announced at this time. Stay tuned for more.

Stephen King’s horror novel Cujo was originally published in 1981, with director Lewis Teague’s classic horror movie adaptation being unleashed just two years later in 1983. Dee Wallace, Ed Lauter, Daniel Hugh Kelly, and Danny Pintauro starred in the original adaptation of Cujo, wherein a friendly St. Bernard contracts rabies and embarks on a reign of terror.

Here’s the full synopsis for King’s novel: “Outside a peaceful town in central Maine, a monster is waiting. Cujo is a two-hundred-pound Saint Bernard, the best friend Brett Camber has ever had. One day, Cujo...

Stephen King struggles to recall writing Cujo due to past substance abuse, showcasing the impact of addiction on creativity. "Rattlesnakes," a sequel to Cujo, addresses the lasting effects of grief and trauma on characters from the original novel. Despite not remembering the writing process, King praises the Cujo adaptation in 1983 and highlights Dee Wallace's performance.

Even with over 60 novels to his name in his long and successful career, it is shocking to learn that there is one classic book that Stephen King doesn't remember writing. King is one of the most prolific authors of all time with so many of his books becoming celebrated classics, including Carrie, The Shining, The Dead Zone, The Stand, and It. However, King himself admits there was a dark period in his life in which he doesn't remember writing one of his most popular books.

Cujo is a simple yet effective thriller from the master author.

"Finn" in You Like It Darker is too absurd to be scary, despite a horror premise. King's collection has variety, with each story appealing to different fears. The story of Finn delves into his lifelong bad luck, undermining its horror potential.

You Like It Darker has an interesting selection of Stephen King stories, but theres one that is too absurd to be scary. Stephen King has rightfully earned the title of King of Horror thanks to his novels and short stories, through which he has allowed generations of readers to explore a variety of fears, places, and meet some terrifying and memorable characters. King continues sharing his world of fantasy and horror in You Like It Darker, a collection of seven short stories and five novellas, including an excerpt of Cujos sequel, Rattlesnakes.

You Like It Darker has Kings signature narrative and horror style with intriguing stories, of which many...

You Like It Darker features compelling stories with one standout novella that leaves intriguing questions. "The Dreamers" novella from King's collection is disturbing, mysterious, and lacks answers. "The Dreamers" would benefit from a follow-up that can explore its potential as a unique and terrifying world.

Stephen Kings You Like It Darker offers some interesting short stories, but theres one that needs a follow-up after all the questions it left. The King of Horror continues sharing his unique world of scares, monsters (human and supernatural), supernatural events, and more, and among his latest publications is You Like It Darker. The book is a collection of seven short stories and five novellas, all of them with different settings, characters, and themes, and some scarier than others.

You Like It Darker was announced in late 2023 and published in May 2024, and, unsurprisingly, it has been a hit with readers and fans of Stephen King.

Stephen King isn’t an author who writes sequels to his works, though he has written a couple, and he once announced that he had written a sequel to Cujo – but what happened to it? The King of Horror’s reign started in 1974 with the publishing of Carrie, which gave readers a taste of the type of stories they could expect from him as well as of his writing style, but no one could have been prepared for the variety of horror stories that King would bring after that.

The popularity of King’s stories has been such that many of his works have been adapted to other media, and among his most popular novels and adaptations is Cujo. Published in 1981, Cujo became a bestseller and received different awards, and it didn’t take long for it to be adapted into a movie, directed by Lewis Teague and released in...

Actor and producer Jimmy Jean-Louis has signed with CAA.

Best known for playing René (a.k.a. the Haitian) in NBC’s “Heroes” and “Heroes: Reborn,” Jean-Louis will next appear opposite Henry Golding, Noomi Rapace, and Sam Neill in the upcoming action movie “Assassin Club.”

The Haitian American actor was most recently seen in “The Gray Man” and also stars in the Netflix feature “Citation,” which won two National Film Awards in the UK, as well as “Detective Knight: Rogue.”

Jean-Louis’ acting career spans more than 25 years, kicking off in 1998 when he moved to Los Angeles after building successful musical theater and modeling careers in France, Spain, Italy, South Africa and England. Jean-Louis has appeared in films including “Tears of the Sun,” opposite Bruce Willis; “Joy”; “Phat Girlz” and “Monster-in-Law.” His television credits include the CW’s “Arrow,” TNT’s “Claws” and CBS’ “Extant,” starring Halle Berry and produced by Steven Spielberg.

They say to let sleeping dogs lie, but then again, Stephen King has never been one for following cliches. The prolific horror author stopped by Bloody Disgusting's The Losers' Club podcast this week, where he apparently let slip some exciting details about one of his upcoming stories. Namely, that he just wrote a sequel to "Cujo."

The story, which is apparently a novella, already has one of the most striking King titles in years: "Rattlesnakes." Though the novelist didn't explain exactly how "Rattlesnakes" will connect to "Cujo," he did describe a scene from what he calls a "long story" in some detail. "It involves,...

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Bloody Disgusting’s The Losers’ Club Podcast leveled up this week when they interviewed Stephen King himself for the very first time, an hour-long chat with the master that we encourage all King fans to listen to this Memorial Day Weekend. King discusses topics including the roots behind this September’s Fairy Tale, the status of his third […]

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Boosting one of the key upcoming titles coming out of Latin America, renowned Haitian-American actor-producer Jimmy Jean-Louis, also an increasing driving force on the Latin American and African production scene, is coming on board to executive produce director José María Cabral’s historic drama “Parsley” (“Perejil”).

In parallel news, New York-based Visit Films is handling world sales rights on the feature, which is set during the 1937 Parsley Massacre, when Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo ordered the execution of Haitian families and Dominicans of Haitian descent on the country’s frontier with Haiti.

With Cabral in post-production on his next film, the Latido-sold “Hotel Coppelia,” again for Lantica Media, Visit Films will initiate a fall festival campaign for “Parsley.”

“Parsley’s” true-event background is shocking, and little known. “ ‘Parsley’ is a story about human tragedy where race takes the center stage and represents a part of history that needs to be told,...

The time has come for Hulu to release its list of everything coming and going in the month of August.

This will come in handy after the “Bachelorette” season finale in late July leaves us in desperate need of something else to watch.

In August, a new episode of Hulu’s horror anthology “Into The Dark” arrives, in which a group of social outcasts who are stuck in weekend detention are confronted by the school’s legendary hauntings.

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Other Hulu originals include: “The Amazing Johnathan Documentary,” in which a filmmaker profiles a dying magician on his final tour, but the lines between reality and magic begin to blur; Season 2 of “Find Me in Paris,” and “Jawline,” a Hulu original documentary that follows 16-year-old Austyn Tester, a rising star in the live-broadcast ecosystem...

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Sales agent Kew Media Distribution has added four titles to its slate ahead of the upcoming European Film Market.

The new additions include Rock documentary Suzi Q, which recounts the life of the rock musician, with testimony from contemporaries including Alice Cooper, Debbie Harry and Joan Jett. Liam Firmager directs.

Also new is documentary Glitch In The Matrix from Rodney Ascher, exploring Simulation Theory through the stories of real people questioning if they are living in the real world or a computer simulation.

Writer-director Julius Amendume’s Rattlesnakes is a neo-noir psychological thriller adapted from...

Julius Amedume’s neo-noir psychological thriller “Rattlesnakes,” rock documentary “Suzi Q” and the elevated horror thriller “Itsy Bitsy” are among the new titles that Kew Media Distribution will be introducing to buyers at Berlin’s European Film Market, which kicks off Thursday.

They join a slate that includes three buzz-worthy documentaries: Rodney Ascher’s “Glitch in the Matrix, Michael Jackson expose “Leaving Neverland,” one of the talking points at Sundance, and Nick Broomfield’s “Marianne & Leonard – Words of Love,” also a hot title in Park City.

Scripted and directed by Amedume, “Rattlesnakes” tells the story of California life guru and family man Robert McQueen. What begins as a typical day of therapy sessions with his clients takes a turn for the worse… He’s expecting to meet a regular client in a rented apartment, but instead he’s ambushed by three masked men and held hostage.

McQueen is accused of...