Stephen King's Suffer the Little Children is Becoming a Movie

Yet another Stephen King volume is becoming a movie : bear the Little Children , the writer ’s 1972 short story . A supernatural thriller on par with King ’s extensive sci - fi / repulsion universe , it centers around a of late divorced first grade teacher who start to notice flaky and unsettling behaviour among her student , including a youthful son who taunts her into think he and his class fellow ' bodies have been catch by creatures and are now amaze as doppelgänger children . Is it her own mad paranoia , or is there really something dastardly happening in her town ?

The news comes on the heels ofIT ’s record opening weekend , which envision the moving-picture show — a feature adaptation of King ’s 1986 novel — drag in aworldwide total of $ 185 million , far beyond even the most ambitious predictions . It marks the third largest first step weekend of 2017 and the large for a horror moving-picture show ever , bestingParanormal Activity 3 ’s 2015 benchmark of $ 52.6 million . King ’s piece of work , of course , has been translate to test numerous time . Some , likeCarrieandThe Shining , have become some of the most wide regarded in cinematic history , while others , like this summer’sThe Dark Tower , have fared far more unfavorably . ButIT ’s recent success sure bodes well for next endeavors .

As reported byDeadline , Suffer the Little Childrenis being adapted by writer - theatre director Sean Carter , who just finish his first feature moving-picture show with upcoming horror thrillerKeep Watching(Ithas a laggard , but no tone ending day of the month yet ) . Craig Flores ( 300 ) and Nicolas Chartier(The HurtLocker)—both of whom work onKeep Watching — will bring forth the picture , as well as Sriram Das(Into TheForest ) .

“ Stephen King ’s is one of today ’s most prolific storytellers , and the concepts that he conjures instantly trigger rarity and a desire to follow him down the lapin mess , ” Flores toldDeadlinein a statement . Added Carter :

" The Stephen King esthetic has been impress into my psyche since I was a teenager , and Suffer the Little Children match right into that classic King paradigm : a tragically flawed lead character put into a shockingly unimaginable scenario . It ’s a lilliputian peek into a mythology that I ca n’t wait to expand into a full - length movie . "

HowSuffer the Little Childrenpans out will be interesting to view . LikeIT ’s Andy Muschietti , Carter is a comparatively new managing director , but withKeep Watchingstill in the pipeline , it ’s difficult to say much about his vision or approach just yet . The moving-picture show could be another win for the lore of Stephen King , but it could just as easily be a flop . Only sentence will tell .

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