James Wan is Set to Produce a Film Adaptation of Stephen King's THE TOMMYKNOCKERS
It looks like Stephen King's 1987 novel The Tommyknockers is actually going to get a decent feature film adaptation! In 1993 there was a TV miniseries made, but it wasn't very good. I have high hopes for this new adaptation, though, because horror master James Wan is set to produce it alongside Roy Lee, who recently produced IT.
Wan, who is currently directing Aquaman, has made some incredible horror films such as The Conjuring and Insidious and I know that he will steer this adaptation in the right direction. For those of you who aren't familiar with the story, here's a description:
“Late last night and the night before, Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers, knocking at the door…”
On a beautiful June day, while walking deep in the woods on her property in Haven, Maine, Bobbi Anderson quite literally stumbles over her own destiny and that of the entire town. For the dull gray metal protrusion she discovers in the ground is part of a mysterious and massive metal object, one that may have been buried there for millennia. Bobbi can’t help but become obsessed and try to dig it out…the consequences of which will affect and transmute every citizen of Haven, young and old. It means unleashing extraordinary powers beyond those of mere mortals—and certain death for any and all outsiders. An alien hell has now invaded this small New England town…an aggressive and violent malignancy devoid of any mercy or sanity…
The producer of the original miniseries, Larry Sanitsky, is also on board as an executive producer on the film and he had this to say in a statement:
"It is an allegorical tale of addiction (Stephen was struggling with his own at the time), the threat of nuclear power, the danger of mass hysteria, and the absurdity of technical evolution run amuck. All are as relevant today as the day the novel was written. It is also a tale about the eternal power of love and the grace of redemption."
I loved Stephen King's book and there's potential for it to be a seriously great movie!
Source: Variety