Joe Hill's THE FIREMAN Novel is Getting a Series Adaptation From Walden Media

Another one of Joe Hill’s horror novels is getting a series adaptation. His 2016 book The Fireman is being produced by Walden Media, and the story is about a plague that causes people to burst into flames.

In The Fireman, “the United States is rocked by a plague that is highly contagious and causes those who are infected to burst into flames. Millions have caught the disease, nicknamed Dragonscale. There is no antidote. Cremation squads have popped up, roaming the streets to exterminate those they believe have Drgonscale. Amid this chaos, an infected nurse is set on a new path after a chance meeting with a mysterious man known as the Fireman.”

Hill (NOS4A2, The Black Phone), the son of Stephen King, will executive produce the series with Walden Media’s Frank Smith and Naia Cucukov.

Smith said in a statement: “We’re so excited to be working with celebrated author Joe Hill on The Fireman. I can’t imagine a timelier book to be developing into a series. The Fireman showcases a theme that Walden holds very dear — the idea of celebrating ordinary people who rise in extraordinary circumstances.”

I haven’t read the book, but that sounds like an interesting and dark story. Dragonscale sounds like a terrible and terrifying plague!

Source: THR