Mike Flanagan Will Direct an Adaptation of the Mars-Set Sci-Fi Horror Novel THE SEASON OF PASSAGE
Director Mike Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill House and Doctor Sleep) is set to helm a feature film adaptation of the 1993 Christopher Pike novel The Season of Passage, which is a sci-fi horror novel set on the planet Mars.
The film is set up at Universal Pictures with Intrepid Pictures producing. Flanagan will also co-write the script with James Flanagan. The story centers around “celebrity Dr. Lauren Wagner who was involved in a manned expedition to Mars. The whole world admired and respected her. But Lauren knew fear. Inside―voices entreating her to love them. Outside―the mystery of the missing group that had gone before her. The dead group. But were they simply dead? Or something else?”
The story is described as a “haunting and unforgettable blend of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and suspense.” Flanagan is a great and talented filmmaker and storyteller and this seems like a perfect project for him to take on. I’m pumped to see what he ends up doing with it!
Pike and Flanagan have also currently been working on an adaption of The Midnight Club, which is a series based on another one of Pike’s books.
Source: Deadline