Next year, Stephen Kings horror novel Salems Lot will be adapted for big screen. Authors have been on a roll lately, with many of his short stories and books being adapted from It and Pet Sematary. Another one was announced just Friday. Salems tells the story of a writer who returns to his hometown in search of inspiration for his next book. But, he discovers that there's a vampire there. Without some brave kids, it won't be a horror film, or a King piece, but it will have to be something!
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The Hollywood Reporter revealed the names of the three child actors who will be at the heart of the action. Three of the most vulnerable children in Jerusalem's Lot are being played by actors Jordan Preston Carter and Nicholas Crovetti. Carter will portray Mark Petrie (12 years old), who will become one of the most important players in the anti vampire team. Crovetti will play Danny Glick, the kid vampire, and Woodward will be playing Ralph, Danny's missing brother. This trio will join the ensemble cast that also includes Lewis Pullman as Ben Mears, Pilou Asbk and Kurt Barlow as Kurt Barlow.
All three actors have had their lives threatened in the past, despite their different filmographies. Carter is the lead of HBO Maxs DMZ miniseries, based on DC Comics about America being cut off from the rest the world and made into a warzone. Crovetti's horror credits also include the remake of Goodnight Mommy, an Austrian film from 2014. Woodwards has been the hardest to work with: not only was he the child who was taken by aliens at the opening of A Quiet Place but he was also one of the Barton children who was killed in Avengers: Endgame. It's tragic, but he's back for Hawkeye.
Salems Lot was made live-action several times since its publication in 1975. However, previous attempts at the show were limited to TV such as Rob Lowe's 2004 version for TNT and the CBS miniseries from 1979. Larry Cohen directed a second version of the latter in 1987. It's its first film as an actual movie. It has a lot of pedigree with Gary Dauberman, who wrote and directed the adaptation. We are hoping it is good. If not, Hollywood will have to adapt one the 1,378 other things Kings wrote in his lifetime.
Salems Lot will be released on September 9, 2022.
Correction, 10/2/2021 at 12:30 p.m. ET: An earlier version of this post misrepresented that Larry King directed 1987 Salems Lot 2, when in fact Larry Cohen directed it. Richard Staker was the vampire, while Kurt Barlow was the director. Both have been updated.
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