Max Original Film SALEM’S LOT Debuts This October

[Outsiders]

New Line Cinema’s film adaptation of Stephen King’s 1975 bestselling novel “Salem’s Lot” will debut this October on Max. The Max Original film SALEM’S LOTreunites the producing teams behind the record-breaking horror franchises “The Conjuring” universe and the “It” films. Gary Dauberman writes, directs, and executive produces the film. Producers are James Wan and Michael Clear for Atomic Monster; Roy Lee for Vertigo; and Mark Wolper.

Author Ben Mears returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem’s Lot in search of inspiration for his next book only to discover his hometown is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire.

Cast: Lewis Pullman (Ben Mears), Alfre Woodard (Dr. Cody), Makenzie Leigh (Susan Norton), Bill Camp (Matthew Burke), Spencer Treat Clark (Mike Ryerson), Pilou Asbæk (Straker), and John Benjamin Hickey (Father Callahan).

Credits: Gary Dauberman writes, directs, and executive produces the film; producers are James Wan and Michael Clear for Atomic Monster; Roy Lee for Vertigo; and Mark Wolper.

[RobertD]

Oh man, Salem's Lot is one of my favorite King books, it's second only to IT for me.  I hope they do it justice. 

[Atlantis]

Its so great that someone is doing something original now and not some new version of something already done like 2-3 times before, it really is a refreshing burst of fresh air....

Oh wait.

Never mind.

LOL  seriously though I think this one is gonna be ok to re-do. High Hopes!

[Outsiders]

 

[Atlantis]

Yes...I like the 70s setting. Though I wonder who's playing the lead vampire, Kurt Breichen (Kurt Barlow)....  We'll see!

[Satam]

16 minutes ago, Atlantis said:

Yes...I like the 70s setting. Though I wonder who's playing the lead vampire, Kurt Breichen (Kurt Barlow), or is it even a male vampire this time?  We'll see!

I saw news (not sure how reliable) from 2022 that Alexander Ward, who's played dozens of vampires, demons, aliens, and zombies since making his big screen debut as a Parisian zombie in World War Z back in 2013, was cast as Barlow, but I've seen nothing about it since, and he's not listed on the IMDB page (which doesn't have to necessarily mean that he's not in it).

[Atlantis]

1 minute ago, Satam said:

I saw news (not sure how reliable) from 2022 that Alexander Ward, who's played dozens of vampires, demons, aliens, and zombies since making his big screen debut as a Parisian zombie in World War Z back in 2013, was cast as Barlow, but I've seen nothing about it since, and he's not listed on the IMDB page (which doesn't have to necessarily mean that he's not in it).

Yep, just saw an article saying he was going to be the lead vampire

[AvengerK2]

Tobe Hooper did something with his version of Salem's Lot that is very difficult to do.....he made vampires scary.  

All Im getting from this trailer is  some call backs to classic scenes from Hooper's version and a "what if Disney/Marvel made Salem's Lot" vibe.  

I really wanted this to be good but Im not feeling it. 

[Arkana99]

I want to be excited for this movie....... but is no good sign when a movie is delayed this long only to be finally "dumped" on a streaming service.

Does anybody remember that Pet Semetary prequel film?