The trend of rebooting — or re-adapting — existing Stephen King movies and streaming properties based on his books continues. After the recent reboots of Salem's Lot and The Stand, another of King's popular books, Cujo, is being eyed for a new feature film adaptation, with producer Roy Lee at the helm. A director and writing team are yet to be attached.
Cujo is one of the several new adaptations based on King's books currently in development, aside from Edgar Wright's Glen Powell-directed reboot of The Running Man (the first starred Arnold Schwarzenegger), Francis Lawrence's The Long Walk, and Andy Muschietti's IT prequel Welcome to Derry, among others.
Another King adaptation — of one of his short stories — is currently running in theatres: The Monkey, directed by Osgood Perkins (Longlegs).
Published originally in 1981, Cujo revolves around the terror unleashed by a rabid Saint Bernard dog. The novel is a composite of a couple of real-life experiences that impacted King. The first involved a visit to an automobile repair shop to fix his motorcycle and encountering an aggressive St. Bernard that almost attacked him. The second was a newspaper story about a young child killed by a St. Bernard.
The 1983 film adaptation, which features slight changes to the book's story, starred Dee Wallace, Daniel Hugh Kelly and Danny Pintauro. It was a commercial hit.
The other popular feature film adaptations of King's books include The Shining, Misery, The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and The Mist.
