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EXCLUSIVE: Gary Dauberman‘s Coin Operated has secured nan authorities to Robert R. McCammon’s scary short story Yellowjacket Summer as portion of its discretionary fund, enlisting Pulitzer Prize-winner and New York Times bestselling writer Daniel Kraus to accommodate nan screenplay for a characteristic adaptation.
First published successful nan October 1986 rumor of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine, McCammon’s communicative follows a mother and her children who go stranded successful a dying Georgia municipality overrun by yellowjackets, uncovering an evil from wrong nan swarm that will do thing to protect nan hive.
Set to nutrient nan movie alongside Mia Maniscalco via Coin Operated, Dauberman told Deadline, “Yellowjacket Summer immediately stood retired among nan galore masterpieces of scary Robert McCammon has written. And there’s nary 1 amended suited to nan task of adapting it for nan large surface than Daniel Kraus, whose activity truthful often combines uniquely horrific concepts pinch timeless, grounded characters. Together, it has nan makings of a animal characteristic that stings some viscerally and emotionally.”
Kraus said, “Robert R. McCammon is simply a fable successful horror, and I’m honored to accommodate 1 of his champion stories – a animal characteristic pinch a dash of Tennessee Williams. My goal, which is shared by Gary and Mia, is to make thing scary, yes, but besides poignant and heartbreaking. It’s a fascinating challenge.”
Kraus precocious won a Pulitzer Prize for his novel Angel Down, a nationalist bestseller that was named a New York Times Top 10 Book of 2025. Whalefall, 20th Century Studios’ adjustment of his award-winning endurance thriller caller astir a scuba diver swallowed by a sperm whale, releases successful theaters connected October 16.
With Guillermo del Toro, Kraus co-authored The Shape of Water, based connected an thought nan 2 created for nan Oscar-winning film. Also pinch Del Toro, he co-authored Trollhunters, which was adapted into nan Emmy-winning Netflix series. Also nan recipient of nan Bram Stoker Award, Scribe Award, 2 Odyssey Awards, and different awesome accolades, Kraus is repped by 3 Arts Entertainment.
Under a accumulation woody pinch Sony/Screen Gems, Dauberman’s Coin Operated is coming disconnected Paramount’s merchandise of Passenger, its supernatural scary movie directed by André Øvredal and starring Melissa Leo, Lou Lloubell and Jacob Scipio. Among nan company’s upcoming projects is nan Santiago Menghini-helmed The Revenge of La Llorona, a New Line title releasing successful 2027.
Coin Operated’s improvement slate includes Urban Legend, a modern reboot of Screen Gems’ 1990s slasher; The Medium, based connected nan award-winning horror-themed video game; an adjustment of Joe Hill’s short communicative “Ushers” for Screen Gems; He Never Dies, written and to beryllium directed by David Yarovesky; and a Nat Cassidy-penned adjustment of his novella Rest Stop.
