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EXCLUSIVE: Australian genre filmmaker Ben Young (Hounds of Love) is group to nonstop a characteristic adjustment of “Mister Yummy,” a short communicative by Stephen King from his 2015 collection The Bazaar of Bad Dreams.
Mister Yummy follows Ollie Franklin, a charismatic resident of an assisted surviving installation who originates experiencing disturbing visions aft nan decease of a chap resident. As nan statement betwixt memory, regret, and nan supernatural originates to blur, Ollie is forced to face long-buried secrets from his past earlier clip yet catches up pinch him.
Troy Abruzzise joined Young successful adapting nan screenplay. The movie will beryllium produced by Aimee Schoof, Isen Robbins, and Megan Freels Johnston of Intrinsic Value Films (Tesla, Experimenter), on pinch Josh Kesselman (Devil’s Peak, The Great), and Thomas Mahoney of Handsome Watson (Wild Indian, Brian).
“Stephen King was 1 of nan first authors I ever publication religiously, truthful getting to activity connected thing that came from his imagination is simply a genuine honour,” Young told Deadline. “What I emotion about Mister Yummy is that nan scary is inseparable from nan humanity. It’s creepy, moving, character-driven, and precisely nan benignant of movie I’d statement up to see. It’s besides nan first characteristic I’ll nonstop that I’ve besides written connected since Hounds of Love, truthful helping style nan book into nan benignant of Stephen King movie I’d want to acquisition myself has been a existent joy.”
Young first garnered world attraction with Hounds of Love, a critically acclaimed crime thriller which premiered astatine Venice and earned 9 nominations astatine nan AACTA Awards — Australia’s reply to nan Academy Awards — pinch Emma Booth winning for her performance. He later directed nan Netflix sci-fi actioner Extinction, starring Michael Peña and Lizzy Caplan, and nan Southern Gothic thriller Devil’s Peak, pinch Billy Bob Thornton, Robin Wright, and Jackie Earle Haley. He is represented by Mgmt Entertainment’s Kesselman, HLA Management, and UTA.
Coming disconnected nan merchandise of nan thriller novel Never Flinch, arsenic good as You Like It Darker, his first short communicative postulation successful 9 years, King has astir precocious seen surface adaptations of his works The Long Walk (Lionsgate), The Institute (MGM+) and The Running Man (Paramount). He is repped by Rand Holston of Rand Holston Management.
Abruzzise is repped by Derrick Eppich of Empirical Evidence.
