After coping with whales and black swans and two of each creature on Noah’s Ark, Darren Aronofsky goes again to the animal kingdom for his subsequent movie.
Aronofsky is circling a brand new adaptation of Stephen King’s “Cujo,” the horror story a few pleasant St. Bernard canine that turns killer and unleashes havoc on a small city. The challenge is in improvement at Netflix, and in keeping with THR, which first reported the information, the challenge might be on the quick observe after information of an adaptation was reported simply final week.
Aronofsky would direct the movie ought to a deal materialize, however no author is hooked up. Roy Lee — who has most not too long ago produced “Companion” however can also be behind diversifications of different King tasks corresponding to “Salem’s Lot,” the “It” movies, and Francis Lawrence’s upcoming “The Lengthy Stroll” — is hooked up to provide.
“Cujo” was a 1981 King novel and was shortly thereafter become a 1983 movie as directed by Lewis Teague. The movie grossed $21 million for Warner Bros.
Up subsequent for Aronofsky is “Caught Stealing,” which is in post-production and is against the law thriller based mostly on books by Charlie Huston a few burned out former baseball participant who will get caught up in a world of underground crime in Nineties New York Metropolis. The movie stars Austin Butler and is being launched by Sony.
Again in 2023, Aronofsky was set to direct a biopic on Elon Musk for A24, which relies on a biography by Walter Isaacson, who additionally wrote the biography about Steve Jobs that Danny Boyle later become his 2015 movie starring Michael Fassbender. He additionally directed a movie for The Sphere in Las Vegas known as “Postcard from Earth.” His final narrative function movie was “The Whale” in 2022, additionally for A24 and which gained an Oscar for Brendan Fraser.