Author Stephen Kings "The Boogeyman" is in the works with "A Quiet Place" writers Scott Beck and Bryan Woods.
King's short story was first published in 1973 and later released as part of his 1978 Night Shift collection.
"The Boogeyman' follows a man who recently lost all his children to a creature lurking in the closet. It becomes the latest King fiction to get an option for film or TV treatment, a pace accelerated after the outsized success of It.
"The Boogeyman" has been a favourite of short filmmakers; it has been adapted into shorts seven times, in what King calls "dollar baby deals," non-commercial and non-exclusive rights options that allow emerging filmmakers access to material they could never afford if they were paying retail, reports deadline.com.
20th Century Fox and 21 Laps deal will be the first studio feature adaptation for the short story.
It's not a surprise that King would spark to Beck and Woods. King called "A Quiet Place" "an extraordinary piece of work" in a tweet.
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