{"id":4729,"date":"2026-08-01T07:36:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T07:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=4729"},"modified":"2026-08-01T07:36:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T07:36:24","slug":"stephen-king-movie-desperation-in-the-works-from-final-destination-duo-sam-raimi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=4729","title":{"rendered":"Stephen King Movie \u2018Desperation\u2019 in the Works From \u2018Final Destination\u2019 Duo, Sam Raimi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg> <span>Logo text<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nStephen King\u2018s <em>Desperation <\/em>is headed to the big screen, with Searchlight bringing together some high flying names to develop a take on the 1996 novel by the horror maestro.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=4727\">Article\u2019s Designer-Favorite Furniture Gets Its Annual Summer Promo \u2014 See Our 10 Sale Standouts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn-demand filmmaking duo Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein are in talks to direct. And in a first, Sam Raimi and King will be working together on a project, with Raimi producing along with his Ghost House Pictures partner Robert Tapert. Ryan Brennan is writing the script.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tPer the logline: \u201cStranded in a remote desert town where something evil has awakened, a group of travelers must fight to survive when a sadistic, possessed cop turns routine arrests into a relentless fight for their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tLipovsky and Stein became hot commodities in Hollywood last summer thanks to the sleeper hit <em>Final Destination: Bloodlines<\/em>, and the two have a full schedule of projects in the works, including the short story adaptation <em>Long Lost<\/em>, set up with Amblin and Universal, and writing duties on Chris Columbus\u2019 third <em>Gremlins<\/em> movie, as well as an animated <em>Venom <\/em>movie and <em>Metal Gear Solid<\/em>, both at Sony.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tStein and Lipovsky are also producing, with Romel Adam and\u00a0Jose Ca\u00f1as\u00a0executive producing.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=4715\">Tori Spelling Exits \u2018Beverly Hills, 90210\u2019 Rewatch Podcast With Jennie Garth<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tSVP of production\u00a0Taylor Friedman\u00a0and creative exec\u00a0Cameron Chidsey\u00a0are overseeing for Searchlight, reporting to heads of production and development\u00a0DanTram Nguyen\u00a0and\u00a0Katie Goodson-Thomas. Mahdi Salehi at Hansen Jacobson handled the deal on behalf of Ghost House.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tKing properties have been particularly hot over the past decade, with last year alone bringing <em>It: Welcome to Derry<\/em>, <em>The Long Walk<\/em>, <em>The Life of Chuck<\/em> and <em>The Running Man<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tStein and Lipovsky are repped by Verve, Ground Control and Jamie Feldman.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRaimi, the pioneering horror maestro behind <em>Evil Dead<\/em> as well as the original <em>Spider-Man <\/em>trilogy, is repped by CAA. He was last in theaters with <em>Send Help<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=4713\">John Galliano, Controversy and All, to Take Spotlight at 2027 Met Gala and Costume Institute Exhibition<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. 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