The Fall of the House of Usher - an adaptation of an Edgar Allan Poe short story - was his most recent adaptation for the platform last year. Amazon MGM Studios says the project will be a 'bold and timely reimagining' of the story.

Chucky 3 director Jack Bender is currently directing an adaptation of King’s 2019 book, The Institute, and Edgar Wright is helming a new iteration of 1982’s The Running Man. Meanwhile, Francis Lawrence is working with Lionsgate on The Long Walk, which was released in 1979 under King’s pseudonym, Richard Bachman.

In an intimate theatre setting, the audience, like Paul, is held captive in the depressed, claustrophobic solitude of Annie’s cabin. They experience for themselves the full power of Annie’s