After first being ordered as a show, Stephen King's Billy Summers is now being developed as a movie with Leonardo DiCaprio and J.J. Abrams producing. The two are also reportedly eyeing to star in and direct the thriller.
Stephen King's bestselling book Billy Summers is being adapted into a feature film with Leonardo DiCaprio and J.J. Abrams attached. Although written by the King of Horror, Billy Summers is a crime novel that follows the titular aging assassin who accepts one last job before his planned retirement. Soon after it was published in 2021 and debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times bestseller list, Billy Summers was quickly optioned by J.J.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY Almost one year to the day after Billy Summers was reported to be in development as a limited series, Deadline brings word that Warner Bros. has acquired the bestselling book and has decided it will work better as a feature film with J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot and Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way producing.
An untitled Pet Semetary prequel was previously planned for a release via Paramount+, which might change due to recent the merger with Showtime. From A Buick 8, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, and The Long Walk are all Stephen King film adaptations that have been stuck in development hell for years with George A. Romero attached at one point, though they haven't made much progress since the director's death in 2017.
Of all the Stephen King adaptations in the works, Billy Summers has the potential to be the most anticipated with an Oscar-winning star and a well-known director possibly on board. Billy Summers marks Bad Robot's fourth collaboration with Stephen King after Hulu's 11.22.63, Hulu's Castle Rock, and Apple TV's Lisey's Story, though it would be the first time Abrams has stepped behind the camera for an adaptation of the acclaimed author's works.
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