Vincenzo Natali will direct and write the screenplay of the movie based on the novella written by King and his son Joe Hill.
- May 9, 2015
AceShowbiz - Stephen King's horror story "In the Tall Grass" is going to be a movie. According to Screen Daily, director Vincenzo Natali will direct and write the screenplay of the film based on the novella written by King and his son Joe Hill which first appeared as a story in Esquire.
Toronto-based Copperheart Entertainment's Steve Hoban will serve as producer while Gloria Fan is the executive producer. Paradigm will represent U.S. rights to the project. Principal photography is scheduled for September in Toronto.
"In the Tall Grass" centers on a young man and his pregnant sister on a road trip who end up fighting for their lives in a field after they respond to a boy's cries for help." Natali tells the site, "Who would think that grass could be frightening. Trust Stephen King and Joe Hill to find a way. They have transformed an otherwise innocuous Kansas field into a stage for some of the most disturbing horror fiction I have ever read."
Referring to the main character's ill-fated rescue attempt, Natali says, "When they go to assist the boy, they discover that strange forces are at work. Space is warped so that one minute they are together and the next they are miles apart. The field is an ineffable maze from which there is no escape. Before long they have lost their bearings and each other. But they are not alone..."
Natali is known for directing horror films like 1997's "Cube" and 2013's "Haunter". He also directed some horror series like "Hannibal", "Darknet" and "Hemlock Grove".
