Stephen king’s ‘salem’s lot’ to be directed by gary dauberman

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Deadline has confirmed that _Annabelle Comes Home _director Gary Dauberman is also taking the reins of the New Line feature adaptation of Stephen King‘s _Salem’s Lot. _Dauberman was already


adapting the 1975 horror novel for the big screen for producers James Wan, Roy Lee and Mark Wolper. Dauberman will also be EP. He previously worked with Wan writing the _Annabelle 


_franchise, and made his feature directorial debut on last summer’s _Annabelle Comes Home. _ _Salem’s Lot _follows a writer named Ben Mears who returns to the town of Jerusalem’s Lot (or


Salem’s Lot for short) in Maine, where he had lived from the age of 5 through 9, only to discover that the residents are becoming vampires. Previous iterations of _Salem’s Lot_ included a


1979 miniseries, a 1987 small-screen follow-up and a two-part TNT series in 2004. Warner Bros had a hit in its big screen take on King’s 1986 novel _It, _which they split up into two movies,


amassing $1.17 billion worldwide between both pics. However, the studio’s take on _Shining _sequel _Doctor Sleep _tanked with $72.3 million worldwide despite great reviews at 77% certified


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