Director Tobe Hooper (“Masters of Horror,” “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”) will take the Stephen King novel “From a Buick 8” and turn it into a major horror motion picture.
The story centers around the bizarre and obsessive relationship between a dead State Trooper’s son and the troopers mysterious vintage buick automobile.
The script will be adapted by actor/screenwriter/director Johnathon Schaech (“The Poker Club,” “Masters of Horror”) and Richard Chizmar (“Heroes“).
The project was originally slated for famed “Night of the Living Dead” director George Romero who had to pass because he is currently strapped with two projects — “Day of the Dead,” in post-production and “Crazies,” a film about a man-made virus that cause insanity for everyone coming into contact with it. “Crazies” is just getting production underway.
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