While that premise may seem pulled directly out of Crime Novel 101 - or from movies and TV series like “John Wick,” “Nobody” or “Barry” - King manages to turn that trope into a nerve-rattling slow-burn, as Summers, an Iraq War veteran and former army sniper, plots his final hit while hiding out in a nondescript southern town. “Billy Summers” tells the story of the titular character: a hitman with a heart of gold who takes what he hopes will be one last job. Though it’s far from a “pandemic” book - it’s the latest addition in King’s later-career crime novel period - the sense of the walls closing in that is suffused throughout the book will likely feel familiar to those of us who spent months indoors over the past 18 months. Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, who worked on the screenplay along with Mark Heyman, and Emily Morris are executive producers.Stephen King notes at the end of his newest book, “Billy Summers,” published this week by Scribner, that he wrote the novel between June 12, 2019, and July 3, 2020. The movie shot in New Orleans in winter of 2022 and is produced by 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy, Dan Levine and Dan Cohen. Chris Messina, Sophie Thatcher, Vivien Lyra Blair, David Dastmalchian, Marin Ireland and Madison Hu star. The movie version, per the studio, centers on a 16-year-old and her younger sister, both still reeling from the death of their mother, who are targeted by a supernatural entity after their father, a psychologist, has an encounter with a desperate patient in their house. The more art house than grindhouse thriller The Menu, made by Searchlight, is still in release and has grossed $77 million globally to date.īoogeyman is based on a rather grim story featured in King’s 1978 horror anthology, Night Shift. Barbarian, from by 20th Century and partner New Regency, which cost less than $10 million, earned over $40 million domestically while earning rave reviews for its director, Zach Cregger. A sequel has been fast-tracked.ĭisney units had some hits of their own that notched high-water marks in the scary movie space. M3GAN, released by Universal, is the latest movie overperforming at the box office and is expected to cross the $100 million worldwide mark any day.
Horror emerged during the pandemic as the only genre other than superheroes that drew audiences into the theaters. The movie, made for only $17 million, received a theatrical release from Paramount last fall and became one of the standard-bearers for the latest rise of horror when it grossed over $216 million worldwide.
The move also has echoes of what occurred with Smile, the horror movie directed by Parker Finn that was originally intended for Paramount+, but a strong test screening altered its destiny. 'Dark Tower' Series Adaptation in the Works from 'The Haunting's' Mike Flanagan
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