Netflix is gearing up to make another Stephen King movie.
According to Deadline, the streamer has made a deal to turn Cujo into a movie (again). No writer is attached yet, but Roy Lee is producing. The 1981 novel of the same name by King was previously adapted as a 1983 film starring Dee Wallace.
The novel and 1983 film both follow the same premise: A mother desperate to protect her son from a formerly friendly 200-pound St. Bernard that has been bitten by a rabid bat and turned into a ferocious, calculating hound that leaves a trail of bodies. Mom and her son get stuck in her small car that won’t start, and their choices are to battle it out with the rabid oversized hound or risk heatstroke in a hot car.
Netflix Is No Stranger to Stephen King Adaptations
Cujo marks Netflix’s fourth adaptation of King’s works. The streamer previously got into business with the acclaimed horror author in 2017 with the one-two-punch release of Gerald’s Game and 1922. Netflix then released Mr. Harrigan’s Phone in 2022.
King adaptations remain all the rage in Hollywood. The Monkey was released earlier this year to glowing reviews, while The Life of Chuck and Edgar Wright’s The Running Man are on tap for later this year.
Are you interested in another Cujo movie? Who should step into Dee Wallace’s shoes as the mother this time around?
