• Rob Savage’s version of The Boogeyman will be released in theatres on June 2.
• Billy Summers is currently being developed by Bad Robot, according to a recent Deadline report.
• Billy Summers is a decorated former Marine sniper turned hitman who is guided by a moral code.

Stephen King, who is regarded by many fans as the “King of Horror,” is no stranger to having his works adapted for the big screen. Rob Savage’s version of The Boogeyman will be released in theatres on June 2, and Mike Flanagan, the creator of the Midnight Mass television series, is currently developing a series based on The Dark Tower. News of a new film or TV series adaptation of the popular author’s work is sure to perk up the ears of diehard and casual horror fans alike. With genre classics like Stanley Kubrick’s divisive The Shining, the thriller Misery starring Kathy Bates, and 2017’s iconic coming-of-age horror It in his past. King’s best-selling book Billy Summers, which Warner Bros. recently bought, is the most recent to be adapted for the big screen.

Billy Summers is currently being developed by Bad Robot, according to a recent Deadline report. A ten-episode limited series based on the best-selling book will be produced by the business, which is owned by producer and director J.J. Abrams, it was revealed in February 2022. Since then, it has been decided that the story would be better suited for a feature-length movie. The fact that Leonardo Di Caprio’s production firm, Appian Way, is involved opens the door for the well-known actor and director to participate. Ed Zwick, the screenwriter, and producer of The Last Samurai will once again collaborate on the Billy Summers script with Marshall Herskovitz, the producer of Thirtysomething.

Billy Summers, a decorated former Marine sniper turned hitman who is guided by a moral code that only permits him to kill “bad people,” is the main character of King’s best-selling crime novel. Summers is prepared to retire, so he accepts one last, extremely profitable assignment with a payday that will prepare him for life after being a hitman. As part of the job, he must go unnoticed while toiling away on a novel in a sleepy hamlet as a freelance author. As he waits for the killing day, he invests himself in writing, and as the job’s specifics start to come together, he feels something is off with this last assignment.

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