Stephen King Movie ‘Desperation’ in the Works From ‘Final Destination’ Duo, Sam Raimi

In-demand filmmaking duo Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. And in a first, Sam Raimi and King will be working together on a project, with Raimi producing along with his Ghost House Pictures partner Robert Tapert.

Stein and Lipovsky are also producing, with Romel Adam and Jose Cañas executive producing. SVP of production Taylor Friedman and creative exec Cameron Chidsey are overseeing for Searchlight, reporting to heads of production and development DanTram Nguyen and Katie Goodson-Thomas.

What Happened

Mahdi Salehi at Hansen Jacobson handled the deal on behalf of Ghost House. King properties have been particularly hot over the past decade, with last year alone bringing It: Welcome to Derry, The Long Walk, The Life of Chuck and The Running.

• Logo text Stephen King‘s Desperation is headed to the big screen, with Searchlight bringing together some high flying names to develop a take on the 1996 novel by the horror maestro.

• Raimi, the pioneering horror maestro behind Evil Dead as well as the original Spider-Man trilogy, is repped by CAA.

• Stein and Lipovsky are repped by Verve, Ground Control and Jamie Feldman.

What Reports Say

Coverage of the story so far points to:

• Continued reporting by The Hollywood Reporter as more details emerge