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Ryan Murphy and Blumhouse to Produce Stephen King Short


Netflix has optioned the Stephen King brief story “Mr. Harrigan’s Phone” for each Blumhouse and Ryan Murphy to supply as a function movie, a person with information of the undertaking advised TheWrap.

John Lee Hancock is connected to jot down and direct the function that’s the newest story from the grasp of horror’s assortment of novellas “If It Bleeds,” which has landed on the New York Times bestsellers listing.

In “Mr. Harrigan’s Phone,” a younger boy befriends an older billionaire who lives in his small-town neighborhood as they bond over the person’s first iPhone. But when the person passes away, the boy discovers that not the whole lot lifeless is gone, and finds himself in a position to talk together with his buddy from the grave by leaving voicemails on the iPhone that was buried with him.

Blumhouse’s Jason Blum will produce, as will Murphy and Carla Hacken. The movie’s govt producers are Blumhouse Television’s Marci Wiseman and Jeremy Gold.

“Mr. Harrigan’s Phone” is the fourth movie Netflix has tailored from a King story, together with “Gerald’s Game,” “1922,” and “In the Tall Grass.”

Blumhouse has beforehand gotten into the Stephen King recreation and is readying “Firestarter” at Universal, which is predicated on a 1980 King guide a few lady with highly effective telekinetic skills.

Hancock is the director of “The Blind Side,” “Saving Mr. Banks” and “The Founder,” and he most not too long ago directed the Netflix movie “The Highwaymen.” His subsequent undertaking is “The Little Things” starring Denzel Washington.

King is represented by Paradigm and Gang Tyre. Hancock is represented by CAA and Del Shaw.



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