Stephen King novella Rat is being adapted for the big screen.The upcoming adaptation is being led by The Witch and The Lighthouse producer Jay Van Hoy, with the Haunting of Hill House’s Jeff Howard penning the screenplay and Mexican filmmaker Isaac Ezban at the helm.

In a statement to Deadline, the director said, “Stephen King has always been my favorite writer, ever since I started reading horror as a teenager, and since then, I’ve had the long-time dream of adapting some of his material… He embodies that essence of the contrast of beauty and brutality that has shaped my vision and sensibilities as a storyteller. I’ve read most of his work, and Rat remains one of my favorite stories he’s ever created… the perfect match — a dark, intimate, bizarre, even humorous and deeply unsettling stor

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