After dealing with whales and black swans and two of every creature on Noah’s Ark, Darren Aronofsky is going back to the animal kingdom for his next film.
Aronofsky is circling a new adaptation of Stephen King’s “Cujo,” the horror story about a friendly St. Bernard dog that turns killer and unleashes havoc on a small town. The project is in development at Netflix, and according to THR, which first reported the news, the project could be on the fast track after news of an adaptation was reported just last week.
Aronofsky would direct the film should a deal materialize, but no writer is attached. Roy Lee — who has most recently produced “Companion” but is also behind adaptations of other King projects such as “Salem’s Lot,” the “It” films, and Francis Lawrence’s upcoming “The Long Walk” — is attached to produce.
“Cujo” was a 1981 King novel and was shortly thereafter turned into a 1983 film as directed by Lewis Teague. The film grossed $21 million for Warner Bros.
Up next for Aronofsky is “Caught Stealing,” which is in post-production and is a crime thriller based on books by Charlie Huston about a burned out former baseball player who gets caught up in a world of underground crime in 1990s New York City. The film stars Austin Butler and is being released by Sony.
Back in 2023, Aronofsky was set to direct a biopic on Elon Musk for A24, which is based on a biography by Walter Isaacson, who also wrote the biography about Steve Jobs that Danny Boyle later turned into his 2015 film starring Michael Fassbender. He also directed a film for The Sphere in Las Vegas called “Postcard from Earth.” His last narrative feature film was “The Whale” in 2022, also for A24 and which won an Oscar for Brendan Fraser.
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