Warner Bros. has moved Salem’s Lot, the Stephen King adaptation to April 21, 23, hence will be haunting audiences a little later. The New Line project was previously slated to open Sept. 9 of this year, a favorite corridor for King adaptations such as It (2017) and It: Chapter Two (2019).
Veteran horror scribe Gary Dauberman is directing, who is known for writing the It films and helming Annabelle Comes Home. The cast includes Lewis Pullman, Makenzie Leigh, Alfre Woodard, John Benjamin Hickey, Bill Camp, Jordan Preston Carter and Pilou Asbaek.
King published Salem’s Lot in 1975. The book centers on an author who returns to his hometown only to discover townspeople are slowly being turned into vampires. James Wan Michael Clear, Roy Lee and Mark Wolper are producing.
Warners also unscheduled The Last Train to New York and House Party.
The Last Train to New York a remake of the Korean zombie hit Train to Busan, Dauberman penned the script with Timo Tjahjanto directing and James Wan producing.
House Party was slated to hit HBO Max later this month on July 28, but did not announce release plans for the film this time. The reboot stars Tosin Cole And Jacob Latimore. The studio, which released first-look images back in May.
The loss of Salem’s Lot from the September calendar comes as box office observers are concerned over a lull in product in the coming months.
