''Salem's Lot'' is an upcoming American

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written and directed by

Gary Dauberman Gary Dauberman is an American screenwriter and director. He is known for writing The Conjuring Universe horror films '' Annabelle'' (2014), '' Annabelle: Creation'' (2017), '' The Nun'' (2018), and ''Annabelle Comes Home'' (2019). He made his dir ...

, based on

Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high s ...

's 1975 novel ''

'Salem's Lot ''Salem's Lot'' is a 1975 horror fiction, horror novel by American author Stephen King. It was his second published novel. The story involves a writer named Ben Mears who returns to the town of Jerusalem's Lot (Stephen King), Jerusalem's Lot (o ...

''. Produced by

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, and

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, the film stars

Lewis Pullman Lewis James Pullman (born January 29, 1993) is an American actor. His film credits include '' The Strangers: Prey at Night'', ''Bad Times at the El Royale'' (both 2018), and '' Top Gun: Maverick'' (2022). On television, he starred as Major Majo ...

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Pilou Asbæk Johan Philip "Pilou" Asbæk (; born 2 March 1982) is a Danish actor. He is known for his role as troubled spin doctor Kasper Juul in the Danish television political drama ''Borgen'', and as Euron Greyjoy in the television series ''Game of Throne ...

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, and William Sadler. The plot centers on a writer who returns to his hometown of Jerusalem's Lot in search of inspiration, only to discover the presence of a vampire. ''Salem's Lot'' is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States by

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Premise

Ben Mears is a writer who returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem's Lot in search of inspiration, only to discover his hometown is being preyed upon by a vampire, leading him to band together with a ragtag group to fight it.

Cast

as Ben Mears *

as Susan Norton *

as Dr. Cody * William Sadler *

as Matthew Burke *

as Richard Straker *

John Benjamin Hickey John Benjamin Hickey (born June 25, 1963) is an American actor with a career in stage, film and television. He won the 2011 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for his performance as Felix Turner in ''The Normal Heart''. ...

Father Callahan Father Donald Frank Callahan is a fictional Character (arts), character created by Stephen King. He originally appeared in the 1975 novel Salem's Lot'' and later ''The Dark Tower (series), The Dark Tower'', appearing in ''The Dark Tower V: Wolve ...

* Jordan Preston Carter as Mark Petrie *

Spencer Treat Clark Spencer Treat Clark (born September 24, 1987) is an American actor. He rose to prominence for his roles in the films '' Gladiator'' (2000) and ''Unbreakable'' (2000). He has since appeared in the films ''Mystic River'' (2003), ''The Last House o ...

as Mike Ryerson * Nicholas Crovetti as Danny Glick * Cade Woodward as Ralph Glick

Production

''Salem's Lot'' is an adaptation of the 1975 novel of the same name by

. The feature film from

was announced in April 2019 when ''

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'' revealed

was set to write the screenplay and executive produce and

James Wan James Wan (born 26 February 1977) is an Australian director, producer, screenwriter and comic book writer. He has primarily worked in the horror genre as the co-creator of the ''Saw'' and ''Insidious'' franchises and the creator of The Conjurin ...

was attached as a producer. In an interview, Dauberman was asked if he would apply the same writing approach he utilized for '' It'' (2017) and ''

It Chapter Two ''It Chapter Two'' is a 2019 American supernatural horror film directed by Andy Muschietti, with a screenplay by Gary Dauberman. A follow-up to '' It'' (2017), it is the second of a two-part adaptation of the 1986 novel '' It'' by Stephen King, ...

'' (2019), adaptations of King's novel of the same name, to which he replied, "I like to be as true to the story as I possibly can until it gets a little too unwieldy for a movie. I'm very, very excited to be a part of that and tackle it. It hasn't had the big-screen treatment yet, which is how I felt about ''It''. It's so fun to play around with vampires and make something truly scary. I haven't seen that in a long, long time, and I'm excited for people to see it." In April 2020, Dauberman was announced as director. In August 2021,

was selected to portray the film's lead role. In September,

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commenced in

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with cinematographer Michael Burgess. Filming in the state of

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took place in

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and the towns of Sterling and Clinton, both within Worcester County. The Princeton Public Library in

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, was also booked as a filming location for three days. Additional photography occurred in late May or early June 2022. During post-production, Nathan Barr and

Lisbeth Scott Lisbeth Scott (born 1 January 1978) is an American composer, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, producer and songwriter of Armenian origin, born in Boston, Massachusetts. She is featured on the soundtracks for the films ''Avatar'', ''Avatar: The W ...

composed the score.

Release

''Salem's Lot'' was originally set to release on September 9, 2022, the post–

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weekend that had been successful for the studio's past horror releases, and then on April 21, 2023, "due to COVID-related delays in the post-production realm". In August 2022, the film lost its release date, after the studio's ''

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'' was rescheduled to that date.

References

External links

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