New Children of the Corn adaptation finds a home at RLJE Films and Shudder trends now
One of author Stephen King's more beloved short stories - Children of the Corn - will be heading back to the big screen this spring.
A new adaptation of the story - first published in the March 1977 issue of Penthouse and then in King's 1978 collection Night Shift - was acquired for distribution by RJLE Films and the Shudder streaming service, via Deadline.
The author King himself isn't involved as a producer on this, which comes months after he admitted Michael Bay's Transformers was the only movie he ever walked out of.
New adaptation: One of author Stephen King's more beloved short stories - Children of the Corn - will be heading back to the big screen this spring
Acquired: A new adaptation of the story - first published in the March 1977 issue of Penthouse and then in King's 1978 collection Night Shift - was acquired for distribution by RJLE Films and the Shudder streaming service, via Deadline
The original short story follows a couple trying to save their marriage, driving to California for a vacation, though their plans are abruptly altered in Nebraska, when they run over a young boy.
They soon discover the nearby town of Gatlin, Nebraska is run by a group of sadistic children who killed all the town's adults and now no one is allowed to live past their 19th birthday.
The short story was originally adapted into the 1984 feature film of the same name starring Peter Horton and Linda Hamilton as the couple, Burt and Vicky.
Original story: The original short story follows a couple trying to save their marriage, driving to California for a vacation, though their plans are abruptly altered in Nebraska, when they run over a young boy
First adaptation: The short story was originally adapted into the 1984 feature film of the same name starring Peter Horton and Linda Hamilton as the couple, Burt and Vicky
Producer Lucas Foster revealed in 2020 that this adaptation has, 'almost nothing to do' with the original adaptation, which
