Focus Features Acquires 2016 Bram Stoker Winner 'The Fisherman' as David Lowery Signs On to Direct
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Updated · Dread Central · Jul 7
Focus Features Acquires 2016 Bram Stoker Winner 'The Fisherman' as David Lowery Signs On to Direct
3 articles · Updated · Dread Central · Jul 7
Summary
Focus Features secured the screen rights to John Langan’s supernatural horror novel “The Fisherman,” with David Lowery set to direct and co-write the adaptation with Alex Ross Perry.
2016 Bram Stoker Award winner “The Fisherman” follows two widowers whose grief-driven fishing trip to Dutchman’s Creek leads them toward the mysterious Der Fisher.
Platinum Dunes producers Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Alex Ginno are backing the film alongside Gary Dauberman and Mia Maniscalco through Coin Operated.
The package brings together prestige and horror credentials: Lowery comes off films including “The Green Knight,” while Platinum Dunes is behind “A Quiet Place” and “The Purge.”