DirectorMike Flanagan — who rose to the A - list thanks to his brace ofHauntingNetflix series and his big - screen take onDoctor Sleep , Stephen King ’s sequel to The Shining — has herald his next undertaking . He ’ll be take on sci - fi repulsion with an adaption of Christopher Pike ’s 1993 novel The Season of Passage .
This news amount courtesy ofDeadline , which note that Flanagan will be co - writing the screenplay with James Flanagan ( whose piece of writing credits include The Haunting of Bly Manor and Mike Flanagan ’s upcoming Netflix seriesMidnight Mass ; as the name suggests , the two also bechance to be brothers ) and that plot detail are unknown . However , there ’s a description for the book : it “ center around celebrity Dr. Lauren Wagner who was involve in a manned expedition to Mars . The whole humankind admire and prize her . But Lauren knew fear . Inside―voices entreat her to love them . Outside―the mystery of the miss group that had run before her . The dead group . But were they simply numb ? Or something else ? ”
Going by Flanagan ’s premature works — Doctor Sleep stayed somewhat true to the King novel , while both The Haunting of Hill House and Bly Manor call for originative shore leave with their source stuff — it ’s strong to say how tight he ’ll keep to Pike ’s novel for The Season of Passage . ( Deadline reports that Pike will be an executive manufacturer on the task , and reminds us that Flanagan ’s presently put to work on another Pike adaption , The Midnight Club , a Netflix serial ) . However , it ’s almost certain to score the horror film director ’s first big venture into sci - fi , which given his ability to make atm , suspense , and credibly mess - up theatrical role , all while scaring the perdition out of audiences , earn The Season of Passage a feature we ’re very eager to dip our eyeball into .
Mike Flanagan attends the premiere of Warner Bros Pictures’ Doctor Sleep on 30 January 2025 in Los Angeles.Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association (Getty Images)
No word yet on when it might begin filming , but consider The Midnight Club is still currently in pre - yield , you ’d have to imagine not at once . We ’ll bring you more on The Season of Passage as and when we check it .
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