20th, 21 Laps Win Graphic Novel ‘Night Of The Ghoul’ For ‘Host’ Helmer Rob Savage
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: In competition with multiple studio and streamers, 20th Century Studios has landed the rights to Night of the Ghoul, an upcoming graphic novel by Eisner & Harvey winning author Scott Snyder and illustrator Francesco Francavilla.
Set to direct is Rob Savage, with 21 Laps Shawn Levy, Dan Levine and Dan Cohen producing. This reteams studio, director and producers of The Boogeyman, the adaptation of the Stephen King novel that 20th and Disney release next year.
Snyder and Francavilla will be exec producers. The story follows a father and son looking into the true story behind a long lost horror film from the golden era of monster movies.
But as they dig deeper, they risk unleashing the very thing the supposedly destroyed film had meant to keep hidden. The first issue will be out in print from Darkhorse Comics this Wednesday, October 5th.
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