‘Salem’s Lot’ Set To Premiere On Max In October – Update
deadline.comUPDATED, 12:08 p.m.: New Line’s new take on Salem’s Lot, the 1975 vampire novel from Stephen King, will premiere on Max in October, the streamer confirmed on Friday.
Filmmaker Gary Dauberman was first to make the reveal in a Vanity Fair profile published several days ago. A specific release date has still not been disclosed.
Read more about the project some feared would end up shelved à la Batgirl, and Warner Bros Discovery’s decision to release it on Max after pivoting away from theaters, below. PREVIOUSLY, MARCH 12: Max has made it official that New Line’s feature take of Stephen King’s 1975 bestselling novel Salem’s Lot isn’t going in theaters, but on the OTT service this year.
No exact date has been announced. The buzz of this was heavily out there. It’s sort of an upset to Warner Bros Discovery: CEO David Zaslav has emphasized how he’s about theatrical, and how he doesn’t believe in straight-to-streaming movies.
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