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While in development, the feature project will be produced by J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot and Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way. If this comes out great, it could be a ...

Zwick is with CAA and Hansen, Jacobson, etc. Herskovitz is repped by CAA, Hansen, Jacobson, et al, and 3 Arts. King is repped by Rand Holston and Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown and Passman. If this comes out great, it could be a project for Abrams to direct with DiCaprio playing the title character. While in development, the feature project will be produced by J.J. [Warner Bros](https://deadline.com/tag/warner-bros/).

Stephen King's novel Billy Summers is getting a movie adaptation, with JJ Abrams and Leonardo DiCaprio set to produce.

The blood and action are each meager in a movie of this breed, and the pacing is often sluggish. Thale’s mother takes a visiting werewolf hunter’s advice and information to heart, but the ensuing chase and confrontations with her transformed daughter are unimaginative. Thale becoming cursed in the midst of adolescence is something we have seen before — and will, without a doubt, see again — and her eventual attack on the town evokes memories of a subgenre benchmark, An American Werewolf in London. The fact that the creature looks like a common wolf, only bigger and less kempt, probably has more to do with the movie’s realistic presentation. [Troll](https://bloody-disgusting.com/reviews/3742109/troll-review-netflix-kaiju-movie-is-slight-on-story-but-has-a-monster-sized-heart/)) invent a distinctive mythos for their werewolf, but apart from those details, this movie doesn’t have much in the way of originality. In addition, Thale’s mother is the frazzled cop in charge of finding whatever killed both that unfortunate party guest and attacked her own daughter. The stress of this case is then piled on top of the strain caused by her home life. The end result is a unique, if not flawed new addition to the pack. This recent Netflix acquisition doesn’t mislead its audience; there is definitely a wild lycan on the loose in a small Norwegian town. “Billy Summers is a hitman who is looking to retire, and takes one last highly lucrative job to feather his nest. “He sets up in an office with a direct view of where hitman Joel Allen will be delivered to face trial for shooting two men during a poker game. Sure, some of it’s cheesy, some of it even on-the-nose, but none of it ever comes across like a cover for him.”

Bad Robot and Appian Way have formed an adaptation alliance to bring the contract killer thriller to life.

He sets up in an office with a direct view of where hitman Joel Allen will be delivered to face trial for shooting two men during a poker game. Whatever the case, best believe we'll be updating you as soon as we know more. The job requires him to embed himself in a quiet town, where he pretends to be an aspiring writer (he actually pours himself into the prose).

One of Stephen King's newest stories is already set to get the big screen adaptation, as Deadline is reporting that the 2021 crime novel "Billy Summers" has ...

](https://www.slashfilm.com/579501/the-running-man-movie/) "Billy Summers" joins the ranks of some highly anticipated projects from the horror master, as this is far from an exhaustive list. [and scary-sounding](https://www.slashfilm.com/832490/salems-lot-footage-reaction-this-stephen-king-adaptation-looks-scary-as-hell-cinemacon-2022/)) update on one of the author's classics, "Salem's Lot." [Deadline is reporting](https://deadline.com/2023/02/stephen-king-billy-summers-warner-bros-bad-robot-leonardo-dicaprio-1235249142/) that the 2021 crime novel "Billy Summers" has been acquired by Warner Brothers, with J.J. New York Times bestseller "Billy Summers" isn't your typical Stephen King horror story; instead, it's a noirish thriller about an Iraq war vet turned assassin who's hoping to finish one last job before giving the life up for good. Warner Bros has had major success with King's works before, most notably with blockbuster adaptations of "It" in 2017 and 2019. Still, "Billy Summers" is worth getting excited about.

Billy Summers, a 2021 novel by Stephen King, is the latest story from the prolific writer to be picked up. This time Bad Robot snapped it up, as J.J. Abrams ...

With that kind of talent circling the project, expect this one to quickly shoot to the top of anticipated King adaptations. This was also being shopped as a series but is now going to be a feature film. Billy Summers, a 2021 novel by Stephen King, is the latest story from the prolific writer to be picked up.

James Cameron commissioned a Titanic ending study to assess if there was room for Jack to survive on the door with Rose, for a NatGeo special.

[Heat Vision](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/e/heat-vision/) [Colin Trevorrow, ‘House of the Dragon’ Writer Charmaine DeGraté Team for ‘Atlantis’ at Skydance (Exclusive)](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/atlantis-movie-in-the-works-skydance-colin-trevorrow-1235317123/) [Vanessa Redgrave](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/vanessa-redgrave/) [Melinda Dillon, Actress in ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ and ‘A Christmas Story,’ Dies at 83](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/melinda-dillon-dead-close-encounters-christmas-story-1235317335/) [Heat Vision](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/e/heat-vision/) [J.J. Team for Adaptation of Stephen King Crime Novel ‘Billy Summers’](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jj-abrams-returns-to-movies-billy-summers-1235304213/) But with the special, he attempts to settle the debate for good. Cameron also tests the scenario should Rose have offered her life jacket to help insulate Jack: “And he’s stabilized. It’s a movie about love and sacrifice and mortality. It’s like Romeo and Juliet. [Winslet](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/kate-winslet-responds-fat-shaming-titanic-leonardo-dicaprio-1235284012/) recently did her part trying to settle the debate, saying, “Once and for all, he could have fit on that door but it would not have stayed afloat,” adding that it was not a “sustainable idea.” The love is measured by the sacrifice.” For a final test, they then incorporate the physical strain the characters would have endured amid the sinking of the ship — in the film, another passenger submerges Rose underwater before Jack saves her by punching them. [Titanic](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/titanic/), [director James Cameron](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/james-cameron-interview-avatar-the-way-of-water-franchise-future-1235271483/) is attempting to settle the longstanding debate once and for all: whether [Leonardo DiCaprio](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/leonardo-dicaprio/)’s Jack could’ve fit on that door and survived. [Toronto Sun](https://torontosun.com/entertainment/movies/james-cameron-plans-to-prove-that-jack-couldnt-have-lived-in-titanic), Cameron said he hopes the study puts “this whole thing to rest and drive a stake through its heart once and for all.” [James Cameron](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/james-cameron/), the director conducts a scientific study to assess whether there was enough room for both Jack and [Kate Winslet](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/kate-winslet/)’s Rose on the floating door debris following the Titanic sinking.

Titanic completes 25 years since its release in 1997 and the director on the Oscar-winning film James Cameron is convinced that Jack could survive on the ...

"Out of the water, [his body’s] violent shaking was helping him. Like, hours," Cameron admits. In the footage, Cameron and the crew has recreated the iconic scene to examine separate scenarios to find out if Jack could have adjusted on the door without having him or Rose (played by Kate Winslet) drowning or freezing to death.

Titanic director admitted after 25 years of film's release that Leonardo DiCaprio's Jack could survive with Rose played by Kate Winslet.

"Out of the water, [his body’s] violent shaking was helping him. Like, hours," Cameron admits. In the footage, Cameron and the crew has recreated the iconic scene to examine separate scenarios to find out if Jack could have adjusted on the door without having him or Rose drowning or freezing to death.

In a first look into the National Geographic special, Titanic: 25 Years Later with James Cameron, the director allowed his fans to have a peek into his ...

Once they both are seated on the floating debris, Rose offers Jack her life jacket, and he “stabilized.” In another position, they are both seated on the debris, and Jack is shaking violently from the cold. Whether Jack could have survived had he joined Rose on the floating piece of debris, Cameron and a team of scientists hired two stunt doubles to re-enact four different scenarios.

The previously announced limited series adaptation of Stephen King's Billy Summers is now a feature film and it may have found its director and star.

Billy is among the best snipers in the world, a decorated Iraq war vet, a Houdini when it comes to vanishing after the job is done. "Billy Summers is a man in a room with a gun. [waiting on his next collaboration with Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon, to be released](https://comicbook.com/movies/news/leonardo-dicaprio-photo-new-scorsese-film-viral-unrecognizable/). Abrams](/category/j-j-abrams/)' Bad Robot and [Leonardo DiCaprio](/category/leonardo-dicaprio/)'s Appian Way are set to produce the film, and according to the trade both the Star Wars: The Force Awakens director and the Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood star could make it their next project if all things go well in the development stage. [Deadline](https://deadline.com/2023/02/stephen-king-billy-summers-warner-bros-bad-robot-leonardo-dicaprio-1235249142/) reports that the series became a film after some development and shopping around to cable/streamers, though it's unclear if the two things are related as a result of minimal interest on the TV side. [The previously announced limited series adaptation of](https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/stephen-king-j-j-abrams-reteam-on-billy-summers-adaptation/) [Stephen King](/category/stephen-king/)'s [Billy Summers](/category/billy-summers/) is now a feature film and it may have found its director and star.

Stephen King's 2021 novel Billy Summers is being adapted into a movie with Leonardo DiCaprio and J.J. Abrams being eyed to star and direct.

It's far from guaranteed that DiCaprio and Abrams will star in and direct Billy Summers, but if they do, it will go a long way in boosting the project's profile. [Stephen King](https://screenrant.com/tag/stephen-king/)'s bestselling book Billy Summers is being adapted into a feature film with Leonardo DiCaprio and J.J. [Billy Summers was reported to be in development](https://screenrant.com/stephen-king-jj-abrams-billy-summers-series-adaptation/) as a limited series, Deadline brings word that Warner Bros. Billy Summers marks Bad Robot's fourth collaboration with Stephen King after Hulu's 11.22.63, Hulu's Castle Rock, and [Stephen King adaptations coming](https://screenrant.com/every-stephen-king-movie-tv-show-releasing-in-2023/) to the big screen, including a few that will be released in 2023. Following the failed film effort, a TV adaptation of what is considered King's magnum opus, The Dark Tower, is in development from Mike Flanagan for Prime Video.