Stephen King’s The Regulators heading to the big screen

The novel The Regulators is one of many Stephen King movie adaptations currently in the works. The word prolific would seem to do Stephen King a disservice. Over 60 novels and countless story collections and screenplays, the man’s work ethic is really quite something. There have been over 50 film adaptations of his work, with at least a dozen more in various stages of development. Now, we can add another to the packed slate with the news that The Regulators has been picked up for a movie adaptation. The official synopsis reads as follows: The Regulators is the story of the peaceful suburban life on Poplar Street in Wentworth, Ohio that is shattered one fine day when four vans containing shotgun-wielding “regulators” terrorize the street’s residents, cold-bloodedly killing anyone foolish enough to venture outdoors. Houses mysteriously transform into log cabins and the street now ends in what looks like a child’s hand-drawn western landscape. Masterminding this sudden onslaught is an evil creature who has taken over the body of an autistic boy whose parents were killed in a drive-by shooting several months earlier. The Bohemia Group acquired the rights, and although no director is attached, George Cowan has written a script that has been approved by King himself. More on this one as we hear it. Deadline — Thank you for visiting! If you’d like to support our attempts to make a non-clickbaity movie website: Follow Film Stories on Twitter here, and on Facebook here. Buy our Film Stories and Film Stories Junior print magazines here. Become a Patron here.