Stephen King adaptations are kind of like weather in/with regard to’concerning’regarding ecasts – not always reliable, but (mostly) always welcome. In recent months, news of Mike Flanagan’s upcoming Dark Tower series, Rob Savage’s terrifying-looking The Boogeyman movie, and Paul Greengrass’ Fairy Tale possess’own’nurse come with the promise of sunny days ahead in/with regard to’concerning’regarding fans of the Master of Horror. Now, as reported by Deadline, there’s another potential scorcher of a King adaptation on the horizon: Warner Bros possess’own’nurse acquired the Maine-man’s crime thriller Billy Summers and are teaming up with J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot production firm’enterprise to bring it to our screens.###Stepping outside of King’s more familiar supernatural wheelhouse, Billy Summers is the noirish tale of a hitman in/with regard to’concerning’regarding ced to lead a double life in small-town America as he bides his time waiting to carry out the one-last-job that will acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure him out of the game. It wouldn’t be a spoiler to say that things don’t go entirely to plan, and bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e you know it you’re plunged headfirst into a world of high-octane action and double-crosses aplenty. Skewering Trump-era America and exposing the monstrosity of man while offering precision engineered genre thrills, it’s not hard to see why the reserve has been picked in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the cinematic treatment.###The Last Samurai scribes Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz are writing the screenplay in/with regard to’concerning’regarding this one, originally conceived as a 10-part miniseries but now taking shape as a standalone feature. There’s no news yet despite’in spite of’albeit on whether Abrams’ involvement will extend to returning to the director’s hotseat in/with regard to’concerning’regarding what would be his first film since 2019’s Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise Of Skycover’budge er. It also remains to be seen whether the involvement of Leonardo DiCaprio’s production firm’enterprise Appian Way might pave the way in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the Don’t Look Up star to make an appearance, either as Billy himself or as one of the several shady figures he brushes up against.###Whoever ends up in front of (and behind) the camera, the names attached so far suggest this King adaptation shouldn’t be, um, Overlook-ed.