Stephen King‘s Desperation is headed to the big screen, with Searchlight bringing together some high flying names to develop a take on the 1996 novel by the horror maestro. In-demand filmmaking duo Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein are in talks to direct. And in a first, Sam Raimi and King will be working together on a project, with Raimi producing along with his Ghost House Pictures partner Robert Tapp. Ryan Brennan is writing the script. Per the logline: “Stranded in a remote desert town where something evil has awakened, a group of travelers must fight to survive when a sadistic, possessed cop turns routine arrests into a relentless fight…
