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D. Scott Lumpkin confirms the production of Gerald's Game in downtown Mobile.

(Brock Larsen)

Downtown Mobile is in for a fright greater than even the best Halloween revelers could muster, as the district will play home to the set of a Stephen King novel's film adaptation.

Executive Producer D. Scott Lumpkin, a Fairhope resident, confirms the project will be shot "90-percent in downtown Mobile."

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The film, Gerald's Game, is based on the 1992 novel of the same name, written by King about a couple whose vacation turns into a nightmare after flirty fun turns into tragedy. The titular character dies at the hands of his wife, while tied to a bed.

"We are shooting Gerald's Game entirely in Alabama. From last week through the middle of November," Lumpkin, says via e-mail.

Bruce Greenwood stars in the film as Gerald Burlingame, alongside Carla Gugino, Henry Thomas, Carel Struycken and Kate Siegel. Siegel, along with her husband and director of the film, Mike Flanagan, are no stranger to Coastal Alabama. Siegel stars in Flanagan's 2016 film Hush, filmed in Fairhope.

"This is our fourth film here at home in Alabama with this producer-director team. Oculus, Before I Wake, Hush and now this one," Lumpkin says.

Before I Wake is still awaiting release from Relativity Productions. Lumpkin notes that Hush is enjoying an impressive run on Netflix.

Flanagan's most recent work, a Michael Bay-produced thriller "Ouija: Origin of Evil", makes its theatrical release October 21.

"We are so happy to be working at home finally. My last film had me out of town for nearly 11 months," Lumpkin says. "It was a Jackie Chan film called The Foreigner, which we shot in London, Ireland and China."

Gerald's Game is scheduled to forego a release in theaters, instead debuting as a Netflix Original.