Director Tom Holland, known for his work on Fright Night and Child’s Play, has announced plans to adapt Stephen King’s Ten O’Clock People, for the big screen. This will be Holland’s third adaptation of King’s work, following The Langoliers and Thinner.

Holland, no stranger to the genre, took an extended hiatus from directing, and returned in 2007 as a featured director in the Masters of Horror series for Showtime. He also is currently writing and directing “Twisted Tales,” a series of shorts for FEARnet.

Ten O’Clock People is a short story published in 1993 as part of King’s “Nightmares and Dreamscapes” collection. Five stories from the collection were previously adapted by way of an anthology series presented by TNT called “Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King.” However, The Ten O’Clock People was not one of the stories chosen for the series.

It is set in Boston, Mass., rather than in King’s typical setting of Maine. The story also alludes to several of King’s other works including Low Men in Yellow Coats and The Dark Tower, which both feature the malevolent creatures called Can-Toi. These creatures strongly resemble the “batmen” of Ten O’Clock People.

ShockTillYouDrop described the short story as following “the story follows Brandon Pearson, who in trying to kick his smoking habit uncovers a frightening aspect of reality, he plans to extinguish through extreme measures.”

According to Holland, the tale was inspired by King’s own struggle with quitting smoking.

“[This story] was Stephen trying to deal with his cigarette jones and the fairly new no-smoking laws back in the 90’s,” Holland said. “This film will be a modernization of the original short story, a paranoid suspense piece.”

Producers Nathaniel Kramer and E.J. Meyers said next year will be busy for King.

“With Ron Howard’s The Dark Tower adaptation and remakes of Carrie and The Stand on the horizon, 2013 is shaping up to be the year of King,” they said. “We’re excited to be contributing to it.”

Ten O’Clock People will start filming this summer.

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