SALEM'S LOT: New Line's Stephen King Adaptation Finds Its Lead In TOP GUN: MAVERICK's Lewis Pullman

SALEM'S LOT: New Line's Stephen King Adaptation Finds Its Lead In TOP GUN: MAVERICK's Lewis Pullman

Though we'd heard that Jake Gyllenhaal had been offered the part, Lewis Pullman (Catch-22, Top Gun: Maverick) has landed the lead role of Ben Mears in New Line's re-adaptation of Salem's Lot.

By MarkCassidy - Aug 28, 2021 03:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Horror

Up-and-coming actor Lewis Pullman (son of Bill Pullman) has landed the lead role in New Line's upcoming adaptation of Stephen King's seminal horror novel, Salem's Lot.

THR reports that Pullman has signed on to star as Ben Mears, a man who is forced to become a vampire hunter when the town of Salem's Lot is overrun with the undead.

Recent IT adaptation writer Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home) has signed on to direct, and he will also pen the screenplay. Aquaman director James Wan will produce this big-screen take on the novel, along with Roy Lee and Mark Wolper.

The book tells the story of a writer named Ben Mears who returns to his childhood town of Jerusalem's Lot only to find himself drawn to an old house that traumatized him as a child. The Marsten House is an evil place, and an evil place attracts evil men. Unfortunately for Ben and the rest of the town, this time the evil men in question are powerful vampire Kurt Barlow and his devious familiar Richard Straker.

Salem's Lot was previously adapted as a 1979 miniseries from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre director Tobe Hooper, featuring a scene with child-vampire scratching at the window which terrified an entire generation. There was also a far less successful 2004 version starring Rob Lowe.

Pullman has appeared in Bad Times at The El Royale, The Strangers: Prey at Night, and the recent Catch-22 miniseries. He's also set to co-star alongside Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick.

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MarvelousMarty
MarvelousMarty - 8/28/2021, 4:32 AM
Needs to have a decent running time. Will be hard to match the original. Absolute classic.
marvel72
marvel72 - 8/28/2021, 1:50 PM
@MarvelousMarty - I haven't seen the original but I remember when I was little my mum was watching it on TV and I came down during the night and my mum said "Don't look at the screen,what do you want?"

And even as I got older I still haven't seen it.
Dredd97
Dredd97 - 8/28/2021, 8:33 AM
Looks like Newman at the bottom there lol
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 8/28/2021, 9:01 AM
@Dredd97 - Haha! Yeah he does.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 8/28/2021, 9:02 AM
I'm a big Stephen King fan, and the old Salem's Lot was great, even though it didn't hold up well over the years. I'm really hoping this is good.
Gotham82
Gotham82 - 8/28/2021, 9:29 AM
Love Stephen kings stories , so hope of not turns out well as there have been a few misses with recent adaptions , Namely THE STAND :-/

Do better please it’s taken long enough to get Stephens work on the screen again.
Ryos
Ryos - 8/28/2021, 11:18 AM
@Gotham82 - tbf the man has wrote like 80+ Books and they keep remaking the same 5! It’s on the greedy studios
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