In November 2021, the film was revived, and it was reported that Rob Savage would direct from a screenplay by Mark Heyman, based on original drafts by Beck, Woods, and Akela Cooper with streaming service Hulu set to distribute.

However, in 2019, after Disney's acquisition of Fox, the film was canceled, along with other films in development. On June 26, 2018, it was announced filmmaking partners Scott Beck and Bryan Woods would write the screenplay with Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, and Dan Cohen attached to produce for 21 Laps Entertainment and 20th Century Fox set to distribute. The Boogeyman is a film adaptation of Stephen King's 1973 short story ' The Boogeyman'. When a desperate patient shows up unexpectedly at their house asking for help, they bring in a terrifying entity that preys on the families and feeds on their greatest suffering. Devastated by his own pain, their father Will, a therapist by profession, gives them neither the support nor the affection that they try to claim from him. High school student Sadie Harper and her little sister Sawyer are still reeling from the recent death of their mother. The Boogeyman is scheduled to be released theatrically in the United States on June 2, 2023, by 20th Century Studios. Originally planned to be released on the streaming service Hulu, Disney eventually opted to release the film theatrically first after positive test screenings. Principal photography began in February 2022 in New Orleans. Thatcher, Messina, Dastmalchian and the rest of the cast signed in early 2022.

However, it was revived in November 2021 with Savage directing the project. The film stars Sophie Thatcher, Chris Messina, Vivien Lyra Blair, and David Dastmalchian.Ī film adaptation of Stephen King's short story was first announced in June 2018 with Beck and Woods writing the screenplay, but the project was canceled in 2019 due to Disney's acquisition of Fox. The Boogeyman is an upcoming American supernatural horror film directed by Rob Savage from a screenplay by Scott Beck, Bryan Woods and Mark Heyman, based on the 1973 short story of the same name by Stephen King.

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