Pet Sematary: Lindsey Beer to dig up new horror adaptation for Paramount

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

Pet Sematary, Lindsey Beer, Paramount Players, sequel

We've all been told that "Sometimes dead is better," but in the case of Stephen King's Pet Sematary, it sounds like the author's "scariest property" is about to be resurrected, again. According to Deadline, Lindsey Beer has signed on to direct Paramount Players’ follow-up adaptation of the successful 2019 horror pic based on Stephen King’s best-seller. With Beer at the helm, Pet Sematary is returning to its female director roots after Mary Lambert directed the 1989 original. In addition to being the film's director, Beer also wrote the latest script based on a draft by Jeff Buhler. Plot details for the new film are being kept six feet under for now, with plans to release the film on Paramount+ upon completion.

Pet Sematary tells the tragic tale of a doctor who moves his family out of the big city and into the country. Not long into settling in, the doctor then discovers that he's moved his family near a pet cemetery that rests on an ancient burial ground. Soon thereafter, the man and his wife lose their toddler son to a nearby auto accident, an event that changes their lives forever. Rather than give the child a proper burial, the grieving man buries his son in the nearby cemetery, where it is resurrected into a vengeful and demonic shadow of its former, innocent self.

Known primarily for her writing chops, Beer wrote Doug Liman's upcoming action-fantasy film Chaos Walking and Transformers: The Last Knight. She's also in charge of penning Disney's live-action adaptation of Bambi and was one of the writers on Legendary's Godzilla vs. Kong. Oh no. Does this mean Beer is partially responsible for all that "Hollow Earth" business?

It's very early days for the new Pet Sematary project, but we'll be sure to bring you any details that get dug up. 

Source: Deadline

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