Sean Marshall Lionsgate announced they will be teaming up with Jordan Schur’s Suretone Pictures to bring David Morrell’s Creepers to the big screen. Some might remember that Morrell wrote the 1972 action-thriller First Blood book, which later spawned the Rambo films that starred Sylvester Stallone.
The film is set to begin production this summer in Bulgaria & will be directed by Marc Klasfeld, who will make his directorial debut with this film.
Klasfeld had this to say:
“I have waited decades to find the right feature film project to which I could truly dedicate myself. The passion I have found to make Creepers all it can be is extraordinary, and I honestly can’t wait for the world to see what we have in store.”
Jordan Schur, chairman & CEO of Suretone Pictures, added:
“I am pleased to partner on this special film with Lionsgate. After a decade in development, we have arrived at our destination with a powerful script adapted from a timeless book and a gifted director leading the charge. We could not ask for a better partner in Lionsgate who share our passion and excitement to bring the world this amazing rollercoaster of a story.“
The synopsis for the book is as follows:
On a cold October night, five people gather in a run-down motel on the New Jersey shore and begin preparations to break into the Paragon Hotel. Built in the glory days of Asbury Park by a reclusive millionaire, the magnificent structure—which foreshadowed the beauties of art-deco architecture—is now boarded up and marked for demolition. The five people are “creepers,” the slang term for urban explorers: city archeologists with a passion for investigating abandoned buildings and their dying secrets. On this evening, they are joined by a reporter who wants to profile them—anonymously, as this is a highly illegal activity—for a New York Times article. Frank Balenger isn’t looking for just a story, however. And after the group enters the rat-infested tunnel leading to the hotel, it becomes clear that he will get much more than he bargained for. Danger, terror, and death await the creepers in a place ravaged by time and redolent of evil. The darkest secrets live in places you’re not supposed to be.
