Director Mike Flanagan has had one busy year.  With Ouija: Origin of Evil arriving in theaters this Friday, his adaptation of Stephen King’s suspense novel is getting warmed up.  Flanagan adapted the script with Jeff Howard, Intrepid Pictures’ Trevor Macy will produce, and Netflix will distribute exclusively worldwide. Of the project, Flanagan stated:

“Gerald’s Game has been my dream project for nearly twenty years. As a lifelong fan of Stephen King, it is a true honor to be trusted with this amazing material. I am deeply grateful to my long-time partner, Trevor Macy, and to my new partners at Netflix, for making this dream project a reality. This is one of the reasons I wanted to make movies in the first place.” 

And now Netflix has announced the adaptation’s leads: Carla Gugino (Watchmen) and Bruce Greenwood (Star Trek) as ‘Jessie’ and ‘Gerald’ respectively. Henry Thomas (Ouija: Origin of Evil), Carel Struycken, Kate Siegel (Hush), and Chiara Aurelia will round things out with principal photography beginning today in and around Mobile, Alabama.

The source novel is one of the more trippy, psychological Stephen King stories, and it takes place within the confines of one room.  So it’ll be interesting to see how the adaptation translates. With Flanagan at the helm, we can be sure that it won’t be boring.

Plot Synopsis
Gerald’s Game follows Gerald and Jessie Burlingame, who have gone to their summer home on a warm weekday in October for a romantic interlude. After being handcuffed to her bedposts, Jessie tires of her husband’s games, until things take an unexpectedly tragic turn. Still handcuffed, she is trapped and alone. Painful memories from her childhood bedevil her. Her only company is a hungry stray dog and the voices that populate her mind. As night comes, she is unsure whether it is her imagination or if she has another companion: someone watching her from the corner of her dark bedroom.
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