‘Salem’s Lot’ Film Heading to a Halloween Month Release

Alfre Woodard, John Benjamin Hickey, Makenzie Leigh, Lewis Pullman, and Jordan Preston Carter in ‘Salem’s Lot’ (Photo by Courtesy of New Line Cinema/Max)

Max unveiled new photos from the film adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot and confirmed it will premiere in October 2024. Shot back in late 2021, this new adaptation was originally scheduled for a September 2022 theatrical release. However, New Line Cinema and Warner Bros Pictures opted to bypass theaters and announced in early 2024 that it had moved to a streaming release only on Max.

Prior to the change in plans, author Stephen King expressed his frustration with the film’s delay on Twitter (or X). “The Warner Bros remake of SALEM’S LOT, currently shelved, is muscular and involving. It has the feel of ‘Old Hollywood,’ when a film was given a chance to draw a breath before getting to business. When attention spans were longer, in other words,” King tweeted in November 2023.

In February 2024, he followed that up, tweeting: “Between you and me, Twitter, I’ve seen the new SALEM’S LOT and it’s quite good. Old-school horror filmmaking: slow build, big payoff. Not sure why WB is holding it back; not like it’s embarrassing, or anything. Who knows. I just write the f**king things.”

The film stars Lewis Pullman as Ben Mears, Alfre Woodard as Dr. Cody, Makenzie Leigh as Susan Norton, and Bill Camp as Matthew Burke. Spencer Treat Clark plays Mike Ryerson, Pilou Asbæk is Straker, and John Benjamin Hickey is Father Callahan.

“Author Ben Mears returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem’s Lot in search of inspiration for his next book only to discover his hometown is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire,” reads Max’s synopsis. Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home) adapted King’s book, directed, and executive produced. Mark Wolper, Vertigo’s Roy Lee, and Atomic Monster’s James Wan and Michael Clear served as producers.

King’s novel was previously adapted into a miniseries in 1979 starring David Soul, James Mason, Fred Willard, and Bonnie Bedelia. In 2004, Rob Lowe, Andre Braugher, Samantha Mathis, and Donald Sutherland starred in a two-episode miniseries.

Lewis Pullman (Photo by Courtesy of New Line Cinema/Max)

Makenzie Leigh (Photo by Courtesy of New Line Cinema/Max)

Pilou Asbaek (Photo by Courtesy of New Line Cinema/Max)

Alfre Woodard, John Benjamin Hickey, Makenzie Leigh, Lewis Pullman, and Jordan Preston Carter in ‘Salem’s Lot’ (Photo by Courtesy of New Line Cinema/Max)

Alfre Woodard (Photo by Courtesy of New Line Cinema/Max)

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