Overview
- Deadline reported Thursday that Australian director Ben Young is attached to helm a feature film adaptation of Stephen King’s short story 'Mister Yummy'.
- Young is co-writing the screenplay with Troy Abruzzise and producers include Aimee Schoof, Isen Robbins, Megan Freels Johnston of Intrinsic Value Films, Josh Kesselman and Thomas Mahoney.
- The source material, first published in King’s 2015 collection The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, follows Ollie Franklin, an assisted‑living resident who begins seeing disturbing visions and must confront buried memories.
- Young described the project to Deadline as 'creepy, moving, character-driven,' and his previous work includes Hounds of Love, Extinction and Devil’s Peak, marking him as a director known for intimate, bleak genre films.
- The announcement arrives as part of a recent wave of Stephen King adaptations and the film’s future timeline is unclear, with no casting, financing, distributor or production dates yet disclosed.