Alex Ross Perry will write and direct the film adaptation of Stephen King’s “Rest Stop” for Legendary, the distributor announced on Thursday.
Craig Flores will produce through his Bread & Circuses banner, while Alex Garcia and Ali Mendes will oversee for Legendary.
King’s short story was first published in Esquire Magazine in 2003 and was later included in King’s 2008 collection titled “Just After Sunset.” “Rest Stop” won the National Magazine Award for Fiction in 2004. The film is being described as a “propulsive cat and mouse thriller that follows the twisted journey of two women after a fateful encounter at a highway rest stop.”