A big screen adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s short story “The Crawlers” is in the works from producers Edward R. Pressman of Pressman Film and the author’s daughter, Isa Dick Hackett of Electric Shepherd Productions, TheWrap has learned.
Jason Lapeyre (“I Declare War”) will direct from a script by Kalen Egan and Travis Sentell.
Described as a riff on the small-town monster movie with a twist of Texas noir horror, “The Crawlers” is set in the late 1960s and follows a young government land-surveyor as he wanders off course into Boyle, Texas. After interacting with some of the strange, secretive residents, he follows a trail of disturbing rumors and unearths the town’s terrifying history, discovering that the townspeople aren’t the only residents of Boyle.