Robert Cargill, his longtime collaborator onThe Black Phone,Doctor Strangeand other projects.

Previously, the book was adapted into a classic film, released by United Artists in 1955.

Charles Laughton directed the influential work starring Robert Mitchum.

Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill

Scott Derrickson, co-writer C. Robert CargillCourtesy

Production on the follow-up kicks off this fall.

Additional credits on the producing front includeDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessand TNTsSnowpiercer.

Derrickson and Cargill are represented by WME and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.

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