{"id":85608,"date":"2024-03-26T23:03:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T23:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/26\/scott-derrickson-to-direct-night-of-the-hunter-adaptation-for-universal\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T23:03:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T23:03:07","slug":"scott-derrickson-to-direct-night-of-the-hunter-adaptation-for-universal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/26\/scott-derrickson-to-direct-night-of-the-hunter-adaptation-for-universal\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Derrickson To Direct \u2018Night Of The Hunter\u2019 Adaptation For Universal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Scott Derrickson has been set to direct an adaptation of Davis Grubb\u2019s classic 1953 novel \u2018The Night of the Hunter\u2019 for Universal Pictures, working from his script written with Robert Cargill, his longtime collaborator <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hacWbuccph\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/hacWbuccph<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DEADLINE\/status\/1772747586828701930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Scott Derrickson has been set to direct an adaptation of Davis Grubb\u2019s classic 1953 novel The Night of the Hunter for Universal Pictures, working from his script written with Robert Cargill, his longtime collaborator on The Black Phone, Doctor Strange and other projects.<\/p>\n<p>The Night of the Hunter revolves around Harry Powell, a serial killer posing as a preacher, who marries a widow solely to gain access to her deceased husband\u2019s hidden fortune. Powell\u2019s stepchildren, John and Pearl, become the targets of his relentless pursuit as he seeks the money hidden by their father.<\/p>\n<p>The book was adapted into a classic film in 1955, directed by Charles Laughton and starring Robert Mitchum.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DEADLINE\/status\/1772747586828701930?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twitter<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/128080841.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Derrickson has been set to direct an adaptation of Davis Grubb\u2019s classic 1953 novel \u2018The Night of the Hunter\u2019 for Universal Pictures, working from his script written with Robert Cargill, his longtime collaborator https:\/\/t.co\/hacWbuccph \u2014 Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) March 26, 2024 Scott Derrickson has been set to direct an adaptation of Davis Grubb\u2019s classic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-85608","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}