With a whole host of Stephen King adaptations consistently in the works, now comes an update on the in-development movie take on King’s From a Buick 8.

As first reported by Slash Film – and originally revealed on The Kingcast – We Are What We Are and Stake’s Jim Mickle has been brought in to direct the movie.

For those unaware, an adaptation of 2002’s From a Buick 8 has been on the table for years now, and both George A. Romero and Tobe Hooper were at points pegged to direct the picture. More recently, The Boy’s William Brent Bell was to helm the film, before late last year saw From a Buick 8 land with Renegade Entertainment.

Renegade Entertainment is the production banner put together by actor-director Thomas Jane and producer Courtney Lauren Penn. In fact, it was Jane speaking on The Kingcast who revealed Jim Mickle as now on board to direct From a Buick 8 for Renegade. Jane, of course, is no stranger to the works of Stephen King, with the one-time Punisher having starred in three movie adaptations of King’s work – those being Dreamcatcher, The Mist, and 1922.

The synopsis for the From a Buick 8 novel reads:

From a Buick 8 centres around the rural town of Statler, Pennsylvania where the state police have kept a mysterious 1954 Buick Roadmaster in the shed behind the barracks for over twenty years. When the town is plagued by strange and supernatural events, it turns out the Buick isn’t what it seems to be.

Expect more on Renegade Entertainment’s From a Buick 8 as it continues to develop.