Stephen King’s The Woman Who Beloved Tom Gordon Film within the Works

Lionsgate, which is releasing the variation of Stephen King novel The Lengthy Stroll this fall, is staying in enterprise with the best-selling super-author.

The corporate has optioned the rights to King’s 1999 novel The Woman Who Beloved Tom Gordon, setting JT Mollner, the filmmaker behind the well-regarded thriller Unusual Darling, to write down and direct the variation.

The mission marks a return to King nation for Mollner, who wrote the script for Lengthy Stroll, which was directed by Francis Lawrence and opens Sept. 12.

Roy Lee, the producer of Lengthy Stroll and Unusual Darling, will reteam with Mollner for Tom Gordon. Additionally producing can be Christine Romero, Ryan Silbert and Andrew Childs. Nathan Kahane, who’s transitioning from his publish as Lionsgate Movement Image Group president to unbiased producer, may also be part of the mission in a producorial capability.

King’s psychological horror novel facilities on the harrowing survival story of a nine-year-old lady named Trisha as she struggles to remain alive after getting misplaced within the woods alone. With solely her Walkman radio enjoying baseball video games to maintain her firm, the lady’s love of pitcher Tom Gordon begins to manifest in hallucinations that will save her life. 

“JT is a filmmaker we imagine has a vibrant future,” stated Lionsgate Movement Image Group president Erin Westerman. “All through his work, he creates characters, and particularly younger characters, which are so compelling, heartbreaking, and emotional that they pop off the display screen. And naturally, that’s what Stephen King does on the web page as nicely. The story of survival and perseverance in The Woman Who Beloved Tom Gordon is timeless. We’ve cherished this story for a very long time, and JT is the excellent option to adapt and direct this King fan favourite.”

Meredith Wieck will oversee the mission for Lionsgate alongside Pavan Kalidindi. Phil Strina negotiated the deal on behalf of the studio.  

Lee has, through the years, amassed an enviable physique of labor adapting King’s work, together with It and It: Chapter Two, in addition to Physician Sleep, and Salem’s Lot. Lengthy Stroll, which could have a panel in Corridor H Friday at San Diego Comedian-Con, adapts King’s 1979 horror novel and stars a listing of subsequent era Hollywood expertise.

Mollner beforehand wrote and directed the indie psychological thriller Unusual Darling, which was launched in 2024 and scored a critically acclaimed 96 ercent on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie acquired the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Movies’ greatest thriller award in 2025, in addition to the STIGES Movie Pageant Grand Folks’s Selection Award. As well as, Mollner was honored with the Bucheon Worldwide Unbelievable Movie Pageant greatest director award for the film.

Mollner is repped by UTA, World Builder Leisure, and Jackoway Austen.