The film adaptation will also be produced by Narcos‘ Eric Newman and I, Tonya‘s Bryan Unkeless through their Netflix first-look deal.
The Watcher told the story of a stalker terrorizing a family who move into their dream home.
Deadline reports that streaming service Netflix has won an intense bidding war amongst six studios for the rights to The Watcher, an adaptation of an article published in The Cut section of New York magazine by Reeves Wiedeman.
Netflix has reportedly signed a seven-figure deal for the rights.