Of course, what’s particularly notable about this development is the fact that we have already seen a big screen version of Christine, and one made by a true Master of Horror.
The trade report does say that the story is going to stick to being set in the 1980s.
John Carpenter’s film from 1983 is still regarded as a classic, and it’s a feature that you can watch today and still wonder how the filmmakers were able to pull off some of the cinema magic.
There are some key deviations that the adaptation makes from Stephen King’s book – including the removal of a key antagonist, and the ways that the titular car murders people she doesn’t like – so it will be interesting to see if this new effort either hones closer to the source material, or attempts to be a total reinvention of the story.