The untitled Pet Sematary follow-up will be Lindsey Beer’s directorial debut after having spent the last few years getting a lot of attention for her screenwriting skills.
According to the trade report, the studio was excited about the idea of finding a female filmmaker for the project as a reflection of the fact that another woman director, Mary Lambert, helmed the original Pet Sematary from 1989.
She wrote the 2018 Netflix film Sierra Burgess Is A Loser, and has since worked on a number of high profile developing projects – including Sam Raimi’s The Kingkiller Chronicle adaptation, the Short Circuit reboot, Sony’s Silver Sable (based on the Marvel Comics character), and Paramount’s M.A.S.K.: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand movie.