Mike Flanagan To Direct Horror Film Set On Mars ‘The Season Of Passage’

Mike Flanagan has proven himself to be one of the top horror directors in the game. He’s the director behind Doctor Sleep, Gerald’s Game, and the creator behind the Netflix series The Haunting of Hill House.

The dude has found his space, and now he’s thriving in it.

It was just reported this week that Flanagan has signed on to direct the upcoming horror film set on Mars, The Season Of Passage.

Universal picked up the feature pitch from Intrepid Pictures. It’s based on the 1993 Christopher Pike novel of the same name.

Plot details are being kept secret; however, the Season of Passage centers around celebrity Dr. Lauren Wagner who was involved in a manned expedition to Mars. The whole world admired and respected her. But Lauren knew fear. Inside―voices entreating her to love them. Outside―the mystery of the missing group that had gone before her. The dead group. But were they simply dead? Or something else?

Flanagan has been in love with this story for years. He revealed on his Twitter account that he has been wanting to adapt the novel since he was a teenager.

He will co-write the script alongside his brother James Flanagan. No word on when production is set to begin, but I’m betting they’re wanting to have it ready by fall 2022.