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Horns

12/8/11 - Alexandre Aja is teaming up with Joe Hill on the feature adaptation of Hill’s novel Horns, according to The Hollywood Reporter.  Aja is coming on board to direct the project, about a 26-year-old man who wakes up with a massive hangover and discovers horns sprouting from his head. He becomes convinced that their existence is tied to the unsolved murder of his girlfriend.  Scott Bunin wrote the script.  Mandalay Pictures’ Cathy Schulman and Peter Guber are producing.

10/12/09 – Variety reported that Mandalay Pictures has optioned the film rights to the upcoming novel "Horns," penned by Joe Hill, son of Stephen King.  Novel is described as a love story driven by horror and vengeance that revolves around a 26-year-old man who wakes up one morning from a blackout hangover and finds horns sprouting out of his head. As the horns grow bigger by the day, the reason why seems to lie in the unsolved murder of his girlfriend.  Book will be published by William Morrow in February.  Mandalay topper Peter Guber and Cathy Schulman will produce "Horns" at Mandalay, while Hill serves as an executive producer.

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