The first red band trailer for Kurt Wimmer’s reimagining of Stephen King’s "Children of the Corn" has been unveiled.
The upcoming movie is based on the short story by King and hails from Wimmer.
"Children of the Corn" follows a 12-year-old girl in Nebraska who is possessed by a spirit in a dying cornfield. She recruits other children in her small town to go on a bloody rampage and kill the adults and anyone else who opposes her. A bright high schooler who won’t go along with the plan is the town’s only hope of survival.
The tale was originally brought to the big screen in 1984 in a version more faithful to King’s short story. It is centered on an adult couple who wander into the town, discover the massacre and become the next adult targets of the pre-adult mob. It starred Linda Hamilton and Peter Horton starred.
"Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice" was released in 1992. Subsequent installments — there were at least five — went directly to video, and bore little to no narrative continuity, beginning with "Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest" in 1995. In 2009, a second adaptation of the short story aired on the Syfy network. A third adaptation, titled simply "Children of the Corn", was released in 2020.
Wimmer’s movie was picked up last month by RLJE Films and AMC network’s horror streaming service Shudder.
The reimagining stars Elena Kampouris, Kate Moyer, Callan Mulvey, and Bruce Spence.
It is executive produced by Digital Domain and produced by Lucas Foster, Doug Barry, and John Baldecchi. Its visual effects were all produced in-house by Digital Domain.
The movie will hit theaters on March 3 in an 18-day theatrical window before hitting demand and digital on March 21.
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