Darren Aronofsky is in talks to direct the Netflix production of the new Cujo feature, an adaptation of Stephen King’s 1981 horror novel.

The novel has been adapted once before in 1983; Dee Wallace starred as the horrified mother “protecting her son from a 200-pound St. Bernard turned rabid after being bit by a bat.” The film grossed over $21 million, without inflation, at the domestic box office.

King isn’t a stranger to his works being adapted, with his short story The Monkey being released as a film directed by Osgood Perkins and starring Theo James was released this February. Catching Fire’s Francis Lawrence is to direct King’s 1970 novel The Long Walk and Edgar Wright has completed filming on the adaptation of King’s 1982 novel Running Man, which he wrote under his pseudonym, Richard Bachman. The feature will star Glenn Powell, Josh Brolin, and Katy M. O’Brian.

InSneider first reported about Aronofsky being rumored to direct the feature. The filmmaker is known for his intense, thrilling works including 2002’s Requiem for a Dream, 2010’s Black Swan, and 2017’s Mother!. The film’s deal with Netflix was made last week, with Roy Lee, producer of It and Salem’s Lot, to work on the producing chair of this feature as well. The feature is still in early production at the streamer, so it could be a good while until an actual confirmation on director and ensemble.