Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, the director behind 28 Weeks Later, is currently in talks to helm the upcoming Paramount Pictures Pet Sematary remake. Variety has reported that Lorenzo di Bonaventura will produce the film that is based on the novel of the same name written by Stephen King. Steven Schneider will produce alongside Di Bonaventura. Matt Greenberg and David Kajganich penned the screenplay.

“Pet Sematary” was initially published 1983 by King. The plot description is as follows:

“Sometimes dead is better….”

When the Creeds move into a beautiful old house in rural Maine, it all seems too good to be true: physician father, beautiful wife, charming little daughter, adorable infant son — and now an idyllic home. As a family, they’ve got it all…right down to the friendly cat.

But the nearby woods hide a blood-chilling truth — more terrifying than death itself…and hideously more powerful.

The novel was previously adapted into a film in 1989. It was directed by Mary Lambert and written by King, the film features Dale Midkiff as Louis Creed, Denise Crosby as Rachel Creed, Blaze Berdahl as Ellie Creed, Miko Hughes as Gage Creed, and Fred Gwynne as Jud Crandall. Andrew Hubatsek was cast for Zelda’s role. Author King has a cameo as a minister.

A sequel, Pet Sematary Two, was released which was met with less financial and critical success.