Mark Romanek Tipped For "The Overlook Hotel"

Mark Romanek ("Never Let Me Go," "One Hour Photo") is in talks to direct "The Overlook Hotel" says Variety.

The project is a prequel to author Stephen King's classic novel "The Shining". The story explores the origin story of the Overlook Hotel through the eyes of its first owner Bob T. Watson. Watson was a robber baron at the turn of the 20th century who scaled the remote peaks of the Colorado Rockies to build the grandest resort in America. It's part of the original prologue that got cut from the book prior to publication in 1977,

Former "The Walking Dead" show runner and "The Shield" producer Glen Mazzara wrote the script.

"Shutter Island" writer Laeta Kalogridis along with partners Bradley Fischer and James Vanderbilt would produce the film

The original book has been adapted twice for the screen--first by Stanley Kubrick and then as a TV Mini-Series in 1997.