Taylor Builds King's "Joyland"

"The Help" director Tate Taylor is set to both write and direct the film adaptation of author Stephen King's upcoming novel "Joyland" says Deadline.

Set in a North Carolina amusement park in 1973, the story follows a college student who moonlights as a carnival worker. There, he confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will forever change his life.

Taylor and John Norris will produce the flick.

The book hits retail next month