Sinister director Scott Derrickson is set direct an adaptation of Stephen King's novella Breathing Method. The movie is set up to be produced by Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions, who also produced Sinister. The script will be written by Scott Teems.
The novella is part of King's 1982 short story collection Different Seasons and is the only story in the book that hasn’t been adapted. The story "focuses on an elderly physician named Dr. Emlyn McCarron who recounts an incident in his career of a patient who was determined to give birth to her illegitimate child, despite her financial difficulties and the social stigma in the 1930s. The patient turns to the doctor because of the book he has written about the Breathing Method, a system to help women through childbirth. She grows close with the doctor, who finds that she is so determined to have the child through the method that she lingers on even after a horrific accident on the way to the hospital."
I liked this story, and I'm surprised it's taken so long for someone to get around to turning it into a movie. I loved Derrickson's Sinister, and I think this sounds like a solid project for him to take on! Have any of you read the short story? Do you think it's a good fit for Derrickson's filmmaking style?