George Romero will helm an adaptation of the Stephen King novel "From a Buick 8" and Tim McCann will direct suspense thriller "The Poker Club" for Chesapeake Films reports Variety.

Both scripts were written by Chesapeake principals Richard Chizmar and hunky actor Johnathon Schaech ("That Thing you Do", "Roadhouse 2"). The duo's are also working on adaptations of King and Peter Straub's bestselling novel "Black House" and Douglas Clegg's "The Hour Before Dark".

"The Poker Club," based on the suspense thriller by crime scribe Ed Gorman, is a tale of suburban violence focuses on four buddies who discover and accidentally kill a burglar -- who may not be alone -- in the kitchen during their weekly poker night. Shooting begins January in Manitoba.

"From a Buick 8" is the story of a state trooper who is killed on the side of the road. The man's colleagues try to help his son cope, but when the boy discovers his father's dark secret in the barracks' back shed, things start to stir not only in the shed but in the hearts and minds of the veteran troopers who surround him.

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