Down a Dark Hall was published in 1974. Screenwriter Michael Goldbach wrote the original adaptation for the screen, and Chris Sparling (Buried) has come aboard to also write on the film.
Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight novels, and Meghan Hibbett will produce via their Fickle Fish Films along with Temple Hill Entertainments Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen. Meyer optioned the book last year and brought on Goldbach to write the adaptation.
The supernatural suspense novel follows Kit Gordy, the newest student at the exclusive Blackwood Boarding School. It is the opportunity of a lifetime, but Kit quickly realizes something strange is happening behind its walls as she confronts the darkly seductive powers of Blackwoods headmistress and comes face to face with the supernatural powers that could make her great or destroy her.
Rodrigo Cortés directed Buried which starred Ryan Reynolds and premiered at Sundance where it sparked a bidding war and was bought by Lionsgate. He subsequently directed the thriller Red Lights which starred Robert De Niro, Sigourney Weaver, Cillian Murphy and Elizabeth Olsen.
