Momo, the internet hoax that sent parents into a panic earlier this year, is becoming the subject of a horror film.
Orion Pictures, Roy Lee’s Vertigo Entertainment and producer Taka Ichise will develop the film, Deadline reports. Lee and Ichise have strong horror resumes: They were, respectively, the executive producer and producer of The Grudge, a Hollywood adaptation of Japanese flick Ju-on: The Grudge. Ichise also served as producer on the Japanese horror classicsRingandDark Water, while Lee produced the 2017 remake of Stephen King’s It. - via NME