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David Lowery to Direct Focus Films' Bram Stoker-Winning “The Fisherman”

7/8/2026

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Focus Films announced an adaptation of John Langan’s 2016 Bram Stoker Award-winning novel *The Fisherman*.
Director David Lowery will helm the film and co-write the screenplay with Alex Ross Perry.
Producers include Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Alex Ginno of Platinum Dunes, Gary Dauberman and Mia Maniscalco of Coin Operated.
The novel follows Abe and Dan at Dutchman’s Creek in upstate New York as they confront the entity Der Fisher.

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Story summary

Focus Films announced an adaptation of John Langan’s 2016 Bram Stoker Award-winning novel *The Fisherman*.
Director David Lowery will helm the film and co-write the screenplay with Alex Ross Perry.
Producers include Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Alex Ginno of Platinum Dunes, Gary Dauberman and Mia Maniscalco of Coin Operated.
The novel follows Abe and Dan at Dutchman’s Creek in upstate New York as they confront the entity Der Fisher.