"So, my apartment is currently being haunted by the ghost of a dead child and he's trying to kill me." So began the Twitter thread of Adam Ellis, an artist and former BuzzFeed writer who began being haunted by a ghost child known as "Dear David" in his apartment back in August of 2017. Filled with unsettling photos and eerie updates, Ellis' Twitter thread went viral, and now New Line Cinema has acquired the rights to distribute a movie based on Ellis' supernatural experiences.
Collider was the first to report that New Line Cinema came out on top in a bidding battle for the rights to Dear David, which will be produced by BuzzFeed Studios and Dan Lin's (producer of the new IT movies) Rideback company, who teamed up back in June to produce a film based on Ellis' supernatural experiences.
As TheWrap reported back in June, the Dear David movie (final title pending) is currently in development with Mike Van Waes penning the screenplay from a story by himself and Evan Turner, one of the executive producers on the project. Rideback's Lin and Jonathan Eirich are also on board to produce, as well as Lauren Dolgen and Hieu Ho from BuzzFeed Studios.
Spanning many tweets and many months, Ellis' "Dear David" Twitter thread has included potential photographic evidence of paranormal activity, strange behavior by his cats every night at midnight, and eerie recollections of his increasingly unsettling dreams.
A release date has not yet been set for the Dear David movie, but we'll keep Daily Dead readers updated as more details are divulged. In the meantime, if you'd like to read Ellis' "Dear David" Twitter thread, he's compiled it on Wakelet and you can also read it on Twitter (see below).
*Note: Dear David artwork above is by Adam Ellis and was shared on his Twitter page.
So, my apartment is currently being haunted by the ghost of a dead child and he's trying to kill me. (thread)
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 7, 2017
Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.
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