The producers behind hit horror movie Smile have their next projec༒t lined up – an adaptation of a popular teen slasher novel, reports.

The movie will be based on Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare and follows a teenage girl who's recently moved to a small town in Missouri where the resident teens are at odds with the conservative adult population. Things taജke a turn for the worse, however, when the town's mascot, named Frꦯendo the Clown, starts murdering its young people. Eli Craig, who helmed the comedy horror Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil, is on board to direct.

"We love Eli Craig’s brand of scary fun and are thrilled ♏to be working with him on this terrifying slasher adaptation that is both timely and timeless," producers Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey from Temple Hill Productions said in a statement. 

The latest horror movie from the production company is Smile, which stars Sosie Bacon as a therapist who witnesses the suicide of one of her patients and is subsequently haun♓ted by a string of eerily smili﷽ng people. The movie, directed by Parker Finn in his feature debut, made $186 million at the box office against a budget of $17 million. Smile also experienced the lowest drop in viewings during week two of release for a horror film since Get Out in 2017, so Clown in a Cornfield has big, clown-sized shoes to fill.

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