Stephen Sommers

Stephen Sommer’s film adaptation of Dean Koontz’s novel “Odd Thomas” is trudging along. Set in a Californian Dessert town where Thomas, short order cook with clairvoyant abilities, encounters a man with a link to dark and malicious forces. There isn’t much known about the production as yet, filming has started in Mexico, with a vague release date set in 2012, that it will be directed by Stephen Sommers, co written by Dean Koontz himself and some casting has been announced, with Anton Yelchin, Tim Robbins and Wilem Dafoe on board.

Things are moving fast on the adaptation of Dean Koontz' Odd Thomas. Bringing this film to the big screen is Stephen Sommers. Sommers, who recently turned down the GI Joe sequel in favour of Odd Thomas, is due to start principal photography sometime this year for a mid-2012 release.

Having seen the adaptations of Koontz's novels being made with varying success, it seems that, this time, the filmmakers have been careful with the material and with Sommers also writing the screenplay, we can only hope that it's a coherent and successful film.