Max announced an October premiere date for the Stephen King adaptation Salem's Lot on Friday. The streaming service did not specify the date in October. Annabelle Comes Home writer/director Gary Dauberman wrote and directed the King adaptation. Dauberman previously adapted the two-part It movie and wrote other Conjuring universe films. In the film, author Ben Mears (Lewis Pullman) returns to his hometown of Jerusalem's Lot to work on a new ...