According to Variety, Universal and Imagine Entertainment will be making The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft.

Universal picked up the rights to the graphic novel from Image Comics. Directing this project could potentially be Ron Howard.

The book is due to be released April 8.

The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft, created by Mac Carter and Jeff Blitz, takes aspect's of Lovecraft's life and uses those to make his nightmares a reality.

The script will be written by Mac Carter.

H.P. Lovecraft died in 1937. He "is considered one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th century."