Yellowjacket Summer

Yellowjacket Summer is a horror feature adaptation in development at Coin Operated, the production banner founded by Gary Dauberman. Based on Robert R. McCammon's 1986 short story originally published in Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, the project has Daniel Kraus adapting the screenplay. Kraus, who won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel Angel Down, brings experience in genre storytelling through collaborations with Guillermo del Toro and George A. Romero. Dauberman will produce alongside Mia Maniscalco, president of Coin Operated, which operates under a first-look deal with Sony Pictures and Screen Gems. The story centers on a family terrorized by a supernatural swarm in rural Georgia. No director is currently attached, and the project remains in early development as Kraus scripts the adaptation.