Dreamcatcher (2003 film)

Dreamcatcher
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLawrence Kasdan
Screenplay by
Based onDreamcatcher
by Stephen King
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJohn Seale
Edited byCarol Littleton
Music byJames Newton Howard
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • March 21, 2003 (2003-03-21)
Running time
134 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$68 million
Box office$75.7 million

Dreamcatcher is a 2003 American science fiction horror film based on Stephen King's 2001 novel of the same name. Directed by Lawrence Kasdan and co-written by Kasdan and screenwriter William Goldman, the film stars Thomas Jane, Jason Lee, Damian Lewis, Timothy Olyphant, Morgan Freeman, Tom Sizemore, and Donnie Wahlberg. The film tells about four gifted friends who encounter an invasion of parasitic aliens while trying to find their long lost friend and evade a military organization that are hunting both them and alien activities.

Dreamcatcher was released on March 21, 2003 by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film received negative reviews and was a box-office bomb, having grossed $75.7 million against a $68 million budget.