Author Jay Bonansinga, best known for writing “The Walking Dead” novels based on the Robert Kirkman comic-book series, is working on a movie adaptation of his supernatural thriller “Self Storage.” Bonansinga, who was a featured guest earlier this month during a “Heroes & Villains Fan Fest” event in Nashville, Tenn., revealed the news during an interview.

“I will be working with one of my favorite actors, Lew Temple. I thought of Lew, and I knew he would crush this,” Bonansinga told the source. “He often plays villains, psychopaths, convicts and outsiders.”

No additional details about the project were reported.

Released in 2016, the “Self Storage” story revolves around Johnny Fitzgerald, a lonely, divorced graphic illustrator with a heroin habit. When Johnny accidentally gets trapped inside a deserted self-storage facility with his 6-year-old son, he is forced to face demons both real and imagined.

The hardcover version of the novel was the first entertainment-specific product added to the Inside Self-Storage Store, an e-commerce website specializing in research and education products for industry professionals. “Self Storage” is 213 pages and priced at $24.95.

Bonansinga has authored about two-dozen novels, including the “The Black Mariah,” “Lucid,” “The Sinking of the Eastland” and “Shattered.”

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Fan Fest, 5 Minute Sit-Down with ‘The Walking Dead’ Novelist, Jay Bonansinga