Stephen King will continue to scare the hell out of you for years to come. Here are all of the King movies and TV shows in development!
Stephen King is one of the most prolific and successful writers working today. Since 1974, with the publication of Carrie, his debut novel about a troubled girl with telekinetic powers, King has been raising the bar in the horror and mystery genres.
Perhaps it's his B-movie sensitivity that really makes his ghoulies shine, but its really about how the prose flows in his novels and countless short stories -- they aren't your normal fast-paced reads for the most part. King takes his time building tension and suspense. Like a boy slowly turning the crank on a jack-on-the-box, King masterfully works his way to the final moment of horror. No one has painted a page with more terror than the master of pop horror himself.
That's why he's so deeply rooted in our culture, and has managed to infiltrate every sector of entertainment in the world. From e-books to comics to musicals, King has conquered them all. Besides books, King's work has seen MAJOR success in movies and TV. The Shawshank Redemption is an instant classic of mystery and drama, while Carrie continues to scare us all half to death.
And he's not done yet.
Here's a list of all the upcoming movies and TV shows adapted from the work of Stephen King:
11/22/63
The premise of this show is as Stephen King as it gets: a guy must go back in time and stop the Kennedy assassination. Anyone who's familiar with The Dark Towerseries and The Dead Zonewill recognize a recurring theme: altering the past before it affects the future.
In 11/22/63, a guy named Jake steps through a pantry that magically transports him back to 1958 -- plenty of time to stop Lee Harvey Oswald from killing the President. As expected, Jake discovers on his journey that some things are better left in the past.
J.J. Abram's Bad Robot production company has acquired the rights to adapt this novel into a TV show. Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs) was working on the script, but he dropped out over disagreements on the direction the show should take. Bummer.
Ayana
This is one of King's "miracle" tales -- the most famous of which is The Green Mile. A man is dying of pancreatic cancer until he meets a mysterious blind little girl named Ayana. She kisses the dying man's cheek and...you can pretty much guess what happens next.
NBC wants to turn this into a TV show. Chris Sparling (Buried) is writing the pilot. Ben Haber (Across the Universe) is set to produce, while Jordan Kerner (Less Than Zero) will executive produce. No director or cast have been announced at this time.
Big Driver
Lifetime recently announced it would adapt King's novella of the same name, starring Mario Bello (Prime Suspect), rock legend Joan Jett, and Olympia Dukakis (Sinatra). Richard Christian Matheson (Masters of Horror) is penning the adaptation and Mikael Salomon (Drew Peterson: Untouchable) is directing. "Big Driver" is about a mystery writer who is on the road when she runs into a sadistic killer. What happens leaves her scarred for life, but it's not enough to stop her from getting her revenge.
The Breathing Method
This is Stephen King showing off his literary chops as well as the campfire storytelling voice he's mastered: a pregnant woman is so determined to have her baby that even after being decapitated in a freak car accident, she continues to push...but that's not even the most mysterious part. More intriguing is the weird gentlemen's club that gets together to tell this story and others beside a fire. The club appears in several stories, including "The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands."
You get a sense of King's shared universe in these stories, and this could easily be the jumping off point for some kind of anthology film/series. For now, Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity) is producing a feature film, but has yet to set it up at Universal. Scott Derrickson (Doctor Strange) is set to direct.
Of course, now that Derrickson has been chosen to direct Doctor Strange, this film will most likely go on the back burner...
Cell
This is King's big zombie story. He's written a couple of other short stories, including the great "Home Delivery" from Nightmares & Dreamscapes, but this is the one he will be remembered for. The zombies in Cellaren't your typical brain-eating monsters. Instead, it's a strange cell phone signal from an unknown source that turns most of humanity into a zombie hive mind, whose goal is to turn the remaining humans into zombies. Sure, it's all chaos at first, but the monsters begin to organize in a weird way, kind of like in George A. Romero's Land of the Dead.
Eli Roth (Hostel) talked about adapting this novel into a feature film a few years back, but that didn't happen. Instead, it's currently in production eyeing a 2015 release. It stars John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman, and Owen Teague. The film will be directed by Todd "Kip" Williams (Paranormal Activity 2), with King and Adam Alleca (Last House on the Left remake) writing the screenplay.
Children of the Corn
This short story turned movie doesn't really need an introduction. You can read the story in Night Shift or watch the original 1984 film if you want to know what the fuss is all about. "Children of the Corn" is a horror classic about a murderous cult of corn-worshipping children. That's it. Just check it. Although there have been nine films already, Warner Bros. wants to make another. Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw 2) will reportedly direct with Jon Bokenkamp (The Blacklist) writing the script.
Creepshow 4
Who remembers the guy who is being hunted down by roaches? Or that guy who is buried alive by his nemesis? Remember when Stephen King was turned into a plant monster from outer space? If so, then you must be one of the horror buffs who watched the original Creepshow, a collaboration between King and George A. Romero (Dawn of the Dead) that soon proved to be a match made in heaven.
An homage to classic EC and DC horror comics, Romero and King created a horror anthology movie masterpiece that still stands as one of the best in the genre. The rumor is Warner Bros. is interested in making another sequel or a possible remake. It would be interesting to see them tap someone like Ti West (V/H/S) to direct.
The Dark Tower
If there was a Stephen King cinematic universe, The Dark Towerwould undoubtedly be its Avengers. The series of books ties most of King's book together in a very large web of monsters, magic, and alternate timelines. Inspired by The Lord of the Rings trilogy and spaghetti westerns, King created the anthem of all geekdom. The books are full of magic, gunslingers, sorcerors, battles on horseback, time-travel portals, evil A.I., vampires, demons, werewolves, and giant parasite-infested robotic bears. Why haven't they made a movie already?
Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind) has been trying to make this movie for years. At one point, he even tapped Javier Bardem for the lead role of Roland Deschain, the last gunslinger, who must travel to the eponymous Dark Tower in order to stop the Crimson King from tearing fabric of reality apart.
Now it looks like Russell Crowe (A Beautiful Mind) might play the role of Roland along with Idris Elba (Pacific Rim) in an unspecified role. Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) has also met with Howard about a part. Writer Akiva Goldsman and producer Brian Grazen, both of A Beautiful Mind fame, are also attached to move this adaptation along.
The big problem is getting a studio to finance such an ambitious project. The idea includes film and TV series that would tell the entire story in the most faithful way possible. Universal almost bought into it at one point and HBO had the television rights. Now it's rumored that Media Rights Capital will produce the film. Who knows anymore.
Firestarter
This isn't the first time a girl discovers she has crazy powers in a King novel nor would this be the first Firestarter film -- the original starred little Drew Barrymore in 1984. The story is about a father and daughter with unnatural powers, which were brought upon by experiments performed on them by a secret government organization called The Shop. Basically, The Shop want to capture the duo to exploit their powers and experiment on them some more.
The Shop turn up in several of King's works, which could make it another vital part of a Stephen King cinematic universe. They would make pretty great villains. Maybe they could be the same guys from that gentlemen's club in "The Breathing Method."
Universal and the Dino De Laurentiis Co. will produce a new adaptation of Firestarter. Mark L. Smith (Vacancy) will write the screenplay. The idea is to give the film more edge than the original in an attempt to create a potential franchise. We wouldn't mind a Stephen King movie franchise about a secret organization that investigates the paranormal and does evil shit with it.
Gerald's Game
Husband and wife like to get kinky in bed. They especially like bondage. So they go on vacation to a secluded cabin in western Maine to get their extra freak on. Husband handcuffs wife to bed post. The game gets a little out of hand. Wife defends herself and accidentally kills husband. Now wife is all alone in cabin in the woods with no one to help her and a dead husband on the floor.
Things get worse. A lot of weird visions (and a crazy villain called the Space Cowboy) later, you've read one of King's darkest books.
With a striking sexual appetite, the book makes you uncomfortable very quickly. And now we'll be able to watch it unfold on the big screen, too. Mike Flanagan (Oculus) is at the helm of this adaptation, co-writing the script with Jeff Howard (Oculus). Intrepid Pictures will produce. The film will release sometime in 2015.
A Good Marriage
A recent novella, "A Good Marriage" is one of those stories that really showcases King's interest in the classic mystery yarn. There's the happy married couple and there's a mystery. When the wife realizes the truth about her husband, she must figure out a way to stop him from ever revisiting the grisly acts of his past. But by doing so, the wife becomes closer to her husband than ever before.
This is classic King. Peter Askin (Trumbo) will direct a screenplay written by King himself. Joan Allen (The Contender), Kristen Connolly (House of Cards), and Stephen Lang (Avatar) star. The film is planned for an October release.
Grand Central
Based on the short story "The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates," this TV show would tell the story of a widow who receives a call from her deceased husband, who predicts two tragedies that will alter her life forever. She'll probably spend most of the TV show preventing catastrophes, thanks to her husband's ridiculous disregard for her phone bill. The TV show comes from the former Dead Zonewriting team Sam Ernst and Jim Dunn, and is in development at ABC for a potential summer straight-to-series order.
IT
Basically, bring an extra pair of underwear to the theater. IT is one of the most terrifying and evil characters King has ever created. Taking the shape of a clown named Pennywise, IT eats little children and manipulates them into doing his bidding. IT's been around for centuries, returning every three decades to terrorize the town of Derry, Maine -- one of King's favorite places to have everyone murdered.
Although the novel was adapted into the classic 1990 television film starring Tim Curry (The Rocky Horror Show), IT will be reimagined as a feature film. Being split into two parts (I'm guessing so that the film makers can tell both the children and adult stories as accurately as possible), Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) will direct. Fukunaga will also co-write with Chase Palmer (Neo-Noir) and David Kajganich (The Invasion). The film will be produced by New Line Cinema.
Joyland
Joyland is the second of two paperbacks King has written for the Hard Case Crime series. The first is called The Colorado Kid and it's now a show called Haven on the Syfy channel.
Being part of a series of pulp books, King puts on his retro hat to spin out a yarn that takes places in 1973. Devin Jones is a college student who takes a job at Joyland, a carnival with a dark legacy. Devin is quickly thrust into a whodunit, as he races to find the person responsible for the grisly murders that have taken place throughout the carnival's history.
Tate Taylor (Winter's Bone) is directing and adapting the screenplay. Wyolah Films is producing. Aiming for a 2015 release, the film is still in pre-production.
Lisey's Story
This is one of those King novels you just don't see coming. A captivating supernatural love story, Lisey's Story is about a widow who must confront the absence of her late writer husband by traveling into an alternate world called "Boo'ya Moon" where her husband has left her a final gift to remember him by. She also has to escape a stalker who was obsessed with her husband and is now preying on her.
King writes a complex story about marriage, writing, mental illness, death, memory, and family history that really proves this guy can write about anything. Lisey's Story is certainly one of the best books of his later years.
Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars) is attached to write and direct the feature film, which is slated for a 2015 release.
The Long Walk
Suffer the teenage boys. That's pretty much what King (writing as Richard Bachman -- his infamous and much more vicious alter-ego) is all about in this novel. The Long Walk takes place in a dystopian future where the totalitarian government of the USA makes 100 teenage boys participate in a sick televised contest: a walking contest that only one kid will survive.
If you guessed that anyone who isn't the winner is shot dead by the army or dies of thirst/fatigue, then you guessed right. If you don't keep moving forward, you die.
Frank Darabont, super frequent King collaborator, has secured the rights and is planning a low-budget film. This has the potential to be a home run. Fun fact: this was the first novel King ever wrote, but he failed to publish until many years later.
Mercy
Based on the 1984 short story "Gramma," the story is about a boy who is stuck watching his gramma, a shapeless, sickly, old woman who is basically on the verge of death. Little does he know that this woman has no intentions of dying. Slowly but surely, the boy realizes his gramma is stronger than she seems.
This story has already been adapted into a famous 1986 episode of The New Twilight Zone, and now it's becoming a feature film. Frances O'Connor (Mr Selfridge), Mark Duplass (The Mindy Project), Dylan McDermott (American Horror Story), Joel Courtney (Super 8), and Chandler Riggs (The Walking Dead) are set to star. Peter Cornwell (The Haunting in Connecticut) will direct from a screenplay by King. The film is slated for later this year.
The Overlook Hotel
We all know how King feels about Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (he hates it, believe it or not), so here's a chance for Hollywood to redeem itself with King for the past "blunder." And what better way to make up for a "botched" adaptation than to follow it up with a prequel decades later...? Not sure what the plot will contain, but we figure it has something to do with a bunch of new guests of the haunted hotel. Glen Mazzara (The Walking Dead) is making this prequel for Warner Bros. and Mythology Entertainment.
Pet Sematary
ZOMBIE PETS. ANCIENT NATIVE AMERICAN BURIAL GROUNDS. CANNIBALISM. THE WENDIGO -- a demon that haunts the forest beyond the pet cemetery. Guys, who the hell thought it would be a good idea to bury all the dead cats together? CATS! King builds up a terrible situation until the gruesome explosion of horror by movie's end. David Kajganich (The Invasion) wrote the first draft of a screenplay before Paramount turned writing duties to Matthew Greenberg (1408). Producers Lorenzo Di Bonaventura (Transformers) and Steven Schneider (Paranormal Activity) are on board to guide the project.
Rose Madder
In retrospect, this is one of King's least favorite novels. Why? Probably because it's too conventional for King, even though the subject is very serious -- domestic violence. Wife has a terrible life with husband, so she runs away and starts a new life. But husband is on her trail to get her back. Feels like a Lifetime movie for a bit until the supernatural painting shows up, but even that seems a bit conventional for King in a weird way. It's the first time readers start to see the cracks in King's formula. Was he running out of monsters? Anyways, the movie is coming. Naomi Sheridan (In America) is working on the screenplay.
The Shop
Remember when I mentioned that whole business about how cool it would be to start movie franchise revolving around The Shop? Well, they're getting their own TV series thanks to TNT. What is in it's most basic form a sequel to Firestarter, will undoubtedly branch out to tell other Shop stories involving new characters with supernatural powers.
Charlie McGee will be back, once again running from an even more powerful Shop. Luckily, she'll have a guy named Henry Talbot, a former Shop employee, to guide her through her life as a fugitive.
The project is written by Robbie Thompson (Supernatural) and produced by James Middleton (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), Jaime Paglia (Eureka) and Thompson.
The Stand
A superflu called "Captain Trips" wipes out most of the world's population in King's mangum opus. It's all about surviving the apocalypse for the main characters in this monstrous novel. But it's not just a pandemic the survivors have to worry about. There's real evil out there. Enter Randall Flagg, the most notorious villain in the King universe. The evil wizard hippie dude has shown up in many of King's books and stories to f*** things up for the main characters. But The Stand is the best of those books, a true examination of good and evil.
Josh Boone is directing and writing this one, too. Nat Wolff (The Fault in Our Stars), who has already worked with Boone, is rumored to be in the cast. The film would be a 3-hour movie adaptation -- plenty of room, but it probably won't be as expansive as the 1994 TV series.
The Talisman
This is a fan favorite, which makes the lack of a big screen adaptation all the more surprising. The novel, written in collaboration with Peter Straub (Ghost Story), is about a boy who travels into another dimension to find a crystal known as "The Talisman," which could save his mother from dying of cancer. Boom! Story that will pull at your heart strings? Check. Add King's unique flair for the supernatural and endless bank of monsters, and you have one of the best adventure stories ever.
This adaptation has been in development hell for quite some time. Steven Spielberg was attached to produce a TV series at some point, but that fell through back in 2006. Frank Marshall (Raiders of the Lost Ark) is now trying to turn this novel into a feature film.
The Ten O'Clock People
This one's a little weird, and probably has a little to do with King's own life: a select few people who decide to quit smoking suddenly discover they have the ability to see that many of our world leaders are actually monsters disguised as people. It has something to do with a chemical imbalance. Either way, only King could come up with something like this. The film adaptation should be interesting. Tom Holland (Fright Night) is directing and writing the screenplay. Jay Baruchel (This Is The End) and Julie Browen star. Kathy Bates (Misery) and King himself are also rumored to appear. This film is slated for a 2015 release.
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Where is Dreamcatcher?
Dreamcatcher was a fantastic book, and I don't think the movie was too shabby either. Maybe there will be a remake in the future?
No way could any movie remake top The Stand miniseries, it was superb for its loyalty to the original story.
11/22/63 and The Long Walk! 2 stories I really want to see on screen! fantastic!
They made a dreamcather movie already. Its not that great to be honest.
Not Russell Crowe as Roland. But Aaron Paul as Eddie could work.
Dreamcatcher is already a movie and probably one of the most faithful Stephen King book-to-film adaptations there is. I wish they would have kept Mr. Gray's obsession with bacon and the ending was different but still pretty true to form. The book ending is in the special features as an alternate ending though.
Just to be "that guy", the protagonist's name in 11/22/63 is Jake, not Jack.
M-O-O-N spells don't remake this one ;)
Looking forward very much so, to Chandler Riggs in Gramma. He has gotten so good growing up on the walking dead---everyone hated him at first, a testament to his ability and growth as a young actor.
Thank you for the correction! So many similar Stephen King names, so little time!
What didn't you like about it? Thanks for reading!
I really enjoyed the film, too. Morgan Freeman should always be a crazed, eyebrow-toting bad guy! Thanks for reading!
I agree with you. Honestly, I'd rather just read the book than watch anything on screen! Thanks for reading!
The Long Walk is one of my favorite King books EVER! Thanks for reading!
I'm pretty Aaron Paul would play Eddie. Not sure who Idris Elba would play? Randall Flagg?
Gramma looks spooky, and Riggs will definitely bring depth to the character of George! Thanks for reading!
I've been waiting forever for the movie version of The Dark Tower!!! But Russel crowe as roland??? No way!! It would be such an epic movie I don't know why they wouldn't make the series
HAHAH I'm so glad Im not the only one that hates the Stanley Kubrick movie of "The Shining. I hated it and so does Stephen!! I always pictured Clint Eastwood as Roland, when he was about 20 years younger. Not Russell Crowe, he's too heavy and short.
Faithful? Half the book was removed!
Demme is no longer involved in 11/22/63: http://www.vulture.com/2012/12...
Now that Derrickson has been tapped for Doctor Strange, it looks like Breathing Method will go on the back burner.
There's this short story adaptation, which Tom Holland has been trying to get off the ground for a few years now...http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat...
And also these potential tv series in the works:
http://tvline.com/2014/05/14/t...
http://www.slashfilm.com/steph...
I hate that Rose Madder isn't more popular. Yes it was a little different but isn't king's versatility what we love about him? Interested to see a pet sematary remake. I felt like that version did not highlight what I felt were the best parts of the book. The long walk should be quite popular considering the amount of books made to movies with the same idea of a futuristic society. (hunger games, divergent, the maze runner.)
Agreed. The book was great but the movie seemed too cheesy.
Hi Rick, thanks for taking the time to find these! I will address all of them. Thanks for reading!
I have not read any of The Dark Tower series (please don't flog me), but I am happy it's finally getting made - my son loves them. There are so many on this list that I am beside myself about, though....one of my tops is Rose Madder. I know, I know, Kind didn't love it. A lot of people didn't. But having been in abusive relationships, Rose is one of my all time favorite characters. I really can't wait.
And I LOVE the ongoing casting of John Cusack.
I truly will never see anyone other than Jamey Sheridan as Randall Flagg. I am really looking forward to The Stand but I may have a hard time accepting the new cast.
I think I am too invested in these stories and movies. lol
Karin, I LIKED it. But I loved the TV miniseries. Was much better with King behind the wheel.
Johnathan Demme dropped 11/22/63 like a year and a half ago. Pretty disappointing.
Yeah, it is! We corrected it. Thanks for reading!
"Jonathan Demme wrote such a powerful portrait of serial killers in his masterful The Silence of the Lambs"
I think it's very unfair to portray Demme as responsible for Silence of the Lambs' being a 'powerful portrait'. The film was an extremely faithful adaptation of Thomas Harris's book; Demme did a good job adapting it, but he did not provide any of the material himself.
The Stand is great. Point blank. Thanks for reading!
Wasn't it King himself who envisioned Robert Duvall as Flagg? If so, they better move, that guy isn't getting any younger!
You're right! Either way, he's not attached to the project anymore. Thanks for reading!
Well I know I am stoked for most of these. Cell was an amazing book and I enjoyed reading IT and Gerald's game as well...I gotta check out some of these other ones though, especially 11/22/63....
Out of the ones you mentioned, IT is my favorite. I dug Cell, though. Thanks for reading!
It all comes together in The Dark Tower series. The entire King universe is connected. Check it out ASAP! Thanks for reading!
The Long Walk kicks those other dystopian books in the face. Long live the King! Thanks for reading!
Who would you tap for Roland?
That would be awesome for the Man in Black aka Randall Flagg aka Walter o'Dim aka like 10 other evil dudes! Thanks for reading!
Don't know about all the remakes/re-imaginings/re-structuring blahblahblah but if they want to make film from one of King's books, pick up on something that hasn't been done!! Let's face it, there are enough out there! 'Insomnia' (ties in nicely with The Dark Tower too), Duma Key - one of his best, I reckon, and if you want a bit of back-story to Randall Flagg, why not go with 'Eye of the Dragon'? That's my three-pen'orth in!
I've read roughly half of his books and haven't found one yet that I don't like, but Rose Madder has actually been my favorite for quite some time. It always makes me happy to see someone else who appreciates it.
Maybe I should reread it....Thank you for reading!
The Eyes of the Dragon would be soooooo awesome! And would fit in with the Game of Thrones craze! Good idea! Insomnia seems unfilmable to me for some reason....Duma Key would work. Would love to see Wireman on screen! Thanks for reading!
Please not Russel Crowe!!! He already ruined one of my favorite characters ever, Javert. He just ISN'T Roland Deschain. Who says you need a big name A List star for the role? Part of the appeal of Roland is the mystery behind him. Find someone unknown, there has to be ONE insanely talented undiscovered actor out there.
Can anyone tell me wtf is up with Kings "Kingdom Hospital"?? I bout the DVD set of 7 episodes (and it says "the entire series", and it just leaves you hanging! Nothing is solved! It's (and I hate to say this about a Stephen King piece) disappointing! Is that really all there is??
How can they try to do The Stand justice by condensing it into a 3 hour movie? It's going to cut way too much out. They should do what they're doing for The Hunger Games and Lord of the Rings.... try to remain as faithful to the book as possible and make it into seprate films. Have the first one be the plague hitting and the second be the fallout. I understand that they can't really make a movie that is line for line the book but to really do it justice they need to make it as raw and uncensored as possible.
Dark Tower is his Magnum opus not The Stand. That's what he said during an interview anyways.
All of you need to go read all 8 dark tower books. You'll forget all about the stand. Hell they even go thru the stands world in the dark tower. Come on people!!
Does anyone want to know how Walter o Dim (RF) really does?
Andrew Lincoln could do it. Eastwood could have done it...20 years ago. Maybe Gerard Butler if he un-bulked a bit. Then he could be capable of singing The Rice Song and dancing The Commala. He would have been a better choice than Crowe in Les Mis too! lol
Agreed! You really should read them! I'm in a group on FB (The Path of the Beam II) and we are working on starting a read along starting with The Gunslinger soon. You should find us!!
Andrew Lincoln would be an interesting choice. Only if Chandler Riggs could be young Roland in the Wizard and Glass portion of the story!
SOOO stoked for IT and Gerald's Game.
I know this isn't totally along the lines of "use a no-name" though if they can find a great one, I'm with you (crowe killed me over Javert too), but I saw a graphic somewhere that pointed out that the current main group in The Walking Dead is basically Roland's Ka-Tet! (Rick/Roland, Michonne/Susannah, Carl/Jake, Daryl/Eddie) I thought it fit superbly except that Chandler Riggs would HAVE to do his hair blonde, no exceptions.
It was horrible and got cancelled?
YES!! He would be great for that part too! He has those great blue eyes! And he's about the right age too. I've heard it suggested that he could be Jake, but he's too old now, but I could see Chandler being a great young Roland.
I hated it too, worry not. I did enjoy the mini-series quite a lot.
I like Idris Elba, so I could handle making Roland black.
I always thought a younger, shaggier Tom Skerrit would have worked as Flagg.
Agreed. Sinise and Malkovich are irreplaceable.
I cannot wait for Gerald's Game and Rose Madder and remakes of IT, The Stand, Firestarter and Pet Sematary.
I'd love to see Duvall play Flagg.
They need to do a movie to Insomnia.
Pretty sure John Malkovich wasn't in The Stand.
No, you're right, he was with Sinese in "Of Mice And Men".
Has it been mentioned yet? 'Cell' is in post-production already. Finally, this one is looking good after quite some trouble finding the budget
Right? Ron Howard can NOT do The Dark Tower, and Russell Crowe would be a god-awful Roland. My top choices would be Javier Bardem or Viggo Mortensen... or even Liam Neeson, if he could pull himself together to be in good movies again, because he has the potential to be a phenomenal actor
Right, i always pictured Clint Eastwood as Roland. He has a son Scott that is an actor who'd make a great Roland. But just about anyone would be better than Russel Crowe.
I would love to see Eye of the Dragon. That's the main reason I read this article, I was hoping to see it listed.
A 3 hour movie for The Stand? ummmm screw that!!!
only Eastwood could play Roland, since Roland is basically King's version of Clint, But he is too old now. Daniel Day Lewis could be Roland or maybe Hugh Jackman. Ben Foster as Eddie. Flagg could be Jonny Debt bad as I hate to suggest it
Ben Foster as Eddie. and I tihnk Jack Sparrow would be a good Walter O'Dim (Padick)
Good point! That would be rad! Thanks for reading!
Ben Foster as Eddie is a great idea! Thanks for reading!
Daniel Day Lewis as Roland is a FANTASTIC idea! Call Josh Boone up!
Yeah, I'm not feeling it either. Maybe it's only The Gunslinger? I just want to see a Wolves of the Calla movie to be honest...Thanks for reading!
Rose Madder!!!!!!!!!!
My two cents for Roland would be Timothy Olyphant. Seems almost like a young version of Clint.
I think you're confusing the Stand with The Dark Tower.
Don't waste your time with The Dark Tower. After the fourth book, it goes downhill quick.
Up to a point. So much content is missing, so many side stories, they had to adapt some of it.
However I will agree that I don't see how a movie could top it. The cast was superb, the adaptation amazing, the production values were great.
Hahah ur right. I've answered so many of these today...lol. Thanks for reading!
I am all for two full length IT movies !!!!!!! Leave everything else alone
+1 for using Idris Elba for Roland. Absolutely.
Clint would have been perfect for the role of Roland back in his Spaghetti Western days, but now I can only see Viggo Mortenson playing Roland. Bardem is a great actor, but just not right for the part. And hell no to Crowe... Double hell no to Cusack (whom I like, but in a "Better Off Dead" way).
Yeah, but sometimes the connections come at the expense of some pretty ambitious retconning. Bringing the priest into The Dark Tower? Making Speedy a gunslinger? Makes me wonder how Straub feels about his work being co-opted by someone else's literary universe. (I'm sure he's fine with it - still weird though).
I am at book 3 of the dark tower, and lots of reading left... I would love to see this made to movie with Liam Neeson as Roland! Think he would be great in this role!
I think either Josh Brolin or the lead character from AMC's "Hell On Wheels" For the part of Roland.
I thought the casting was weak. The only character I felt was cast correctly was Tom Cullin. Bill Fagerbakke pulled that one off to perfection.
I'd love to see the Dark Tower on screen, but not as a trilogy as Ron Howard stated he wanted to do. I just can't accept hacking that story (same as The Stand) to fit into 9 (max) hours of film.
PET SEMETARY: Zombie pets? Cats? Cannibalism? Who WROTE that Piece of S**t info? It's Wrong! There was only ONE cat. NONE of the buried dead from the ONE Native Burial Ground were "Zombies" they were just vessels for other wayward souls to use from the sour grounds. And yes, a Wendigo in the woods, Not a Demon.
For me, The Stand is King's greatest book ever. And while there were some good actors/acting in the made for TV version, it fell short overall and was way too abridged. I feel the story deserves the best of everything, ie directors, producers, actors and effects. The monster effects in the TV version were cheesy and the story line was too far from the book in too many places. I don't think 3 hours is enough to do this work of art justice. I do have to give credit where it's due for some of the acting. I think that with the proper respect, resources and attention, The Stand could become the next mega trilogy, and second to none with the possible exception of the LOTR. Put it back closer to the book's story line and maybe even using some of the same actors. Throw in today's seamless computer generated effects and make it as easily believable as the LOTR Trilogy. This is a story that is worth doing right. And while I am a die hard King fan, and love most of his books, (not his politics), The Gunslinger/Dark Tower is the only other King book story that deserves as much or maybe more attention than The Stand IMHO.
Russell Crowe as Roland??? NO. Just NO! With a bit of make-up to age him, Benedict Cumberbatch might do nicely. Javier Bardem would have been good, or Jeffery Dean Morgan.James Marsters might work since he finally started to age. He's got the hollow jawed thing going on. But I think I would really prefer the whole film be cast with talented unknowns or near-unknowns.
Agreed... The Long Walk is a masterpiece. All of the Bachman books, actually, are really good. Roadwork was good from memory.
lol plenty of room for the stand you are clearly a moron who doesn't understand book to movie translation what so ever.
Uh, it was O.K. It is the best we have but there is a LOT that could be improved by a real 4 part 3 hour each movie series or a series on hbo.
Personally, I'd like to see Christopher Walken as Randall Flagg.
I wish all of Stephen Kings books could be made into a mini series, a move of 90 minutes or so just isn't enough time to tell the whole story.
Javier Bardem would be an awesome Roland. But that is just because he seems like the type that Roland is in other things I've seen him in