For a minute it seemed like every Stephen King property was destined for the screen.
Now, not so much, but there’s still plenty in the works.
For a while, it seemed like every week brought the announcement of a new King title.
What Happened to the Stephen King-naissance?
A half-baked 2022 remake ofFirestarterbarely made an impression with either theatergoers or streamers.
Harrigans Phoneon Netflix) or are still in some sort of active development or even production.
Others have seemingly vanished or stalled.
But its been a year and a half since weve last heard anything.
Bender has some fairly extensive King-related experience, working on shows likeMr.
MercedesandThe Outsider, but we havent heard a word about this one since.
Whether he plans to change things up for a different, dark fantasy aesthetic remains unknown for now.
Little has been heard since, and tellingly the movie does not currently appear onRamsays IMDb page.
As also noted earlier, Bender developed and co-produced theMr.
MercedesTV series, in which Holly was a main cast member played by Justine Lupe.
She was also portrayed by Cynthia Erivo in HBOs adaptation ofThe Outsider.
With Bender having worked extensively with Lupe onMr.
Mercedes) attached to write and direct the project respectively.
No premiere date has been announced, but production was slated to begin later in 2024 in Nova Scotia.
Andy has also apparently directed several episodes ofWelcome to Derry, with the nine-episode first season recentlywrapping production.
Its a relatively brief story set in a future where teleportation is widely used but with certain requirements.
The story really hinges on its shock ending, one of the best in Kings entire catalog.
Its difficult material to adapt, but if anyone can do it, its Flanagan.
Contestants who do either are shot to death by soldiers, and there can only be one winner.
Because you see, kids,The Long Walkis finally coming to the screen.
The Monkey
Did you enjoythe sleeper horror hitLonglegsat the movies recently?
The cast also includes Tatiana Maslany (She-Hulk: Attorney at Law) and Elijah Wood.
But it took a more satirical, action-oriented bent than Kings bleak, bitter novel.
Wright was interested in taking the new version back to the dark tone of the book.
Ive seen the newSalems Lotand its quite good, King wrote.
Not sure why WB is holding it back; not like its embarrassing, or anything.
Salems Lotwas adapted twice before, in 1979 and 2004, both times as a four-hour miniseries.
Neither was totally great nor totally bad, so a definitive version of this classic remains elusive.
Lets hope this is it…and that we get to see it someday.
Since then, however, crickets.
Wantapped Jeremy Slaterto script it after Slater previously created and oversaw the writing of FoxsThe ExorcistTV series.
PerhapsThe Tommyknockers, like a number of other hastily-announced King projects, will stay buried after all.
