After Desperation, Sleepwalkers, Riding the Bullet and that horrendous 1997 adaptation of The Shining, you’d have thought that Stephen King would take the keys away from Mick Garris and never let him drive again. The Stand I’ll allow simply for being stupid, campy fun (though it could have been so much more than that!) but that filmography is the real horror story.
But he’s not stopping yet! Canadian website SeaandBeScene.com got word that the Garris is writing and directing Bag of Bones in Nova Scotia, which will be standing in for Maine. King’s story is about a writer with writer’s block (shock!) who deals with his wife’s death by going to a cabin on a lake and deals with all sorts of walking nightmares.
The mini-series will shoot from July 6th through August 31st and will air sometime on some TV channel to people who really ought to know better by now.
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It’s a shame. I actually remember Bag of Bones being a pretty good book.
Wasn’t this suppose to happen with Bruce Willis in the lead at some point? What happened to that adaptation?
Dang, King wrote a story about a writer? And he set it in Maine? And he has his protagonist see strange things happen? It’s amazing how the man can stay so original!
I love this book. I doubt he’ll pull it off.
as long as it contains the scene of an old man, whipping stones at a dude in a lake, i’m in.
I know I’ve read this but I literally can’t remember which story-about-a-writer this particular one was…
Isn’t Rob Reiner due another swing at King? He’s no Darabont, but he’s no Garris either.
Still waiting for The Long Walk adaptation. Would probably be devastating to watch on screen though.
Or a closer to the novella remake of The Running Man. Just reread it and its been long enough since 9/11 for that ending right? Great story tho
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