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Across his career Stephen King has taken a cue from his own heroes (Richard Matheson and Hp Lovecraft), by always keeping his nib inked in the long and short story form – standing now as one of literature’s true masters in both of these writing styles.
In turn, his skills at putting together a scary tale are something that Hollywood and TV studios cottoned onto decades ago, churning out iterations of his stories, confident that they have the legs to stand up on screen.
The reason a lot of his adaptations collapse inwards like a nudged stack of dusty VHS cassettes is due to the way King writes, where he often creates a world, situation and sends us hurtling towards – usually – a dour, closed ending. The same goes for his shorts; as while most readers of this feature will agree that his best include the...
Across his career Stephen King has taken a cue from his own heroes (Richard Matheson and Hp Lovecraft), by always keeping his nib inked in the long and short story form – standing now as one of literature’s true masters in both of these writing styles.
In turn, his skills at putting together a scary tale are something that Hollywood and TV studios cottoned onto decades ago, churning out iterations of his stories, confident that they have the legs to stand up on screen.
The reason a lot of his adaptations collapse inwards like a nudged stack of dusty VHS cassettes is due to the way King writes, where he often creates a world, situation and sends us hurtling towards – usually – a dour, closed ending. The same goes for his shorts; as while most readers of this feature will agree that his best include the...
- 2/1/2016
- by Shaun Davis
- Obsessed with Film
Since the terms “remake” and “sequel” generally make film nuts grumpy, development executives, the film media and the blogosphere have embraced the notion of “reboots” as a happy medium. And even if you haven’t, that’s just tough, because there’s plenty of them on the way… and you know what? It’s not all bad news.
Besides X-Men: First Class, we’ll be seeing a new Fletch, a new Jack Ryan movie, and – as reported by 24 Frames – a new version of one of Stephen King‘s best and most terrifying novels, Pet Sematary. The original film from 1989 was directed by Mary Lambert and scripted by King himself and remains one of the most successful King adaptations, at least in terms of fan reception (A 1992 sequel was mostly ignored).
Now it appears a remake is in the works, according to a source close the project. Paramount executives have put...
Besides X-Men: First Class, we’ll be seeing a new Fletch, a new Jack Ryan movie, and – as reported by 24 Frames – a new version of one of Stephen King‘s best and most terrifying novels, Pet Sematary. The original film from 1989 was directed by Mary Lambert and scripted by King himself and remains one of the most successful King adaptations, at least in terms of fan reception (A 1992 sequel was mostly ignored).
Now it appears a remake is in the works, according to a source close the project. Paramount executives have put...
- 2/2/2011
- by Anthony Vieira
- The Film Stage
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