A24 is working on a series of adaptations Stephen Kingdark fantasy novel fairy tale. Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy Movie, Manchester United 93, captain phillips) wrote the script for an unproduced feature film but remained involved in the project. The story this time will be told in ten episodes.
Greengrass’ script for the film will be expanded upon by the filmmakers alongside J.H. Wyman (“Fringe,” “Almost Human,” “Fragments”), who will also serve as showrunner.
The story centers on a 17-year-old boy who inherits the key to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher, both for that world and ours.
“Charlie Reed looked like an ordinary high school student, good at baseball and football and a decent student. But he carried a heavy burden. When he was seven, his mother was killed in a horrific accident. Losing his life, grief drove his father to alcoholism.
“Charlie learned how to take care of himself and his father. When Charlie was seventeen, he met a dog named Radar and her elderly owner, Howard Bowditch, a hermit who lived in a There is a locked shed in the backyard of a large house on top of a large hill that sometimes makes strange noises.
“Charlie started working for Mr. Bowditch and fell in love with Radar. Then, after Bowditch died, he left Charlie a tape telling a story that no one believed. Bowditch knew it, and spent his whole life They all keep the secret that there is a portal to another world inside the shed.
It’s a great good vs. evil story, and if the creative team adapts the source material correctly, it could make for a great series.
King wrote the book early in the pandemic when he asked himself, “What can you write about that makes you happy?”
He said: As if my imagination had been waiting for the question to be asked, I saw a huge deserted city – desolate but vibrant. I saw empty streets, haunted buildings, and a gargoyle head lying in the street.
“I saw smashed statues (I didn’t know it, but I eventually found them). I saw a huge palace with glass towers that reached into the sky. These images unleashed the story I wanted to tell.
Peter Rice will serve as executive producers alongside Greengrass, Wyman and King. Greengrass may serve as director.
I can’t wait to see how this show turns out!
Source: Deadline
