Upcoming film adaptations: >It: Part 1 – The Losers' Club (September 8, 2017) >It: Part 2 – Pennywise (2018) >The Dark Tower (August 4, 2017) >Gerald's Game (2017) >Firestarter (TBA)
Upcoming TV series adaptations: >Mr. Mercedes (2017) >The Mist (2017) >Castle Rock (TBA)
There has also been a lot of talk of doing a film adaptation of The Stand but all of that talk has so far lead nowhere.
Are you looking forward to any of the upcoming adaptations, Sup Forums? Gerald's Game will probably be good since it's being directed by Mike Flanagan.
>>The Mist (2017) Why? We already have the Frank Darabont film.
Jayden Murphy
Langoliers > rest
Parker Howard
Apparently, it's not even going to have monsters. The Mist just makes you go crazy.
Aaron Scott
That sounds lame. Didn't the original short story have monsters?
Parker Ross
You could find an answer faster than it took to make your inane post.
Julian Wood
Damn, no need to be a dick. Anyway, I looked it up and it turns out the short story did have monsters. So the TV series is gonna be The Mist in name only. Bravo Hollywood.
Isaiah Turner
Salems Lot is my favourite King book. I dont know if they tried to option it as a film during the vampire craze.
Insomnia could make a great movie. I wouldnt mind another adaption of The Running Man which sticks closer to the open manhunt concept of the book.
Favourite King movie is Carrie. Christine is comfy.
Carter Ramirez
langoliers is pure tv movie kino
Aaron Stewart
>Salems Lot is my favourite King book. I dont know if they tried to option it as a film during the vampire craze. Well, in the early 2000s they did another TV miniseries adaptation. I have no idea if it's any good. Check out the 1979 TV miniseries if you haven't already, it's pretty good. >I wouldnt mind another adaption of The Running Man which sticks closer to the open manhunt concept of the book. Yeah, the Arnie film is a lot of fun but it's nothing like the book. >Favourite King movie is Carrie. Christine is comfy. Both are fantastic. My favorite King movie is The Shining.
Grayson Scott
isn't The Jaunt supposed to be getting an adaption or was that binned
Justin Jackson
>Gerald's Game (2017) Really?? who has been picked to play as whats her face? Hopefully pic related
Christopher Powell
That miniseries scared the shit out of me when I was a kid. I'm sure the CGI has aged badly but what about the rest of it? Should I re-watch it?
James Ramirez
I did enjoy the short story. Interesting way to look at time and such
Elijah Clark
Just looked it up >Carla Gugino as Jessie Burlingame, Gerald’s wife
Decent casting, Carla isn't as hot as MEW but she's bangable.
Joshua Miller
oh ok. could be worse
Zachary Murphy
Anyone here seen The Dead Zone adaptation? I thought it was pretty damn creepy and well done (although the book is better).
Jonathan Collins
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Jose Bennett
>My favorite King movie is The Shining.
I read the book recently and i can understand why Kubrick changed or left out some things. That being said, i became more attatched to the characters in the book than in the film. That made some of the more outlandish elements palatable. I think that is Kings strenght; he could have a washing machine come to life and still make you empathise with the characters and their situation.
Jack Martinez
Yeah, I figured the CGI would look laughable nowadays. What about the other stuff though? Is the acting any good?
Cameron Flores
i haven't watched in a very long time but other than the ridiculous cgi i thought it was comfy
Parker Morris
Why did that retard change the ending? Somebody in front of me chuckled when the army showed up 10 seconds later.
Leo Baker
What if they made a Gunslinger series which cut back and forth between his younger years and the search for The Man In Black.
Id love for them to make a Lonesome Dover type mini series.
Lincoln Clark
Acting is 100% shit but it's still great
Robert Reyes
I hate how King said he wished he thought of that ending when he was writing it.
Its not first stupid thing hes said though.
Levi Reed
I don't know, go find some Frank Darabont interviews. I would guess he changed it because the original ending was a lot less climactic and memorable. This kinda thing happens all the time when a book is adapted to film. Fight Club is another instance where the ending to the film is a lot bigger than the ending to the book.
Evan Morgan
>original ending was a lot less climactic and memorable. Everyone who's brought up the movie either thinks the endings is too edgy or too stupid. It wasn't until I got on the internet that people pretended Frank Darabont isn't a hack.
Jose Butler
I'm looking forward to a sewer gangbang
Evan Bailey
King is a fantastic writer when he sticks to mundane things. He seems to shit the bed in the third act though... mostly because I think he REALLY really wants to Lovecraft and starts introducing AYYYLMAOs, old gods, and the like.
Colton Smith
Id say its because he spends over 3/4s of the novels developing the characters and then rushes to the end.
Ethan Hill
I've never had a problem with the ending. Although I haven't watched The Mist since 2008.
Cooper Reed
This.
Jordan Martinez
Misery and Carrie have great endings though.
Alexander Lewis
11.22.63
sadie
enough said
Lincoln Sanchez
I have no idea, the last time we got any word on that was 2015.
Mason Martin
the only one im consterned is tdt p much a new retake so all the saga of blaine the train and the cibertronic bear ditched
Josiah Nelson
stephen king is a hack fraud who is only known because of the stanley kubrick films
maximum overdrive was laughable
it is quiet obvious that he is not as smart as he attempts to be
hes like a worse george lucas
Ryder Williams
Misery was great, but, again it was all about mundane horror. There were no spoops just a acrazy bitch.
Dominic Ross
>stephen king is a hack fraud who is only known because of the stanley kubrick films This is objectively wrong, Stephen King was a massive success long before Stanley Kubrick adapted The Shining.
Zachary Howard
the only people who would read his crap were soccer moms
Liam Collins
why is king so fucking shit at writing endings to his novels? they all literally end with an asspull or with nothing happening
short stories are awesome though
Asher Ross
I didn't know soccer moms were into fantasy epics.
Benjamin Hall
>why is king so fucking shit at writing endings to his novels? Every time I ask people to explain what is wrong with the ending of IT they refuse to answer.
Logan Bennett
i did empathize witht the washing machine in that one too
Levi Moore
id say his ayyylmasos are the best in any book i really like tommyknockers the idea of caveman aliens is classic
Lincoln Roberts
>Stephen King was a massive success long before Stanley Kubrick adapted The Shining. >posts an example that literally rides on the kubrick movie
Owen Kelly
I'm pretty sure King has been well known ever since 1975. Salem's Lot, The Shining, The Stand and The Dead Zone were all big hits, Brian De Palma's film adaptation of Carrie was also a big hit.
Matthew Morris
>no IT series with ?? episodes
How many ~55 minute episodes would you need to turn the entire IT novel into a TV series?
Grayson Gutierrez
>>posts an example that literally rides on the kubrick movie What? How the hell does The Stand ride on Kubrick's adaptation of The Shining? The Stand came out in 1978 and was a best seller long before 1980.
Bentley Lewis
I think the Stand is their endgame. Every talk of adaptation has had huge all star casts proposed.
They're going to follow the marvel universe, make a lot of movies until it gains steam, then they have enough money to make a proper Stand movie
What's worth reading from recent King? I couldn't make it through Duma Key or Lisey's Story since I thought they were pretty boring but I did read both when they first came out so my opinion of them may change on a re-reading. I've heard very good things about the JFK book and Under the Dome.
Brayden Bennett
Wow that was shit. Couldn't hear anything over the music and it relied too much on how creepy the clown looked.
Matthew Roberts
Fucking terrible.
Luis Cox
Thanks. I'll watch it when I get home.
Logan Hill
If it's so terrible why do we have more likes than dislikes?
Bentley Martinez
>Growing up, always avoided reading King because my mom (who has a similar taste in literature as I) kept saying that his books were "too scary for any sane person to read" >Assumed this meant they were just gory shlock and that I wouldn't enjoy them >Start reading It >The book isn't frightening at all >It's wonderfully written >Realistically acting characters and good dialogue
Why the fuck did I listen to my mom. She's also convinced that "Stephen King probably died a long time ago" because "most of his stuff came out in the 70's and 80's, so he's probably long retired or dead" despite him only being thirteen years older than her.
Also, is the older film adaption of It good? Or is it a bit dated?
Daniel Thompson
The Langoliers aged like milk, but it was crazy in a way that was interesting.
Hudson Richardson
the stand won't work without a truly massive budget, an epic like that needs a massive amount to be pulled off without appearing taccy.
James Bell
Fuck this guy. The sewer scene destroyed any hopes of me having respect in him
William Rivera
It'd be like The Walking Dead moneywise.
Caleb Russell
You don't like gangbangs? You some kind of faggot? There was a child rape scene in another one of his books.
Justin Sullivan
geralds game is about child molesting necrophelia and bdsm
Adrian Russell
>Tfw Star Wars, Marvel and Stephen King cinematic universes will all cross over with one another
>Avengers #9000 >Loki is pissed he managed to subjugate or defeat the Avengers for the millionth time, as he's praying to some sort of God to help him he hears cackling of laughter from the shadows and the click of wheels >Loki : "Who are you?" > Close up on Flagg's boots as they click against the pavement. Flagg: "Why I'm a better you than you'll ever be" >End credits
Benjamin Cook
Thanks for reminding me why I don't read his books. I'd watch porn if my intention was to get a raging hard-on.
Ryan Watson
>> Close up on Flagg's boots as they click against the pavement. Flagg: "Why I'm a better you than you'll ever be" That was so fucking terrible that you'll probably get a job writing for whatever the next Marvel movie is.
Lucas Turner
Hello edgelord
Andrew Bailey
Good to know it will make me billions then.
Matthew Jackson
Well I actually thought I was into that shit until I witnessed a certain italian entrée with cheese. I was pretty disgusted tbqh. That shit cured me immediately.
Austin Gomez
Its also one of the worst King novels. Why its being adapted when there are easily a dozen better choices for King adaptation is beyond me.
Bentley Robinson
so...will knowing the old version of IT and how bad it is ruin my experience with the new version?
Grayson Moore
>it's a /t(eenyboppers)v/ pretends they've ever read a book in their life episode
Stephen King is the greatest American storyteller of all time.
Andrew Edwards
Half of it is pretty good up to the point where the second half starts, then it goes to the shitter.
Justin Diaz
>Not Pynchon, Wallace, Mccarthy or Don Delilo
Hudson Gonzalez
>quickly googling authors you've never read so you sound smart
Josiah Gutierrez
The Stanley suicide is my favorite use of onomatopoeia.
Blake Edwards
His anthologies are his best work, IMO. Four Past Midnight, Different Seasons (The Body/Stand By Me, Shawshank and Apt Pupil are from this), Nightmares and Dreamscapes, Everything's Eventual and Full Dark, No Stars are great.
Full length novels, Dr Sleep and Revival are pretty good from his recent stuff. He's pretty much detective shit now, which I don't care for.
Luke Jackson
What does that mean??
Jason Lee
The first half of the It miniseries is pretty good, the second half is heavily flawed but not terrible. I would say it's worth a watch but don't go in with high expectations.
Dylan Edwards
Stfu weeb
Cameron Davis
Probably 10 episodes. Back in the late 80s George A. Romero wanted to do an 8-10 hour adaptation that would've included nearly everything from the book but the studio got nervous over the length and he eventually walked away from it.
Angel Morales
>in the early 2000s they did another TV miniseries adaptation It's much truer to the book than the Tobe Hooper TV movie. Part of me likes it more, but there are some iconic scenes in the Hooper version, even if it's a sloppier film. I like em both.
Easton Ramirez
The CGI is so bad that its scary.
Colton Foster
It's Cronenberg. Course it's great. Probably my favorite of his horror adaptations.
Aaron Nelson
>Apt Pupil That is an underrated adaptation of his. Liked it a lot.
Nicholas Adams
Holy shit really? The Jaunt is my favorite Stephen King story.
If anyone has a few minutes you should all read it.
Juan Wilson
the only story that acctually frightens me so if anyone here finds out im in a coma somewhere with brain acttivity come and blow my brains out
James Sanchez
Such a great and incredibly scary concept. And I really like how effective the story is in making you interested in seeing it yourself so you can imagine having the same idea as the kid.
Ethan Peterson
Yep, just thinking about the punchline is giving me goosebumps.
And I know there was a student film of Suffer the Little Children, of which I've seen a trailer that looked decent.
And some horror anthology TV show did Grandma, another favorite.
Xavier Reyes
>Yep, just thinking about the punchline is giving me goosebumps. "It's longer than you think, Dad! Longer than you think!"
Nathan Diaz
What am I missing?
Parker Cooper
>Gerald's Game They're actually making a movie about some slut being handcuffed to a bed for 99% of the running time?
Jack Torres
>Doctor Sleep might get a film adaptation
Connor Allen
>It: Part 2 – Pennywise THE TURTLE AND IT LANDING ON EARTH CONFIRMED?
Jaxson Carter
>maybe I can be your THICC tonight master
Wyatt Sanchez
This
Part of being a Stephen King fan is to completely ignore the man himself. He's such a dumb bitch.
Jeremiah Davis
I met him once and he was really weird and uncomfortable to talk to. Had him sign my copy of Charlie the Choo Choo.