Michael Rechtshaffen at vancouver.24hrs has a neat article that proposes Stephen King will once again rule the movies – like he did in the 1980's.
Rechtshaffen writes, “Back in the 1980s, it was hard to go to the movies without buying tickets to something that didn't have Stephen King's imprint on it -- from The Shining to Stand By Me, from Cujo to Christine.”
Of course, he notes, they weren’t all “gems.” And, he says, good memories have been clouded by duds like. . . are you ready? . . . The Mist and Dreamcatcher. Now, what was wrong with The Mist? Except the ending, which was truly awful – the movie was great. It captured the tone and actually deepened the characters. Conversely, I have no defense to offer for the Dreamcatcher movie. I suggest they remake it into a mini-series.
Rechtshaffen then reviews recent movie news that he thinks set the stage for a “King-sized comeback.” YES! There’s Ron Howard and The Dark Tower, Ben Affleck and The Stand, jonathan Demme and 11/22/63, and then there’s the upcoming Carrie.
Leaves me wondering: What’s the status of the IT remake? And the pet Semetery remake ?
The full article is HERE.
Rechtshaffen needs to slow his roll a bit. Of all of those projects, the only one that seems to actually have any forward momentum is "Carrie." So who knows, maybe we'll see a new renaissance of King movies ... but odds seem to be just as good that we won't!
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