BIG DRIVER is headed to LIFETIME



The hollywoodreporter has news that Big Driver will be a Lifetime small screen adaptation.  The article notes that Big Driver marks the first collaboration between King and the A+E Networks-owned female-skewing cable network.

Here's the highlights from the Hollywood Reporter:

  • The show will star Maria Bello as Tess Throne.
  • She will be joined by Olympia Dukakis, Joan Jett and Will Harris also star in the revenge tale adaptation, expected to premiere this fall. 
  • Production begins in Halifax, Nova Scotia, this summer.
  • Poduced by Ostar Productions and executive produced by Bill Haber (The Trip to Bountiful) and Jeffrey Hayes (A Day Late and a Dollar Short). 
  • The screenplay was adapted by Richard Christian Matheson (Masters of Horror, Happy Face Killer)
  • Directed by Mikael Salomon (Drew Peterson: Untouchable).

Finally, the article reminds us that CELL, starring Sameul L. Jackson, is in postproduction.

4 comments:

  1. Wow. A Lifetime movie about a rape. Surprising.

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  2. Actually, I kind of was, too. But I probably shouldn't have been; in retrospect, it seems kind of obvious.

    It's not one of my favorite King stories, so I can't honestly say I'm too excited about this one.

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