The Hollywood Reporter has an article saying that filmmaker Jonathan Demme has optioned the rights to Stephen King's upcoming novel, 11/22/63. Of course, this also happened with UTD right before it came out. There was speculation that HBO would be quickly making a mini-series, that has yet to materialize.
Demme is expected to write, direct and produce 11/22/63. I guess that means he got an advance copy and likes it a lot! King is expect to exec produce the movie if it "gets off the ground."
Fully Story Here: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/stephen-king-jfk-jonathan-demme-222328
Yeah, HBO needs to get crackin' on that miniseries of "Under the Dome."
ReplyDeleteAs for "11/22/63," I think it's pretty cool that someone as acclaimed -- and notoriously choosy of his projects -- as Jonathan Demme is this stoked about making a movie based on it. Demme hasn't exactly been chruning out the hits of late, of course, which is perhaps cause for slight concern. But hey, the dude made "The Silence of the Lambs" -- he gets a lifetime pass from me.