Q&A
ENTERTAINMENT
TV
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BEST
SUMMER
EVER
BEST
HUFFINGTON
SUMMER
05.26.13
EVER
HUFFINGTON
05.26.13
KEVIN KNIGHT/ COURTESY OF CBS
Will a Stephen
King Book Finally Be
a Popular TV Series?
IVEN STEPHEN KING’S status as one of the best-selling
authors of all time, it’s surprising that his work hasn’t been
more successful on screens large and small. There have
been well-regarded film adaptations such as Stand By Me,
Misery, Carrie and The Shawshank Redemption, of course,
but quite a few movie misfires as well. On the small screen,
crowd-pleasing adaptations of King’s work have been even
more rare, which is especially odd, given TV’s current obsession with dark themes and edgy, blood-spattered fare.¶
Of course, there’s much more to King than horror, and one
PHOTO OR ILLUSTRATION CREDIT TK
Brian K.
Vaughan,
writer and
executive
producer of
Under the
Dome, a
Stephen King
adaptation
coming
to CBS.