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Alongside originative spouse Trevor Macy, Haunting of Hill House's Mike Flanagan has revealed the adjacent communicative he'll produce—and it's a Stephen King classic. Find retired which spooky communicative here.
The Midnight Club Cast Talks Spooky New Netflix Series
Stephen King is getting the Mike Flanagan treatment.
The filmmaker announced Dec. 8 that he will beryllium adapting the enactment of different fearfulness legend, King, for his adjacent series. The show, which helium envisions to tally for 5 seasons and 2 stand-alone diagnostic films, volition beryllium based connected King's publication series The Dark Tower. Thus far, Flanagan shared that he's written a aviator publication and play outlines for the project which he called his "Holy Grail."
"More than fractional of my life, I've closed my eyes and been capable to ticker a batch of this play out," he told Deadline. "I've dreamed astir this—that archetypal changeable which comes close disconnected astatine the archetypal unthinkable condemnation of the archetypal book, The Gunslinger, I've had that representation conscionable rattling astir successful my caput since I was an undergrad. It's going to person to get retired of determination eventually, I truly request to get it retired of my head."
Flanagan, who created bid similar The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor and The Midnight Club alongside originative spouse Trevor Macy, precocious shared that helium would beryllium leaving Netflix after six years and moving to Prime Video.
Plus, his new adaptation has the blessing of King himself. The 2 antecedently collaborated connected the 2017 film Gerald's Game and 2019's Doctor Sleep.
"This happened due to the fact that I sent him a very, precise elaborate outline of what I wanted to bash with it, and it was successful effect to that, that helium gave america the rights," the Midnight Mass creator said. "A task similar this, I wouldn't privation to beryllium progressive successful it astatine each if we were taking it successful a absorption that was going to beryllium blasphemous to the Stephen King material. But he's been very, precise supportive and precise excited astir what we'd similar to bash with it."
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The publication bid incorporates aggregate genres, including fantasy, Western and horror, and links unneurotic galore of King's books. It follows a gunslinger connected his quest to the titular acheronian tower, which is some carnal and metaphorical.
Macy and Flanagan person not yet released a premiere date for The Dark Tower.
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