Stephen King's The Tommyknockers movie (director James Wan)

[Dream]

The deal was struck in a bidding battle between Uni, Netflix and Sony, we hear, with Universal pulling ahead in the end. The package had been making the rounds and follows the current King IP resurgence that includes New Line/Warner Bros’ runaway hit It, which has spawned a sequel now in the works.

Tommyknockers centered on the residents of Maine town who come under the influence of a strange object discovered in the woods. It turns out to be part of an alien spacecraft, which emits a gas that infects those who are exposed to it, eventually leading to chaos that only one man may be able to stop. Jimmy Smits and Marge Helgenberger starred in the ABC mini.

http://deadline.com/2018/04/tommyknockers-movie-stephen-king-james-wan-universal-1202372930/

The Exorcist's Jeremy Slater is writing the script
https://www.thewrap.com/tommyknockers-movie-stephen-king-jeremy-slater-universal/

Hollywood marches on with more Stephen King adaptions after the mega successful IT.

I didn't like the novel. I remember seeing the miniseries when it aired but I have completely forgotten about it. This new movie could be good if they don't follow the book and do their own thing.

 

[Anwar]

I dunno, the novel wasn't even that good to begin with...

 

[Richard Baker]

The novel had some good moments, none of which were in the first movie adaptation

 

[Captaindemotion]

I dunno, the novel wasn't even that good to begin with...

Agreed. I’m not saying it was this book but it was around the time of its release that my love affair with King novels began to wane. One of a few at the time where I just thought “someone get this man an editor, FFS.”

 

[Awesome Possum]

They won't need to split it up, you could cut half the book and make it a better story.

 

[Anwar]

Agreed. I’m not saying it was this book but it was around the time of its release that my love affair with King novels began to wane. One of a few at the time where I just thought “someone get this man an editor, FFS.”

Well, it was one of the ones he wrote specifically as an analogy of his substance abuse issues. The Shining dealt with his alcoholism and this was to be about his cocaine use.

I just wish he didn't make paperweight length works about this stuff.