Posted on 07/02/2019 2:12:03 PM PDT by NRx
A year ago, the internet was all aflutter with news that James Wan was producing a remake of Stephen Kings The Tommyknockers (which had previously been adapted for TV). That project, obviously, never materialized. Today, however, it would appear that the 20th Century and 21st Century Masters of Horror will once again attempt a collaboration with a remake of Salems Lot (originally directed by Tobe Hooper and also produced for TV).
The Wrap is also reporting that Gary Dauberman will be writing the script. The writer is one of horrors hottest properties, linked to Wan as the scribe of all three Annabelle spinoffs (not to mention The Nun), and to King as the screenwriter of Andy Muschietties IT and IT: Chapter Two.
It sounds like a dream team, and while Salems Lot still delivers thrills almost 40 years after its release, an R-rated adaptation would be fantastic. Want to fight about it?
Obviously, the project is in its infancy, but lets hope this collaboration doesnt disappear like The Tommyknockers. Fingers crossed.
Tobe Hooper was a master horror filmmaker.
King usually insists on it if hes directly involved. He actually HATED Kubricks The Shining as he felt if departed too much from his source material.
Its hard to hate that movie, too.
They cannot remake The Stand. It is about good and evil and God and self-sacrifice. Not PC at all. They would have to change so much to make it acceptable. Love the book and enjoyed the mini-series. Won’t watch a new butchered version. Not to mention, I won’t put a nickel in King’s pocket.
To them, all the special effects that made the shark look so real back then looked cheesy and amateur to their eyes. Also, the characters in the movie seemed stupid to them. Except Quint. Even 40 years later, Quint seems to have maintained his coolness factor.
Prolly the other way around. IMHO, not nearly enough Americans pay attention to politics. We've grown too comfortable having all the comforts of life. This is not a good thing. God, family, country.
I missed the 1979 TV version. But I just added it to my Netflix queue. Looking forward to the new version.
Hard to tell with the way things are today. I remember that after the first miniseries, I re-read Salem's Lot. I read it when it was first published in 1975, and wanted to refresh myself, and to compare it to the series. I stopped reading King's books a long time ago. I think the last two novels of his I read were The Tommyknockers, and Delores Claiborne. There were several in-between those that I didn't bother with.
Hollywood has no original ideas anymore, so they have to recycle old ones.
You may be right about the new version. It will be on CBS All Access, so more than likely, I won’t even watch it. I’m not paying extra to access it.
I wouldn’t either! I still read the book on my tablet every so often. I may not like King but some of his books are excellent. The Stand was one that, while a horror story, was not too far-fetched. Plus, it is nice when good and God are recognized and revered.
Personally, I have always considered the Stanley Kubrick version of The Shining to be one of the two greatest horror films of all time. The other being the first Nightmare On Elm Street. Carrie was watchable but nothing special.
Wonder if he’s on or off the sauce these days - one of his books had a foreword where he bragged about being clean and sober...then he started acting and talking like that couldn’t still be true...
I always liked Christine
I thought both made for TV productions missed the mark. Glad they’re going to try again. Maybe they’ll get it right this time.
King’s vampire in ‘Salem’s Lot was urbane and handsome, closer to Bela Lugosi than the TV version hideous monster.
True that.
I just rented it from Amazon and my bro is over and we are going to watch it tonight! AWESOME! Talk about a time warp!
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