Film and TV fans have seen dozens of Stephen King stories and books adapted from Hollywood over the years … but the industry hasn’t shown much love for the author’s famous alter ego, Richard Bachmann. King published seven novels under his pseudonym between 1977 and 2007, but only two of them to date have been made into films: The runner Yes Thinner.
Now, screenwriter George Cowan and the Bohemia Group are working to reverse those numbers, as the director and company develop the first adaptation of Richard Bachman’s incredibly bizarre 1996 novel. regulators.
The news of this new project comes from Term, which not only says Bohemia Group opted for the book to adapt, but that the script is already in the works. The exchange says Stephen King has already signed a script in the works, which was developed in part by Bohemia Group vice president / executive producer Justin Ross.
regulators it is an opera with a strange history, as Stephen King had already asked that Richard Bachman be “killed” in the mid-1980s after his hitherto secret pseudonym had been revealed. However, King made the decision to bring back the Bachman name in the mid-1990s when he had the brilliant idea of trying to write a few books that would be published at the same time. they would feature shared characters and story elements, but would have completely different storylines and would be written with different voices. On September 24, 1996, libraries around the world were stocking both volumes: Despair by Stephen King, e regulators by Richard Bachman.
Combining elements of science fiction and western genres, regulators is set in the fictional suburb of Wentworth, Ohio, and follows a large cast of characters as their neighborhood is besieged by supernatural forces. It all begins when an eight-year-old autistic boy named Seth Garin is possessed by an evil entity that allows his imagination to come true, and the hybrid creations of Seth’s favorite TV show and movie begin to attack and kill adults and children. living. on your block
As mentioned, this will be the first time regulators has been adapted. Director Mick Garris has already made a television adaptation of Despair with a script by Stephen King and aired on ABC in 2006. The project features an excellent cast including Ron Perlman, Tom Skerritt, Charles Durning, Henry Thomas, Annabeth Gish, Steven Weber and others.
They should regulators putting it into production and publishing it would leave only four Richard Bachman books without adaptations: 1977 Anger1979 the long walknineteen eighty one road worksand 2007 Glow. It’s unlikely we’ll ever see a film or television version of Anger (which is a controversial book that Stephen King left out of print), but there have been rumors of a film version of the long walk. Additionally, it is reported that director Edgar Wright is working on a new version of The runnerwhich will be much closer to the source material than the 1987 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
To keep track of all the adaptations currently in the works, check out our guide to upcoming Stephen King movies and TV shows, and our weekly Stephen King adaptations column provides an in-depth look at the history of King’s works. small. screens
Source: Cinemablend
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