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Stephen King's "Cell" to Become a Miniseries

Posted: July 14th, 2009 by WorstPreviews.com Staff
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Director Eli Roth recently revealed that due to difference of opinion, he is no longer attached to helm "Cell," which is based on a novel by Stephen King.

Now, Fangoria has learned that The Weinstein Company will no longer pursue a "Cell" feature film. Instead, the studio has hired John Harrison to adapt the novel into a four-hour miniseries.

Harrison, whose "Book of Blood" is currently playing at the Fantasia film festival, said that he considers "Cell" on of King's best recent book, with opening chapters that will make an incredible first 30 minutes on screen.

Focusing on the "curse" of modern technology, "Cell" tells the story of humanity's last hope — a group of individuals who band together to survive a world infested by zombie-like killing machines.

Source: Fangoria

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jackmicro writes:
on July 14th, 2009 at 5:10:20 AM

I liked this book, but as a classic King book the events doesn't get explained in the end, which is kinda frustrating. I wonder if they will keep it that way for the series.
bluemeenie writes:
on July 14th, 2009 at 11:07:09 AM

Those King tv miniseries are soooo...what's the word...?..awful.
Heretic175 writes:
on July 14th, 2009 at 11:17:11 AM

He's Right the opening chapters of thsi book were great, but thats about it, after that it turns into a really bad hodge podge of abruptly ended story lines and bad character development, not a great king novel at all
Eben1277 writes:
on July 14th, 2009 at 11:24:44 AM

Cell was an entertaining read, but flawed in King didn't address the text messaging craze.
minkowski writes:
on July 14th, 2009 at 11:24:53 AM

The book i sonly a few years old. How is that 'classic' King? Carrie is classic. It is classic. Cell is just career bookend rubbish.
synthetic1985 writes:
on July 14th, 2009 at 11:28:45 AM

'carrie'?....oh man...that was a fantastic story....the 2nd one was decent for an attempt to resurrect it...but obviously not better
PrevalentMind writes:
on July 14th, 2009 at 11:29:48 AM

Well fuck...this will blow now.
PrevalentMind writes:
on July 14th, 2009 at 11:32:19 AM

"Classic King", Minkowskim, is thrown at the King novels that are PURE horror...So Cell certainly is CLASSIC KING. Duma Key, Hearts in Atlantis- those were not pure horror. Carrie would be 'vintage' King...
PrevalentMind writes:
on July 14th, 2009 at 11:34:43 AM

If you're thinking 'classic' only pertains to things old- you must be royally confused when critics say 'instant classic'.
acslaterson writes:
on July 14th, 2009 at 12:15:50 PM

God I hope they put this on Showtime or HBO, if not it will suck balls and I won't even watch it. Fucking Roth.
Rich k writes:
on July 14th, 2009 at 1:00:16 PM

this is different and could be good, alot of stephen kings books becomes movies id like to see how this does in a mini series and almost all of stephen kings books are good movies
padfootbob writes:
on July 14th, 2009 at 1:34:37 PM

Huge fan of King, but I would be perfectly okay with them changing the ending (and a few other things) in this one.
PrevalentMind writes:
on July 14th, 2009 at 3:06:12 PM

NBS or ABC this will certainly suck balls...but I totally agree that if this lands on Showtime or HBO as a miniseries it will be filled to the brim with talented unknowns and it will flat out rock.
PrevalentMind writes:
on July 14th, 2009 at 3:07:25 PM

Sorry NBC...haha I'm too used to txting NBS to shorten up "No bullshit".
Makidian writes:
on July 14th, 2009 at 4:12:03 PM

what about the end, it blew so I hope they fix it in this series
minkowski writes:
on July 14th, 2009 at 8:38:24 PM

Classic is all the old King stuff that didn't suck. Duma Key is garbage, Hearts in Atlantis same, Bag of Bones trash. Et cetera.

The ONLY decent books he's written in the last ten years are: From a Buick Eight and Blaze. Blaze is an older story he finally finished and FAB8 was just his "broken clock right once day" event. The dude hasn't had anything good to read in a LONG time.

When you, or anyone else talk about classic King, it should be clear. When you speak of a 'classic' King book, you're essentially referring to his 'golden age', his peak, his better times. Not 'instant classic' or classic as referred to in antique car verbiage. Period. Only a muck wouldn't get the usage.
minkowski writes:
on July 14th, 2009 at 8:44:12 PM

BTW, nothing, books, cars, films et cetera are ever 'classic' if they suck. I can see what you mean when you say 'classic King'. You mean a book that harkens back to the stories that mad him famous, the typical horror genre epitome that he's well known for. That's not what I'm talking about.

In short: the guy has definitely slid downhill. He hasn't had a decent book in a while. The days of short stories like 'The Jaunt' are long since past. Classic King, to me, is the older good shit, not the newer junk only a madman would call 'classic' in the way you've done.

Peace out.
lostwarrior writes:
on July 14th, 2009 at 10:36:39 PM

Buick was good, but not great. i would of thought though with him almost being killed in that wreck it would of made him go back to his darker days of writing, perhaps scare him so bad that he had ideas about death and how horrific real life can be. But obviously not. But as a mini series this could work. I mean the stand was alright, but carrie, pet cemetary shawshank, those were good horror films. Especially Shawshank that would be real life torture being convicted of killing your wife when you actually didnt..
minkowski writes:
on July 15th, 2009 at 2:00:43 AM

What happened to King? He got OLD. People lose that rage, that angry verve and they start to accept life as they get older. As I understand it, King was a very angry person. He had issues. He drank heavily, and he did cocaine. He was on the edge and bleeding raw. That gave him what he needed to pump out books full of darkness and despair. He was a guy lost and in need of therapy, I guess, and he self-medicated through his writing.

Now, he's moved past much of that, and he just writes mechanically, running on the shadow of steam that once fired his creative engines.

Sad to say.

And FAB8 rocked for me because his depiction of what came out of the trunk, and the mysterious nature of the car and it's 'driver' really hooked me. I was enthralled. Fuck, I was taken in not so much by the 'horror', as it wasn't that kind of book really, but by the otherworldly nature of the subject matter. My imagination made the book more real than I think even King intended. It and FAB8 are my favorite King books. And Blaze. And the first Dark Tower. Roland the Gunslinger. And the s.s. The Jaunt. And many others. lol.

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