Stephen King adaptations are somehow even more profitable and prolific than they were decades ago. Short stories, novellas, multi-volume sagas, old movies — if Hollywood could option his grocery lists, it would. And now that studios are in love with “legacyquels,” second chapters that come decades after the first, it’s only a matter of time before every King movie is revisited one way or another.
At the forefront of this trend is Mike Flanagan, who’s basically made a career of adapting King’s work. He just recently released his series-length reimagining of Carrie, and he’s already working on a new adaptation of The Mist and a big series adaptation of The Dark Tower. But while this may surprise some, he’s not the only one bringing old King stories back to life. Almost two decades later, an adaptation of a classic psychological horror short story is getting an unexpected, belated sequel.
