2013 has, as far as I know, two major releases in store from two great books by Stephen King. The is the release of the remake of Carrie, the second being the series adaptation of Under the Dome.
Carrie
MGM and Screen Gems announced in October of 2011 that they were going for a remake of the highly acclaimed novel and movie of Carrie, Stephen King' first novel. Carrie was first published in 1974 with the first movie adaptation following up in 1976.
Like I have mentioned many times over Stephen King' works were the first ones that I read when I started with fantasy. Carrie was I think my fourth book of Stephen King that I finished and it has always left a definite impression.
The new trailer was released earlier this week and shows, in my opinion, a lot of promise to blow new life into one of the classics of Stephen King. And of course, with the planned release of the movie the 18th of October 2013, this does invite for a fresh review of Carrie!
Here is the new trailer of the 2013 release, enjoy!
Here is a short paragraph of what Carrie is about:
Carrie was the odd one at school; the one whose reflexes were always off in games, whose clothes never really fit, who never got the point of a joke. And so she became the joke, the brunt of teenaged cruelties that puzzled her as much as they wounded her.
There was hardly any comfort in playing her private game, because like so many things in Carrie's life, it was sinful. Or so her mother said. Carrie could make things move--by concentrating on them, by willing them to move. Small things, like marbles, would start dancing. Or a candle would fall. A door would lock. This was her game, her power, her sin, firmly repressed like everything else about Carrie.
One act of kindness, as spontaneous as the vicious jokes of her classmates, offered Carrie a new look at herself the fateful night of her senior prom. But another act--of furious cruelty--forever changed things and turned her clandestine game in to a weapon of horror and destruction.
She made a lighted candle fall, and she locked the doors..
Under the Dome
Under the Dome is one the more recent books written by Stephen King and it has received some more mixed reviews. I for one was pleased with the beginning and the build-up of the story but for once was a bit let down with the abrupt and somewhat dissatisfying conclusion to the book. But the whole idea behind it, a town abruptly cut off from the rest of the world by an invisible and impenetrable dome does sound quite pleased. And I for one am certain that this is a great book for an adaptation.
The series premiere is said to be released on June 24th 2013 in the U.S.
Here is the first look of the scenes
Here is the short synopsis of Under the Dome:
On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester’s Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener’s hand is severed as “the dome” comes down on it, people running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars explode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it came from, and when—or if—it will go away.
Dale Barbara, Iraq vet and now a short-order cook, finds himself teamed with a few intrepid citizens—town newspaper owner Julia Shumway, a physician’s assistant at the hospital, a selectwoman, and three brave kids. Against them stands Big Jim Rennie, a politician who will stop at nothing—even murder—to hold the reins of power, and his son, who is keeping a horrible secret in a dark pantry. But their main adversary is the Dome itself. Because time isn’t just short. It’s running out.
I for one am stoked about both, what are you thoughts on these two adaptations? Which book of Stephen King would you like to be made into a movie or series?
All of Stephen King' books are released by Hodder and Stoughton for the UK.
Bests,
Jasper