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Published on Thursday, March 9, 2006 - 4:30am |
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Lane Meyer steps into Stephen King's evil hotel room, number 1408!!!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with some great casting news. I'm a big fan of Stephen King's short stories and his last book of shorts he published, EVERYTHING'S EVENTUAL was fantastic. From that book comes this story, 1408, about a man who debunks paranormal phenomena. He investigates a notorious haunted hotel room in a place called the Hotel Dolphin, room 1408, and encounters real evil.
That man is being played by Lane Meyer himself, Mr. John Cusack. Great casting. In the story, it's very much a one character show. We spend most of our time as a reader along for the ride in Mike Enslin's mind, or at the very least sitting on Enslin's shoulder.
If Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT, ED WOOD) rewriting Matt Greenberg's (REIGN OF FIRE) first stab at the script can successfully crack the story into feature length this could be the creepiest Stephen King movie since the heyday of CARRIE and THE SHINING. Scott and Larry are talented folk, so if anyone can do it they can.
DERAILED's Mikael Hafstrom is set to direct at Dimension, who also have picked up King's CELL recently. It's an interesting time for us Stephen King fans with the above two projects in the works, THE TALISMAN still lingering somewhere in the void and Johnathan Schaech adapting BLACK HOUSE (for Akiva Goldsman) and FROM A BUICK 8... plus there's George Romero's possible take on THE GIRL WHO LOVED TOM GORDON and Frank Darabont still floating about with two of King's career best works, THE MIST and THE LONG WALK. Interesting time!
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Reader Talkback
Coolness by NeoAngelus | Mar 9th, 2006 03:34:40 AM | Sounds great.... by SebastianHaff | Mar 9th, 2006 03:39:02 AM | Wasn't... by Poacher | Mar 9th, 2006 03:47:22 AM | on writing? by heavenlykid | Mar 9th, 2006 03:56:00 AM | Cusack would be perfect for
"The Mist" by Trancer | Mar 9th, 2006 04:01:46 AM | Pick up Everything's
Eventual by Origami | Mar 9th, 2006 04:12:58 AM | Now this I'm happy about. by MattCG | Mar 9th, 2006 04:14:58 AM | 1408 by Shan | Mar 9th, 2006 05:31:41 AM | As for an ending to The Mist
... by Shan | Mar 9th, 2006 05:35:33 AM | Nothing screams King classic
than a no name director by ChickenGeorgeVII | Mar 9th, 2006 05:42:02 AM | You had me 'til "Mikael
Hafstrom" by Wonder Man | Mar 9th, 2006 06:45:57 AM | Dont forget Desperation is
coming soon. by harosa | Mar 9th, 2006 07:01:10 AM | Desperation... by Foxman | Mar 9th, 2006 07:26:49 AM | Johnathan Schaech adapting
Black House? by tonagan | Mar 9th, 2006 07:52:29 AM | Darabont's by Karl Childers | Mar 9th, 2006 08:28:01 AM | What we really need is
Lawnmower Man part 3! by BLove | Mar 9th, 2006 08:41:59 AM | Talisman....Black House by meCPS | Mar 9th, 2006 08:53:42 AM | Black House... by DocPazuzu | Mar 9th, 2006 09:02:31 AM | DARK TOWER by RezE11even | Mar 9th, 2006 09:21:17 AM | Info for RezE about Dark Tower
future by ArcherNX01 | Mar 9th, 2006 09:55:41 AM | I'd take a Dark Tower
show... by Childe Roland | Mar 9th, 2006 10:03:17 AM | UGH by Karl Childers | Mar 9th, 2006 10:11:19 AM | Black House/Talisman by Fievel | Mar 9th, 2006 10:15:51 AM | Dark Tower by graniteman | Mar 9th, 2006 11:11:51 AM | Do NOT diminish Cusack by
labeling him as Lane Meyer... by zer0cool2k2 | Mar 9th, 2006 11:21:38 AM | Let it Ride by BigSugar | Mar 9th, 2006 11:43:15 AM | Didn't love "Black House" by Guy Gaduois | Mar 9th, 2006 11:54:00 AM | from the writers of problem
child by lopan | Mar 9th, 2006 11:54:14 AM | I actually dont want a DT
movie or miniseries by Lovecraftfan | Mar 9th, 2006 11:57:49 AM | For those who read the story
correct me if Im wrong. by Lovecraftfan | Mar 9th, 2006 12:00:15 PM | 1408? by Kid Z | Mar 9th, 2006 12:10:18 PM | You know, Lovecraftfan... by Childe Roland | Mar 9th, 2006 12:27:12 PM | Not every horror movie has to
be rated R though by Terry_1978 | Mar 9th, 2006 12:39:28 PM | Doubts by The_Deathticle | Mar 9th, 2006 01:22:20 PM | Game Console fans: John Cusack
in Out of This World by stlfilmwire | Mar 9th, 2006 01:32:27 PM | Gotham Cafe by greatmoose | Mar 9th, 2006 04:59:07 PM | I read the script... by goonie | Mar 9th, 2006 05:10:16 PM | What the hell's this about
Johnathon Schaech??? by chickychow | Mar 9th, 2006 05:50:02 PM | goonie by Lovecraftfan | Mar 9th, 2006 06:26:26 PM | Stand Movie (not that shitty
miniseries) by TheWumpus | Mar 9th, 2006 07:05:24 PM | It's Good to be the KING by Evil Chicken | Mar 9th, 2006 07:49:03 PM | Bemsha Swing by BigSugar | Mar 9th, 2006 09:24:35 PM | HBO Dark Tower by Kap'n Kek | Mar 9th, 2006 09:36:19 PM | Stephen King: Desperation by Nu11 | Mar 9th, 2006 11:56:31 PM | um... by chaplinatemyshoe | Mar 10th, 2006 01:05:10 AM | BLove by thelivingdoll | Mar 10th, 2006 02:04:38 AM | The girl who loved Tom
Gordon... by Novaman5000 | Mar 10th, 2006 02:53:10 AM | So by BannedOnTheRun | Mar 10th, 2006 03:54:40 AM | Would LOVE to see Dark Tower
on HBO or Showtime by Zeke25:17 | Mar 10th, 2006 02:31:49 PM | Out of This World by Neosamurai85 | Mar 10th, 2006 02:57:55 PM | Wow... by Neosamurai85 | Mar 10th, 2006 03:04:21 PM | DT casting by The_Deathticle | Mar 11th, 2006 04:43:30 PM | Anyone know anything about the
Long Walk? by Ray Garraty #47 | Mar 11th, 2006 06:50:30 PM | Yeah, This Will NOT Make A
Good Movie by skoobyx | Mar 11th, 2006 08:30:39 PM | Isn't Lane supposed to be
dead? by Ye Not Guilty | Mar 11th, 2006 09:33:03 PM | Too bad they're entrusting
this to a crappy director by Doc_McCoy | Mar 12th, 2006 11:40:48 PM |
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