Usually a director or producer (or someone who is both), reads a book or story and then likes it enough to want to adapt it. I suppose he then proposes it to Stephen who can say yes or no, and sometimes come onboard as a (executive) producer.
But in the case of The Shining mini-series I understand this was something he wanted himself, because he wasn't satisfied with the Kubrick version.
But is The Shining the only one that he started himself or are there more? How did it go with Storm of the Century, Rose Red and Sleepwalkers, which were directly written as screenplays and not novels?
What I'm wondering is: which movies exist because he wanted them to, apart from the ones other people wanted to adapt?
But in the case of The Shining mini-series I understand this was something he wanted himself, because he wasn't satisfied with the Kubrick version.
But is The Shining the only one that he started himself or are there more? How did it go with Storm of the Century, Rose Red and Sleepwalkers, which were directly written as screenplays and not novels?
What I'm wondering is: which movies exist because he wanted them to, apart from the ones other people wanted to adapt?