All right, Ms. Mod, walk me through the thought process on this one.
How did King's agents decide on Sonar Entertainment? I thought that was a bit of an odd choice.
Will this be on a major network, Hulu, AMC? Did King decide to get this onto TV to promote the next two books? I assume that the series will start airing at least by the time the third book is published. That should really help out, yet it would have seemed that King would have waited until the third book was out before selling the rights (I actually think that was smart to do, but I didn't think he would do that, I think he is more of a mogul than we know, or someone in his organization is, at least).
Do you think this will hit the air before 11/22/63?
A very interesting development. It's fascinating what's happening in the media space. In the past, this would have been a movie. Now, everyone is trying for multi-episodic television. And I would assume this will be produced under the model as described by CBS' Les Moonves, who I believe said that Under the Dome was profitable before it aired because of risk-reducing sales to overseas markets and Amazon's entertainment service?
Also, this can't be one of those rights-for-a-dollar deals, I assume. With all the various over-the-top-distribution ambitions out there by so many media companies, someone like King probably will see a lot of his material in the next few years get optioned for non-theatrical content development. And of course I think some companies are trying to "Marvel-ize" the King canon to some extent. Below are two interesting articles related to the subject. Incidentally, the one about all the stuff in development right now I think is mistaken on several points, but it's not a big deal. Most notable from that article is the idea of a series called The Shop; not sure if that really is in development or not, that might be wishful thinking. And I think we all at one time or another thought about The Shop as a TV series.
My personal pitch for a limited-TV series would be one hosted by King called Dollar Babies. It could be on IFC, AMC, HBO, wherever, and it would showcase several adaptations of King's early short stories. Each episode would show four iterations of the same story: The Man Who Loved Flowers, The Jaunt, etc. The director who nails it would be selected to write and direct an original story written by King. After about five episodes, King hands off five story treatments to the ten directors, and they make an anthology film.
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How did King's agents decide on Sonar Entertainment? I thought that was a bit of an odd choice.
Will this be on a major network, Hulu, AMC? Did King decide to get this onto TV to promote the next two books? I assume that the series will start airing at least by the time the third book is published. That should really help out, yet it would have seemed that King would have waited until the third book was out before selling the rights (I actually think that was smart to do, but I didn't think he would do that, I think he is more of a mogul than we know, or someone in his organization is, at least).
Do you think this will hit the air before 11/22/63?
A very interesting development. It's fascinating what's happening in the media space. In the past, this would have been a movie. Now, everyone is trying for multi-episodic television. And I would assume this will be produced under the model as described by CBS' Les Moonves, who I believe said that Under the Dome was profitable before it aired because of risk-reducing sales to overseas markets and Amazon's entertainment service?
Also, this can't be one of those rights-for-a-dollar deals, I assume. With all the various over-the-top-distribution ambitions out there by so many media companies, someone like King probably will see a lot of his material in the next few years get optioned for non-theatrical content development. And of course I think some companies are trying to "Marvel-ize" the King canon to some extent. Below are two interesting articles related to the subject. Incidentally, the one about all the stuff in development right now I think is mistaken on several points, but it's not a big deal. Most notable from that article is the idea of a series called The Shop; not sure if that really is in development or not, that might be wishful thinking. And I think we all at one time or another thought about The Shop as a TV series.
My personal pitch for a limited-TV series would be one hosted by King called Dollar Babies. It could be on IFC, AMC, HBO, wherever, and it would showcase several adaptations of King's early short stories. Each episode would show four iterations of the same story: The Man Who Loved Flowers, The Jaunt, etc. The director who nails it would be selected to write and direct an original story written by King. After about five episodes, King hands off five story treatments to the ten directors, and they make an anthology film.
A Stephen King Movie Universe: Warner Bros. Big Opportunity
Every Stephen King Movie and TV Show in Development
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