I was thinking Thinner could be updated as a TV series. Could be a quality-programming thing, like what you might see on HBO or AMC. Of course, Netflix could also do it. But here's an idea of how to update it that might make it even appropriate for MTV (King should try to get an MTV project going to introduce younger readers to his bibliography).
Let's say Halleck is a college student, maybe law school. He is falsely accused of sexually assaulting a female student, along with other male colleagues of his. Each of them gets a text with one word on it. Halleck's text says thinner. He is overweight, and begins to drop the pounds. He has to figure out what's going on. Eventually, he finds it is the girl's father, who still believes the girl was really assaulted. He has to convince the father that it isn't true. To do so, he must figure out why the girl made the accusation in the first place, and what she wants.
This could also work with Halleck in high school, and in both cases, the issues of being overweight could be explored.
I could definitely see this as an MTV project, but obviously, this is just discussion-forum stuff. Be interesting to see the different curses that could happen, ones that might not be exactly like the book. Someone gets that premature-aging disease, someone is attacked by flesh-eating bacteria, maybe there are Final Destination-like accidents, etc.
Let's say Halleck is a college student, maybe law school. He is falsely accused of sexually assaulting a female student, along with other male colleagues of his. Each of them gets a text with one word on it. Halleck's text says thinner. He is overweight, and begins to drop the pounds. He has to figure out what's going on. Eventually, he finds it is the girl's father, who still believes the girl was really assaulted. He has to convince the father that it isn't true. To do so, he must figure out why the girl made the accusation in the first place, and what she wants.
This could also work with Halleck in high school, and in both cases, the issues of being overweight could be explored.
I could definitely see this as an MTV project, but obviously, this is just discussion-forum stuff. Be interesting to see the different curses that could happen, ones that might not be exactly like the book. Someone gets that premature-aging disease, someone is attacked by flesh-eating bacteria, maybe there are Final Destination-like accidents, etc.