The Outsider is set in a small Georgia town (changed from Oklahoma in the book for some reason). I’ve been watching since the beginning, and it is so, so good. Sure, that Dark Tower movie in 2017 was dire, but bad King adaptations are part of the game.Īnd that brings us to The Outsider, HBO’s 10-episode adaptation of King’s 2018 novel of the same name. Hulu’s Castle Rock is an entire show devoted to King’s mythology, and Doctor Sleep is still making waves. And these past handful of years have seen another explosion, a Stephen Kingaissance, if you will. You might not like every Stephen King adaptation out there, but you have to agree that there are a lot of them. 1990’s Misery, starring Kathy Bates as deranged superfan Annie Wilkes? So fun! 2003’s Dreamcatcher, directed by Empire Strikes Back screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan? Abysmal.Īnd on and on. 1986’s Maximum Overdrive, directed by King himself? Godawful. 1983’s The Dead Zone with Christopher Walken? Pretty good. The 72-year-old author has been having his work adapted for both the big and small screens pretty consistently since the 1970s, with plenty of hits and misses along the way. Three things in life are certain: death, taxes and Stephen King adaptations.
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