DOCTOR SLEEP & GERALD’S GAME Director Snags Third Stephen King Movie REVIVAL
Well, it looks like Doctor Sleep and Gerald’s Game writer-director Mike Flanagan isn’t done playing in the Stephen King sandbox as today we have word that Flanagan and his long-time producer Trevor Macy will be reteaming for yet another King adaptation, Revival.
The novel tells the tale of a heroin-addicted rocker in his mid-thirties who meets back up with a mysterious Reverend from his childhood. Together the two men form a pact with profound consequences beyond even the Devil’s devising, discovering that revival has many meanings.
The Fault in Our Stars and The New Mutants writer-director Josh Boone previously tried his hand at adapting the material – with Russell Crowe attached to star – before moving on to another King adaptation – CBS All Access’ upcoming 10-episode limited series based on King’s The Stand.
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As you might imagine, Flanagan will be starting from scratch on the project and will pen his own version of the script with an option to direct. He produces with Macy via their Intrepid Pictures.
Warners’ Kevin McCormick is overseeing for the studio.
For those of you keeping score at home, this is the second Flanagan project announced this week following word that he will take the helm of a Netflix horror anthology series based on the works of famed young adult author Christopher Pike’s The Midnight Club.
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Are you excited to hear that Doctor Sleep and Gerald’s Game writer-director Mike Flanagan will be adapting Stephen King’s 2014 novel Revival? Make sure to hit us up and let us know what you think in the comments below or over on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram!
Here’s a rundown on the novel via Amazon:
A dark and electrifying novel about addiction, fanaticism, and what might exist on the other side of life. In a small New England town, over half a century ago, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister. Charles Jacobs, along with his beautiful wife, will transform the local church. The men and boys are all a bit in love with Mrs. Jacobs; the women and girls feel the same about Reverend Jacobs—including Jamie’s mother and beloved sister, Claire. With Jamie, the Reverend shares a deeper bond based on a secret obsession. When tragedy strikes the Jacobs family, this charismatic preacher curses God, mocks all religious belief, and is banished from the shocked town. Jamie has demons of his own. Wed to his guitar from the age of thirteen, he plays in bands across the country, living the nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and roll while fleeing from his family’s horrific loss. In his mid-thirties—addicted to heroin, stranded, desperate—Jamie meets Charles Jacobs again, with profound consequences for both men. Their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil’s devising, and Jamie discovers that revival has many meanings. This rich and disturbing novel spans five decades on its way to the most terrifying conclusion Stephen King has ever written. It’s a masterpiece from King, in the great American tradition of Frank Norris, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Edgar Allan Poe.
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