I really liked him as Ben Mears in the Salem’s Lot remake despite it being pretty mediocre and I feel he would be a much better fit than James Franco was for Jake
Out of all the Stephen King adaptation redos or movies in general, this one is the most forgettable, but I will give credit where credit is due.
For one, Zac Efron was actually pretty decent as Andy McGee, I would have preferred an unknown actor, but I thought Zac was actually a good fit for the character.
Second, while different than the book, I actually liked the focus on the families home life a little more leading up to the government coming after them and I didn’t mind the chronological structure than what the original adaptation and book does.
I might get crap for this, but I thought Micheal Greyeyes was a much more threatening Rainbird than George C Scott.
The movie went to shit when they got to the Manvers barn because that’s when everything felt rushed and completely ruins the book.
My suggestion would have been to keep the first half of the movie the way it is until Charlie and Andy flee home, leave out the burning cat scene because that was completely unnecessary, and have the rest of the movie play out like the book. They would have had a good movie if they had done something like that, but sadly not how it went.
I made a post recently about how it would be cool if It had an adaptation with the same vibe as HBOs The Outsider, but now I think why can’t every horror King novel adaptation do this?
The Outsider show does a great job with the mystery and overall dark and gritty atmosphere. What book of Kings would you want to see adapted similarly like this?
I don't think It needs to be remade, but I thought it would be cool if it had an adaptation with the same dark vibe and atmosphere as another one of Stephen Kings miniseries The Outsider on HBO
I feel like that type of vibe would work well with an It miniseries
I don’t think It needs to be remade, but I thought it would be cool if it had an adaptation with the same dark vibe and atmosphere as another one of Stephen Kings miniseries The Outsider.
I feel like that type of vibe would work well with an It miniseries
I’ve been searching for them all over the internet to see if I could find them and I haven’t found anything. I like to read unproduced screenplay adaptations and there are 2 for Salem’s Lot that I really want to read
Book is a good read and I’m curious to see how Raimi and the Final Destination Bloodlines director handle this material. Hope at some point we’ll get an announcement of a redo of Dreamcatcher
Ik there’s a lot of footage that was left behind and I hope that they will release them one day
Since Andy stated that he wanted to film new scenes for the directors cut whenever that comes out, he said he wanted something with Richie I believe and I’m just thinking why not film scenes from the book with Pennywise’s other victims?
Eddie Corcoran was a character I’ve always wanted to see in an adaptation, but they never got around to it
I don’t think It needs a remake anytime soon, but I’m curious as to what you guys think a possible re adaptation in the future could do better than their previous attempts?
For me I would rather it be an HBO miniseries and have the same vibe as another Stephen King miniseries, The Outsider.
I’d also like for Eddie Corcoran and his story to be included in some capacity
I’d also like for it to be in the time period of the book and not modernize it
I love watching the old advertisements and films of King. I was never a kid back during the 70s or 80s, but then when these came out both commercially and nationally must have been great
Regardless if you like Mike Flanagan or not, there are other King stories that could use adapting. I don’t get why they keep coming back to one’s that were fine the way they were the first time, not perfect, but good.
Only King story in my opinion that could use a re adaptation is Dreamcatcher, everything else should be non adapted stories. Would love Roadwork and The Library Policeman to be made.
I’ve always found Cary Fukanaga’s first draft for It interesting because he pretty much uses the book as cliff notes and does his own thing with some more dark and grittier elements and there is some things that keep me from fully praising the script, it felt like if Stanley Kubrick adapted It.
I was thinking to myself that it would actually be interesting to see an It adaptation aside of Fukanaga’s vision that is darker and deviates a bit from the book.
My suggestion is to not go too far given that the main cast would be kids, I’m mainly talking about just under your skin dark type of scary
The book has a good climax and it I can see it making a really good movie. I remember Andy Musschietti was attached as producer for an adaptation, but that was back in 2019 which the project is most likely dead.
Even though I wasn’t a fan of Joker 2, I think Todd Phillips would actually make a good Roadwork movie. The first Joker movie and Joker 2 despite being bad had great acting and direction I can see Phillips being a good choice.
Reminds me of another King story The Mist just without the supernatural lovecraft stuff and more realistic horror
I was listening to this on audible last night and I was locked the entire time on the story. I liked the mystery and the setting of it. I do love a classic King New England town like setting and this story satisfies that want.
I can see this making a good indie film if they were to adapt it. Hollywood would just Hollywood it
Out of all the Salem’s Lot adaptations we have gotten, the last one we got was the weakest of them all. It was boring and it felt more like an action packed vampire movie rather than something unsettling like the book.
It just upsets me because this adaptation actually has a very strong cast especially Pullman as Ben. I like David Soul and Rob Lowe was okay, but Pullman I felt brought more personality to Ben than the previous 2 and he felt more energetic in the role and made you think this guy is Ben Mears accurate to the book.
Aside from Pullman, I also really liked Bill Camp and Makenzie Leigh in their parts. They were good as their characters and they look like how I would picture Matt and Susan straight from the book. Mike Ryerson also looked like his book counterpart as well.
It just pains me that they nailed down a majority of these characters through casting and they just fumble it.
I know it’s cliche to say the original is better than the remake, but given how popular the remakes are you’d think a lot of people would be saying that is better.
I do like the remakes, but when I re read the book and watch the miniseries I find myself liking the miniseries more.
The remakes focus on horror which is fine because it should, but it also needs a neutral balance of the friendship of the losers club and the horror elements.
I like the remakes better for the acting, but the miniseries overall does better story wise than the remakes. I like that its somewhat close to the time period of the book and Tim Curry looks like an actual clown that you would see in a parade where as Skarsgard’s, they are trying too hard to make him look scary.
They are both good in their own ways, but I just find myself liking Tim Curry’s It more.
It was announced in 2025 that a new adaptation of The Stand would be made, but the bad news is that they want to make it 1 movie.
I’ve seen a few of Liman’s movies and I’ll say he seems like an okay choice to tackle the source material, but him wanting to do it through just one movie is what worries me.
I think the original is good, I don’t mind another adaptation as long as it’s good and faithful.
I hope the company and Liman will later change their minds and make it a series. Not much has been updated about the project, but I hope we get something good.
I’ve made a post about this before, but my main choices for 2 of the characters would be Thomas Jane as Flagg and Emma Myers as Franny. I feel like both of those actors would fit those parts so well
As much as I like the original Salem’s Lot out of all the other adaptations, I do have to give the last one credit for one thing.
I feel Pullman brought more personality to Mears than the other 2. David Soul was good, but he kinda looked like he was bored throughout filming and even Rob Lowe didn’t bring much personality either.
Its sad because I thought Pullman was actually a good pick for Ben, but his potential as the character was wasted on a bad movie
Announced back in 2025 and the fact it’s announced that early after the 2020 adaptation shows how awful the CBS version was.
I’m very yes and no on another adaptation of The Stand, I think the original while not perfect is pretty satisfying for an adaptation of the story, but at the same time, I think there can be some improvements.
There hasn’t been much updates since the announcement other than that it’ll be one movie which makes me raise my eyebrow on how they are going to adapt this properly.