If Fairy Tale is as successful as King's other recent works, and his track record suggests it will be, it may likely result in another screen adaptation.
The dark fantasy tells the story of a young boy battling the difficulties of a troubled life, who meets a dog and an old man, and from them, discovers a portal to another world. King is also expected to release a new book, titled Fairy Tale, later in the year. The package will be shopped to high-end cable networks and streaming platforms, and while there is no comment from Bad Robot at the time, sources suggest the package will move quickly.Īnother Stephen King novel, Later, is getting adapted for television after its March 2021 publication, proving the demand for the author's material is still as high as ever. Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz will adapt the novel, with Zwick directing the episodes, ranging from six to ten in total. Abrams' Bad Robot is turning Billy Summers into a limited-series package.
Related: Stephen King's Best Period Horror Story Has No Movie Adaptation However, his target is also a hitman, claiming to give information to the police that can incriminate whoever hired Billy, but things get complicated when he becomes suspicious of the plans arranged for him. Though King is most well-known in pop culture for his work in horror, with novels such as IT and The Shining, Billy Summers explores the crime genre, focusing on a hitman and former Marine sniper who, wanting to retire, takes on one last job that requires him to reside in a quiet town under the presumption that he is a writer working on a new story. Upon its publication, the book landed the number one spot on The New York Times fiction best-seller list and was met with largely positive reviews. Billy Summers, King's most recent novel to be published, was released in 2021, a year after the author first openly discussed the concept for it.
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