Favorite Unfilmed Stephen King Story?
 

I'm wrapping up my work with Mr. Carpenter and am on the hunt for material. I know that King is usually very cool about optioning his story rights for adaptation and I'm wondering...

Are there any of his stories that you love which have never made it to the screen?

Yeah, I'm fishing here - but I'd love any comments.

Gerald's Game. My favorite Stephen King story, hard to imagine someone being able to adapt it for the screen though.

Alfred Hitchcock could have done it. :p

Definitely The Long Walk. It has great characterization, pathos, horror elements, and a good ending if it isn't turned "happy for hollywood".

The Boogeyman from Night Shift, The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet from Skeleton Crew, I am the Doorway from Night Shift, The Mist from Skeleton Crew (that would be amazing since it itself is an homage to 50s monster films). There's all sorts of things, but I think the Mist would be head and shoulders above the others

The Mist is currently filming with Frank Darabont at the helm.

I was thinking about I Am the Doorway. Could be kind of cool.

Hmm, that will be cool. I am the Doorway might work. By the way, do you know if Arthur Machen is public domain?

I believe so, as many of his stories are available free online, but this guy could tell you for sure.

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Thanks. I think Machen's work could be done really eerily on screen.

Pan's Labyrinth certainly owes a bit to The Great God Pan

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Give it a look... I LOVED it, it's fairly short.

There's also an old Seabury Quinn tale titled THE GREAT GOD PAN which is in the book "The Hellfire Files of Jules de Grandin" But if yopu are going to read Seabury Quinn, I recommend seeking out his short "The Cloth of Madness" (maybe called The Shroud of Madness). It is great.

Oh, and for King I choose The Reaper's Image...

Cell is the only one Ive read. i liked it. i heard rumor that Eli Roth is making a movie about it,:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

My pick would be Survivor Type from the anthology Skeleton Crew,it's kind of like a twisted version of Robinson Crusoe or Castaway,it would be difficult to adapt but if someone could do it justice this could be a quite a disturbing horror movie.

Just struck me in a moment of inspiration: Nona.

BINGO!
Frank Darabont has picked up the rights for the Long Walk.Are you related to Nostradamus?:p

Bag of Bones, easily.

Not that I am aware of, it was just wishful thinking. Now I am a happy girl!
Thanx.

From a Buick 8 - a bit drawn out (as much of his stuff is these days!) but what a fabulous ending. Horror at its best! :D

really? thats be cool.......as soon as cell came out and i read it id knew it would be made into a film....i really hope it is