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Stephen King's "11/22/63" 9-hour miniseries picked up by Hulu
Posted on 9/22/14 at 2:30 pm
Posted on 9/22/14 at 2:30 pm
Produced by JJ Abrams.
Variety link.
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The miniseries, based on King’s best-selling 2011 novel published by Simon & Schuster imprint Scribner, follows high school English teacher Jake Epping, who travels back in time to try to prevent the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on the fateful date in American history.
A premiere date for “11/22/63,” to be released as nine hour-long episodes, has not been set. Meanwhile, Hulu has not determined whether it will make the full series available exclusively to Hulu Plus subscribers, or whether some episodes will be free on Hulu.com.
Executive producers are King, Abrams through his Bad Robot Prods. (“Person of Interest,” “Fringe,” “Lost”), Bridget Carpenter and Bryan Burk. Carpenter will write the teleplay. Bad Robot’s Kathy Lingg is co-executive producer, and Athena Wickham is producer.
In announcing the pact, Stephen King said: “If I ever wrote a book that cries out for long-form, event-TV programming, ‘11/22/63’ is it. I’m excited that it’s going to happen, and am looking forward to working with J.J. Abrams and the whole Bad Robot team.”
Variety link.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 2:36 pm to Augustus
i think it would be cool. never read the book but was always interested in it.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 2:38 pm to BlacknGold
Still need to finish the book....only got as far as him going to the town and following the guy with the kids.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 2:40 pm to Augustus
I will watch for sure.
Might have to do the 2week hulu trail
Might have to do the 2week hulu trail
Posted on 9/22/14 at 2:40 pm to Kingwood Tiger
hows it been? the reviews are overwhelmingly positive.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 2:48 pm to BlacknGold
Book is fantastic. Drags a little in the middle as he's following Oswald around, but not enough to turn you off from finishing it (hopefully). Really well done story, one of my favorite King books in a long time.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 2:58 pm to Augustus
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Book is fantastic. Drags a little in the middle as he's following Oswald around, but not enough to turn you off from finishing it (hopefully). Really well done story, one of my favorite King books in a long time.
I kige all of this
Posted on 9/22/14 at 3:07 pm to Augustus
quote:Did u like the end? I never seem to care for King's endings... Except for the short stories
Augustus
This post was edited on 9/22/14 at 3:08 pm
Posted on 9/22/14 at 3:14 pm to LordSnow
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Did u like the end? I never seem to care for King's endings... Except for the short stories
King's endings have always been hit-or-miss with me, but I liked this one. I read that his son (Joe Hill) helped him re-work the ending. I thought it was a very good way to go out.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 4:43 pm to Augustus
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Book is fantastic. Drags a little in the middle as he's following Oswald around, but not enough to turn you off from finishing it (hopefully). Really well done story, one of my favorite King books in a long time.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 4:48 pm to Augustus
Just coming here to post this. Loved the book. Very excited.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 4:50 pm to LordSnow
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Did you like thd end?
His son read his original ending and didn't like it so he wrote one himself and that's the ending they used.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 5:27 pm to NoNameNeeded
best book of the year the year it came out. long, a tad slow in spots but is really good.
built for a tv miniseries. and I will watch it!
built for a tv miniseries. and I will watch it!
Posted on 9/22/14 at 5:46 pm to Hawkeye95
Well, shite. Hulu plus is the one streaming service I don't have. Might have to 'find' the series elsewhere.
For those that haven't read the book, give it a shot. King does an excellent job of describing Dallas during that period.
For those that haven't read the book, give it a shot. King does an excellent job of describing Dallas during that period.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 6:09 pm to BlacknGold
For my money, it was his best book since "IT".
Call me a nostalgic old fart, but the time that the main character, Jake Epping, spends in Derry, Maine (especially a couple kids he runs into) is outstanding.
The developing love story between Jake and Sadie is much more interesting than the Oswald/Kennedy stuff.
Ending is very pleasing.
Call me a nostalgic old fart, but the time that the main character, Jake Epping, spends in Derry, Maine (especially a couple kids he runs into) is outstanding.
The developing love story between Jake and Sadie is much more interesting than the Oswald/Kennedy stuff.
Ending is very pleasing.
This post was edited on 9/22/14 at 6:11 pm
Posted on 9/22/14 at 7:14 pm to LuckySo-n-So
Agree. I enjoyed the "it" flashbacks.
M-o-o-n
M-o-o-n
Posted on 9/22/14 at 7:30 pm to Augustus
Incredible book. Glad to see they are doing this, because I thought it would get a movie. And even a very long movie couldn't do it justice.
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