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[TV] J.J. Abrams To Head Back In Time To “11/22/63″

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Posted by EvanDickson on April 26, 2013 @ 6:49pm
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Well, he won’t direct it, that much is almost certain given his current slate – but J.J. Abrams‘ Bad Robot shingle is currently negotiating for the rights to the Stephen King book “11/22/63″. The development of the project will happen through Warner Bros. TV, where Bad Robot has a deal.

Per Deadline, “ the plan is to adapt the book as a TV series or mini-series, likely for cable.”

The book, “centers on Jake, an unassuming divorced English teacher who stumbles upon a time portal that leads to 9/9/1958 and goes on a quest to try and prevent the assassination of John F. Kennedy which occurred on 11/22/1963.”

Are you more stoked for this or “Under The Dome”?

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Stephen King and Jonathan Demme Couldn’t See Eye To Eye On ’11/22/63′ Adaptation

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Posted by MrDisgusting on December 06, 2012 @ 10:28am
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High profile writer/director Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs) tells The Playlist that he is no longer working on a big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s 11/22/63. “That’s off the table,” he shared about the film that he was first attached to in 2011.

To be certain, it’s an ambitious undertaking, with the nearly 900-page book centering on Jake Epping, who travels back in time from the present to try to stop the assassination of JFK, by going to 1958 and starting a new life that will, he hopes, allow him to change the course of history. But of course, that is just one thread in a dense novel, and over the summer Demme told the site, “There’s a dozen movies in ’11/22/63.’ We’re finding the one that we think is kind of the best of all.” But it seems the director and the author ultimately couldn’t see eye to eye.

“This is a big book, with lots in it. And I loved certain parts of the book for the film more than Stephen did. We’re friends, and I had a lot of fun working on the script, but we were too apart on what we felt should be in and what should be out of the script,” Demme said, before confirming he was off the project. “I had an option and I let it go. But I hope it’s moving forward, I really want to see that movie.” READ MORE