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Joe Hill Wants to Write and Direct a Remake of Stephen King’s ‘Maximum Overdrive’
Released in 1986, Maximum Overdrive is notable for being the only Stephen King movie – and the only movie, period – that Stephen King himself ever directed, and it was also written by King and based on his short story “Trucks.” Well, it’s also notable for having one of the greatest trailers of all time, and for becoming a cult classic despite the negative reviews of the time.
The tale of sentient killer vehicles kinda-sorta got a remake in 1997, and if King’s son Joe Hill (NOS4A2, Locke & Key) has his way, he’ll be the one to bring the story back to the screen.
“I would only want to jump into directing if I had a chance to do the reboot of Maximum Overdrive,” Hill tells Mick Garris on October 28th’s season 5 premiere of Post Mortem With Mick Garris that Bloody Disgusting had a chance to listen to early. “If someone offered me the chance to write and direct a relaunch of Maximum Overdrive, I’d jump at that in a second.”
Hill continued, outlining his vision:
“The time is right, okay. So basically, they’re all the self-driving vehicles. So it’s no longer a comet that sets them off, it’s a virus in the electronics that sets them off. And so you’ve got these giant Tesla semi trucks, ya know, wiping everyone out. I think it could be great.”
You can listen to this very portion of the Post Mortem interview below. It’s interesting to note that Joe Hill hasn’t yet tried directing on for size, so if this fantasy project ever did come to fruition, it would see Hill making his directorial debut with a remake of the movie that marked his dad’s directorial debut. And something about that just feels so right, doesn’t it?
The new season of Post Mortem with Mick Garris premieres Wednesday, October 28.
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