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Stephen King Wants a New Adaptation of “Under the Dome” That’s More Faithful to the Book
Back in 2013, CBS premiered the series “Under the Dome”, an adaptation of Stephen King‘s 2009 novel that ran for 3 seasons before coming to an end. King himself was involved with the series, executive producing, writing an episode and even making a cameo appearance on-screen, but it seems he wasn’t the *biggest* fan of what CBS brought to the screen.
This morning, King took to Twitter to get honest and throw a little shade like only King can.
He tweeted:
“How about Netflix bringing back UNDER THE DOME, only starting from scratch and actually doing the book?”
King’s issue with the CBS series, it would seem, is that it wasn’t entirely faithful to his source material, which is the very same issue he has always had with Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. The 1997 mini-series adaptation of The Shining, written by King and directed by Mick Garris, was a response to Kubrick’s film, and it sounds like King wants to do the same for “Dome.”
Or maybe he’s just having a little fun on Thursday morning. Either way, ya can’t help but love it!
In “Under the Dome,” an invisible and mysterious force field descends upon a small actual town of Chester’s Mill, Maine, USA, trapping residents inside, cut off from the rest of civilization. The trapped townspeople must discover the secrets and purpose of the “dome” or “sphere” and its origins, while coming to learn more than they ever knew about each other and animals too.
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Jenna Ortega is back as Wednesday Addams in the upcoming second season of Netflix’s “Wednesday,” with Steve Buscemi playing the new principal of Nevermore Academy.
Jenna Ortega stars in the hit series as Wednesday Addams, with Luis Guzmán playing Gomez and Catherine Zeta-Jones playing Morticia in Tim Burton’s Netflix series. Christina Ricci also appears in the show, playing a brand new role, with Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester.
“Wednesday” is described as “a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy.” The series follows…
“Wednesday’s attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships.”
Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (“Smallville”) are the writers and showrunners, with Tim Burton executive producing and directing several episodes of the show’s debut season.
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“We’ve decided we want to lean into the horror more,” Ortega said last year.
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