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Dean Koontz Thriller “Devoted” Will Stalk Television Audiences
While Stephen King is having a monstrous renaissance, it’s about time we see some new adaptations from horror maestro Dean Koontz.
Tomorrow Studios, the producer behind apocalyptic drama “Snowpiercer”, is working up a television adaptation of Dean Koontz’s latest thriller novel “Devoted”, writes Deadline.
“The book, which was published by Amazon Publishing in March 2020, tells the story of Woody Bookman, a boy who hasn’t spoken a word in his eleven years of life, and who believes a monstrous evil was behind his father’s death and now threatens him and his mother.
“When Kipp, a uniquely gifted dog with a heart as golden as his breed, hears the boy, who communicates like he does without speaking, Kipp knows he needs to find him before it’s too late. Only a force greater than evil, like Kipp, can stop a man driven by malicious evil from attacking Woody and his mother.”
“The characters in ‘Devoted’ are close to my heart, and it would be a career capper to see them brought to the screen,” said Koontz.
In 2016, Mr. Robot‘s Gloria Reuben teamed with Cathy Konrad’s Tree Line Film and Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park Television to adapt Koontz’s “Dark Rivers of the Heart” for television. Other books to have been adapted include “Mr. Murder” for ABC in 1998 and “The Face of Fear” for CBS in 1990.
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Ralph Ineson and Corey Stoll Join ‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ Spinoff Series Starring Wyatt Russell
The small screen MonsterVerse is expanding with a “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” spinoff series centered on Lee Shaw (Wyatt Russell), and Deadline brings us the latest casting news.
Corey Stoll (Imperfect Women, Billions), Ralph Ineson (The Witch, The Fantastic Four: First Steps), and Nyasha Hatendi (Agatha Christie’s The Seven Dials, Casual) have signed on.
Pilou Asbæk (Salem’s Lot) and Millie Brady (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) also star.
Originally announced back in December, “Obi-Wan Kenobi” showrunner and “Monarch” executive producer Joby Harold will serve as showrunner on the untitled spinoff series.
The series will follow Colonel Lee Shaw, an American operative who in 1984 went on a secret mission behind enemy lines in an attempt to stop the Soviets from unleashing a horrific new Titan big enough to destroy the U.S. and turn the tide of the Cold War.
Wyatt Russell told Collider earlier this year, “you’ve got absolutely no fucking clue what to expect. I think people are going to expect one thing and be like, ‘Holy shit, this is not what I expected.’ It’ll go deeper into Lee’s experience after he came up, and being sort of put on ice, in 1982, and then what happens after that, and why he’s needed and the mission he goes on.”
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