Stephen King’s New Castle Rock Novella ELEVATION Getting Adaptation
Mike Sprague
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Director Jack Bender is adapting Stephen King’s newest Castle Rock novella Elevation into a film. Better yet, Bender says King himself has given him positive feedback and encouragement.
Bender tells CinemaBlend: “I’ve recently adapted a book of [King’s] called ‘Elevation,’ which we’re going to make into a film. And I invented some stuff and added, and was nervous because he’d never read anything I’ve written, only directed and produced. And needless to say, I was nervous about it, but he loved it. He’s very gracious, and he knows that when we make a TV show, there’s going to be stuff added stuff taken away; that’s just the way it goes. It’s very out of Stephen King’s box of horror. It’s really about how we can all be better people. And it’s a wonderful story. It’s one of those little gems, and I felt that from when I first read it.”
Bender is no stranger to the world of Stephen King. After all, he’s directed King projects such as Under the Dome, Mr. Mercedes, and The Outsider.
No to mention he helmed Child’s Play 3.
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Elevation marks a return to Castle Rock but strikes a different tone described as “a rebuke to our divisive culture” that’s “joyful, uplifting, and tinged with sadness.”
Stephen King’s website describes the story: Although Scott Carey doesn’t look any different, he’s been steadily losing weight. There are a couple of other odd things, too. He weighs the same in his clothes and out of them, no matter how heavy they are. Scott doesn’t want to be poked and prodded. He mostly just wants someone else to know, and he trusts Doctor Bob Ellis. In the small town of Castle Rock, the setting of many of King’s most iconic stories, Scott is engaged in a low grade — but escalating — battle with the lesbians next door whose dog regularly drops his business on Scott’s lawn. One of the women is friendly; the other, cold as ice. Both are trying to launch a new restaurant, but the people of Castle Rock want no part of a gay married couple, and the place is in trouble. When Scott finally understands the prejudices they face – including his own — he tries to help. Unlikely alliances, the annual foot race, and the mystery of Scott’s affliction bring out the best in people who have indulged the worst in themselves and others.
You can snag a copy of the book right over HERE.
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