This one’s been a long time coming. Stephen King is a genre unto himself at this point. A “Stephen King movie” can be anything from Stand By Me to Maximum Overdrive, and the only thing they all have in common is him as the original source of the material. It seems like a given at this point that if King publishes something, it will eventually be turned into a film. Some books just take longer than others to make the jump. For example, Hulu just wrapped up 11.22.63, the eight-part adaptation of King’s time-travel story about trying to stop the murder of JFK from taking place. Co-produced by Bad Robot and starring James Franco, that was not the first attempt at cracking that adaptation. Jonathan Demme was the first director to try to take a crack at that one, and he was going to do it as a feature film.
- 4/26/2016
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
The man who’s got the job of turning a Paranormal Activity sequel around by mid-October has been revealed…
However we look at it, there's still a distinct smell of poisoned chalice about Paranormal Activity 2. Announced at the back end of last year and with a release date of October 22nd already locked, the film lost its original choice of director, Kevin Greutert, when he proved to be contractually obliged to helm Saw 7 instead.
Then, last month names such as Akiva Goldsman and Brian De Palma were being linked with the project. As most of us suspected, De Palma was a no-go, but finally, Paramount has its man.
The announcement came in the form of a statement from Oren Peli, who helmed the first film. He wrote:
I have some awesome news for the fans of Paranormal Activity - director Kip Williams will join us for the next chapter of the story.
However we look at it, there's still a distinct smell of poisoned chalice about Paranormal Activity 2. Announced at the back end of last year and with a release date of October 22nd already locked, the film lost its original choice of director, Kevin Greutert, when he proved to be contractually obliged to helm Saw 7 instead.
Then, last month names such as Akiva Goldsman and Brian De Palma were being linked with the project. As most of us suspected, De Palma was a no-go, but finally, Paramount has its man.
The announcement came in the form of a statement from Oren Peli, who helmed the first film. He wrote:
I have some awesome news for the fans of Paranormal Activity - director Kip Williams will join us for the next chapter of the story.
- 3/29/2010
- Den of Geek
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