Mercy (aka Gramma)

[fushingfeef]

I was psyched to see they are making a full-length movie out of one of my favorite SK short stories, "Gramma"! The old 1980s Twilight Zone episode version (screenplay penned by Harlan Ellison) was excellent, one of the highlights of the series. There is a lot of potential here for a full-length movie, we can perhaps see some of Gramma's backstory, or maybe some of George's early days with Gramma before she got sick.

And how about Chandler Riggs (the boy Carl from the Walking Dead) playing the role of George?

What do you all think?

[Moderator]

I've asked Jordan to open a new Forum thread for this and will move it as soon as that is done.

[GNTLGNT]

...oh heck yeah-this could be ultimately creepilicious!...

[OldDarth]

I was psyched to see they are making a full-length movie out of one of my favorite SK short stories, "Gramma"! The old 1980s Twilight Zone episode version (screenplay penned by Harlan Ellison) was excellent, one of the highlights of the series. There is a lot of potential here for a full-length movie, we can perhaps see some of Gramma's backstory, or maybe some of George's early days with Gramma before she got sick.

And how about Chandler Riggs (the boy Carl from the Walking Dead) playing the role of George?

What do you all think?

Good choice.

Dylan McDermott - American Horror Story - Season 2/The Practice - is also confirmed as signing on.

[Gerald]

I suppose it will have a slower build up to the climactic night and more background on Gramma's powers and how she obtained them. I hope it will be as good an expansion of the story as 1408 was.

The Twilight Zone episode was not bad, apart from when you get a close up on Gramma, she was not very scary looking at all. I hope they will do something similar to Zelda in the Pet Sematary adaptation.

I suppose this will be for cinemas, not tv?

I wonder why they changed the title though? Gramma is a cool title. I can imagine a cool poster for that movie.

[fushingfeef]

Some speculation has been made that the title was changed to differentiate it from the Guillermo Del Toro movie "Mama" which is also in production.

[king family fan]

Looking forward to seeing Mercy. Gramma is A GREAT STORY.

[Seb Shaw]

Looking forward to this. They seem to have a great cast in place, and a good crew too.
The short story was excellent!
Any news on a release date yet?

[Gerald]

Release is now set for 2014 it seems. I think they can only give an exact date once the film is finished. So, it's still gonna be a while.

[Moderator]

Hadn't heard that--will have to check to confirm.

[mustangclaire]

Dagnamit!! When WILL I learn to read the date at top of post..... was getting all excited!!!

[Gerald]

It's great that it's by the writer of 1408 and the excellent Fair Haired Child episode of Masters of Horror. I love those both a lot.
I always like stories that are sort of like a fairy tale set in the modern world (I LOVE the current Once upon a Time series), and Fair Haired Child was that too - sort of like Hansel and Gretel: children getting locked up by adults and having to deal with that situation.
Gramma is essentially about a witch (although more in a Lovecraftian vein, than a fairy tale sense), so I can't wait to see what they did with it.

Intriguingly, the cast has a character called 'young Mercy'. I wonder if Mercy could be Gramma's name? - I think her name was never mentioned in the story...

Hope we get some pictures soon, just to get a bit of an idea: you can go many ways with this story if you expand it to a full length film.

[Chris1974100]

I was psyched to see they are making a full-length movie out of one of my favorite SK short stories, "Gramma"! The old 1980s Twilight Zone episode version (screenplay penned by Harlan Ellison) was excellent, one of the highlights of the series. There is a lot of potential here for a full-length movie, we can perhaps see some of Gramma's backstory, or maybe some of George's early days with Gramma before she got sick.

And how about Chandler Riggs (the boy Carl from the Walking Dead) playing the role of George?




What do you all think?


Yeah he is the right actor for the role of George