The Colorado Kid aka Haven

[demorgan]

I was at Bloody disgusting. com ( cool place to learn about horror movies that are not exactly in the limelight):

Stephen King is taking another stab at the smallscreen, signing on to turn his novella "The Colorado Kid" into an hourlong series for indie studio E1 Entertainment ("Hung"). Titled Haven, the project centers on a spooky town in Maine where cursed folk live normal lives in exile. When those curses start returning, FBI agent Audrey Parker is brought in to keep those supernatural forces at bay -- while trying to unravel the mysteries of Haven.

The team who turned King's "The Dead Zone" into a series for USA Network are at it again for "Haven": Scott Shepherd will serve as showrunner and exec produce with Lloyd Segan and Shawn Piller. Shepherd, Segan and Piller were all exec producers on "The Dead Zone," which ran for six seasons and went off the air in 2008.

Two more "Dead Zone" alums, Sam Ernst and Jim Dunn, are writing the pilot and will also serve as exec producers. E1's John Morayniss and Noreen Halpern are exec producers as well.

E1 has already committed to producing 13 episodes of "Haven" and is in advanced talks with several European broadcast partners to sign on and help finance the show.

E1 plans to bring the international co-production to next month's Mipcom confab. After securing an international partner, the company will turn its attention to finding U.S. and Canadian broadcasters. E1 has aggressively pursued international co-productions, setting up series such as "Copper" for ABC and Canwest and "The Bridge" for CBS and CTV.

Morayniss said production on "Haven" will commence some time in the next six months, after partners are secured and casting is finalized.

"The Colorado Kid" was first published in 2005. Adaptation was initially developed for ABC for the 2008-09 TV season.

King has a long history of seeing his works translated for television -- most recently, the Syfy longform "Children of the Corn," which was telecast this past weekend.

King was also behind ABC's 2003-04 TV series "Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital," which was actually based on a Danish miniseries. Other recent King adaptations include ABC's telepic "Stephen King's Desperation" and TNT's mini "Stephen King's Salem's Lot."

Source: Variety

[JohnDalglish]

Hi,

Thankee for the heads up - wonderful news!

I've said several times that I thought the Colorado Kid would make a good TV series - great characters IMO!

Long days and pleasant nights

[sai slone]

This is good news,and I needed some. Thankee Sai.

[JoeSherry]

Hmm. That synopsis sounds nothing at all like The Colorado Kid.

[psj77]

My guess would be that The Colorado Kid would be the first episode, & then the series would take on a life of it's on. Lijia's Library is saying Mr. King will be very hands on with the series. I don't get setting it in Haven though. I think Castle Rock would have been a better setting.

[demorgan]

I feel very good about the series now that ive read that Mr. KIng will have his dirty hands all over the project( more than i thought he would have in the first place). Yes, I will take one full season.

[Mr. Palmer]

I've yet to read THE COLORADO KID, but have it on-deck following the DARK TOWER series.

Either way, I'm hyped for this!

[Moderator]

I feel very good about the series now that ive read that Mr. KIng will have his dirty hands all over the project( more than i thought he would have in the first place). Yes, I will take one full season.

I've checked with Steve and he is not personally involved.

[bopropadop]

I've checked with Steve and he is not personally involved.

Well, nuts.

[JackTheRipper]

My guess would be that The Colorado Kid would be the first episode, & then the series would take on a life of it's on. Lijia's Library is saying Mr. King will be very hands on with the series. I don't get setting it in Haven though. I think Castle Rock would have been a better setting.

Agreed. They should've just stayed with Moosetuckit Island (or whatever it's called)