I can't quite place the first two audiofragments. The first is from Salem's Lot, 'keeping the kids outside', which part is that? The bit from Needful Things I can't quite recall either, there is an Alice Tanner in the book, a school secretary, but can't remember her that well - must have been a minor character. Anyone remember better?
But what we get is probably something that mashes everything up. So now everything we know from the books will have ties to Castle Rock, whether it did originally or not. Seems a bit needless, unless they found a really interesting way to do it. Abrams' name guarantees it will have quality, of course. Is King developing this together with him, or is it totally Abrams' thing?
Excerpted from the official press release:
SANTA MONICA and BURBANK, Calif. (February 21, 2017) — Hulu is taking viewers into the chilling world of acclaimed, best-selling author Stephen King in the new Hulu Original drama series
Castle Rock, from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions, Warner Bros. Television and executive producers/writers Sam Shaw & Dustin Thomason. Hulu has ordered a 10 episode first season of the on-going series, with production set to begin this year. A teaser trailer for
Castle Rock has been viewed more than one million times since it was released on Friday, Feb. 17, and can be viewed at
.
A psychological-horror series set in the Stephen King multiverse,
Castle Rock combines the mythological scale and intimate character storytelling of King’s best-loved works, weaving an epic saga of darkness and light, played out on a few square miles of Maine woodland. The fictional Maine town of Castle Rock has figured prominently in King’s literary career:
Cujo, The Dark Half, IT and
Needful Things, as well as novella
The Body and numerous short stories such as
Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption are either set there or contain references to Castle Rock.
Castle Rock is an original suspense/thriller — a first-of-its-kind reimagining that explores the themes and worlds uniting the entire King canon, while brushing up against some of his most iconic and beloved stories.
Castle Rock reunites Hulu, King, Bad Robot and Warner Bros. Television, which previously collaborated on event series
11.22.63, based on King’s novel. The series will stream exclusively in the U.S. on Hulu and Warner Bros. Worldwide Television Distribution will distribute globally.
Castle Rock is based on characters and situations created by Stephen King. Sam Shaw & Dustin Thomason developed the project for television and serve as executive producers along with J.J. Abrams, Ben Stephenson and Liz Glotzer. The series is from Bad Robot Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.