J.J. Abrams is about to provide the upcoming restricted sequence adaptation of Steven King’s Billy Summers. The famend filmmaker has created quite a few profitable tv sequence together with Felicity, Alias, Fringe, and the Emmy Award successful Misplaced, and at present has two future initiatives, Demimonde and Duster, within the works at HBO. Abrams additionally govt produced nearly all of these reveals by his firm Dangerous Robotic, based in 2001. Different sequence to have been produced by Abrams and Dangerous Robotic embody HBO’s Westworld and Lovecraft Nation, in addition to the diversifications of Stephen King’s 11.22.63, Citadel Rock, and Lisey’s Story, all of which the creator was straight concerned with.
Billy Summers, King’s most up-to-date novel to be revealed, was launched in 2021, a yr after the creator first overtly mentioned the idea for it. Upon its publication, the e book landed the primary spot on The New York Occasions fiction best-seller record and was met with largely optimistic evaluations. Although King is most well-known in popular culture for his work in horror, with novels similar to IT and The Shining, Billy Summers explores the crime style, specializing in a hitman and former Marine sniper who, eager to retire, takes on one final job that requires him to reside in a quiet city beneath the presumption that he’s a author engaged on a brand new story. Nonetheless, his goal can also be a hitman, claiming to provide data to the police that may incriminate whoever employed Billy, however issues get sophisticated when he turns into suspicious of the plans organized for him.
Now, Deadline experiences that J.J. Abrams’ Dangerous Robotic is popping Billy Summers right into a limited-series bundle. Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz will adapt the novel, with Zwick directing the episodes, starting from six to 10 in complete. The bundle might be shopped to high-end cable networks and streaming platforms, and whereas there isn’t any remark from Dangerous Robotic on the time, sources counsel the bundle will transfer shortly.
One other Stephen King novel, Later, is getting tailored for tv after its March 2021 publication, proving the demand for the creator’s materials remains to be as excessive as ever. King can also be anticipated to launch a brand new e book, titled Fairy Story, later within the yr. The darkish fantasy tells the story of a younger boy battling the difficulties of a troubled life, who meets a canine and an outdated man, and from them, discovers a portal to a different world. If Fairy Story is as profitable as King’s different latest works, and his observe document suggests will probably be, it could seemingly end in one other display screen adaptation.
It’s clear, given the quantity of instances Abrams and Stephen King collaborated, that the 2 creatives work properly collectively, so will probably be fascinating to see what Billy Summers seems to be like. With so many different Stephen King novels and tales, the likelihood that Dangerous Robotic produces extra content material of his sooner or later is one thing followers of the diversifications can sit up for. For now, they should await any additional information surrounding Billy Summers to be introduced.
Supply: Deadline
