Every Upcoming Stephen King Movie And TV Series

The Tommyknockers is a Stephen King novel even King has gone so far as to call "an awful book." But it's also a powerful story with a lot of hard-hitting themes, and it's clearly a book executive producer Larry Sanitsky is hooked on. In 1993, he helped produce the miniseries, and now he's serving as executive producer for the upcoming film.

Sanitsky still believes in the story wholeheartedly. The Hollywood Reporter quoted part of his mission statement: "It is an allegorical tale of addiction ... the threat of nuclear power, the danger of mass hysteria, and the absurdity of technical evolution run amuck. Topics as relevant today as the day the novel was written. It is also a tale about the eternal power of love and the grace of redemption." It's a strong pitch, and it's attracted some impressive talent. Horror veterans James Wan and Roy Lee are producing, and they've brought on screenwriter Jeremy Slater, the creator of the gone-too-soon TV version of The Exorcist.

They all know horror, and Lee even has two previous King productions under his belt. Slater knows how to script adaptations that show love for their sources but still move in new directions. That might be exactly the right recipe for adapting a book that's controversial even with its author.