So somehow, this one passed me by. One of my favorite Stephen King books, Bag of Bones, is apparantly being made into a TV miniseries. I first heard of this when I was perusing the Twitter feed of Ro_Karen, who in turn had re-tweeted a picture of Annabeth Gish that she (Gish) had taken from the shooting location of Bag of Bones.
Follow all that?
While I am excited by the fact that this fine book will be filmed, I'm (at the moment) less than excited about two factors.
1 - TV Miniseries. Green Mile proved that a long form King based screenplay works. So why regulate this to the TV? It would work great on the big screen.
2 - Pierce Brosnan. I'm not sure he's the best choice. When I read the book, I get the feel that the main character, Mike Noonan is in his late 30s, maybe early 40s. Mr. Brosnan is close to 60. This may work; but I feel that the age of the main character is important to the story.
I guess the one upshot is that it will be on A&E. So, not broadcast, but not premium either. I guess I would like to see on King book get the full premium cable or film treatment. While not as intense as The Stand or IT, Bag of Bones still deserves a shot at the big screen.
Either way, I'll be watching it.
Stephen King - Bag of Bones TV page
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