2017 is shaping up to be an exciting year for Stephen King fans, with both The Dark Tower and It set to hit the big screen. However, we do have another King adaptation on the horizon courtesy of Netflix, with Mike Falanagan (Hush, Oculus) directing Gerald’s Game, and during an interview with Arrow in the Head, producer Trevor Macy has shared a few words on the project.
“Well, I’m a big fan of the book as well, and one of the more fulfilling moments in my professional life was showing this cut to Stephen King and having him tweet how excited he was about it,” said Macy. “I think the challenge with that – if you’re a fan of the book, so much of it takes place internally, in her [Jessie’s] head. So, ‘how do you do that in a cinematic way?’ was the fundamental question when you’re taking that particular book into movie land. It isn’t done quite the way it’s done in the book, but I’m very proud of it, and fortunately Stephen King’s very proud of it, so I think audiences are going to like it.”
“It’s a very faithful adaptation in that way, it’s just that there’s a—I don’t mean to be too cryptic, but I don’t want to give it away [laughs],” he continued. “There’s a storytelling device that we use that the book doesn’t. It’s really nice to get Stephen King’s support in doing that, even at the script stage, so he feels and we feel that it’s a very faithful adaptation. It’s a movie that genre fans will love, but it’s not only a genre movie, and Netflix is a great place for things like that these days.”
Gerald’s Game sees Carla Gugino (Wayward Pines) and Bruce Greenwood (Star Trek) leading the cast of the film as Jessie and Gerald Burlingame, while Henry Thomas (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial), Carel Struycken (The Addams Family), Kate Siegel (Hush), and Chiara Aurelia (Agent Carter) also feature. It is expected to hit Netflix later this year.
Originally published April 16, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.
