King novel to made into TV film
Horror writer Stephen King's apocalyptic novel Desperation is to be made into a three-hour television film.
King, who is recovering from a serious bout of pneumonia, has already written the screenplay, based on his 1996 book about a man who ends up in a bizarre mining town in Nevada after being arrested by the strange local sheriff.
He discovers that a mysterious force has killed the town’s residents and he must either destroy the force or escape.
Producer Mark Sennet said Desperation boasted “a whole different, early Stephen King feel to it.”
“It’s one of those core, scarier-than-hell Stephen King novels,” he said. “It’s the antithesis of The Shawshank Redemption or The Green Mile. It’s bizarre, scary humour and it has great characters.”
