Stephen King's 'Gerald's Game' Adaptation to Bow on Netflix
One of Stephen King's less popular novels, Gerald's Game, has been a particular passion project for Hush and Oculus director Mike Flanagan since 2014.
This book is a lot less cinematic than the ones we're seeing get their big screen treatment - notably, The Dark Tower - as it takes place in one room and centers around a single character as she attempts to escape an agonising predicament.
The horror tale is essentially a perfect fit for a streamer like Netflix, as the content would have a hard time swaying a traditional studio to make and release it to a wider theatrical audience.
Flanagan says that King himself got things rolling on the adaptation. "Coincidentally, Stephen King watched Hush at home on Netflix and tweeted about it, which kind of blew my mind. And that got us talking about Gerald’s Game again."
The 1992 novel follows a woman who finds herself handcuffed to a bed in her isolated cabin for an evening of fun with her husband. The husband subsequently has a heart attack and dies. Unable to escape and trapped by those cuffs, Jessie has visions and sees figures that may or may not be hallucinations as she confronts her past while more physical threats begin to sprout.
Netflix has thrown its support behind the project, thanks largely to the success of Hush.
Source: Slashfilm
