Christina Lauren & Stephen King News
I have more book related news to share with you all.
Sometimes I enjoy doing separate newsletters for each thing I get news of.
Other times I like talking about multiple book related projects in one
newsletter. The first bit of news I will talk about I found out about weeks
ago. On Christina Lauren’s instagram account they posted a picture of something
that looks like a script. It has the title Roomies at the very top. Below the
title it says Written by Christina Lauren and below that it says Based on the
novel by Christina Lauren. It teases that there is a movie in the works. While
there isn’t much to go on about whose being casted or if it will be on a streaming
device or in the theaters.
After doing some research according to variety.com
Andy Fickman will direct and produce the movie with Channing Tatum’s ex-wife
Jenna Dewan’s and her company Everheart Productions. The book is about a woman
that marries an illegal immigrant so he could stay in the country and star in a
Broadway musical. Their fake romance turns into something real. I hope their
other books “The Unhoneymooners,” and “In a Holidaze,” gets an adaption as well
since I enjoyed “The Unhoneymooners,” so much.
Stephen King’s novel “Firestarter,” is getting made
into a movie again. I can already feel everyone on the internet groaning. I understand
being sick of things being remade, rebooted, getting a sequel, prequel or a
spin off. In the case of Stephen King and any authors whose books were butchered
by Hollywood, I can understand why “Firestarter” is being rebooted. According
to director Keith Thomas, the reboot will follow the novel more closely. According
to Keith Thomas, “I’m excited about
doing a different, a new adaptation of the book, and getting into some things
that the original film didn’t – some things that I think are kind of core to
what the book is,” Thomas told CinemaBlend. “And at the same time
it’s both true to the story and true to the heart of the book, but at the same
time we’re living in a different era than the early ’80s, and I think there’s a
lot of stuff to explore in it that that King obviously is hinting at throughout
the book that I don’t see as much in the original film that I think we can
really dive into.”
The book is about Charlie McGee who has pyrokinetic
powers, her and her father have to live life on the run when the government has
plans of using her as a weapon. The original 1984 movie based on the book
starred Drew Barrymore long before her Charlies Angels days.