Yet again another Stephen King novel is getting the made-for-TV treatment as Desperation is currently being filmed in Arizona.
StephenKing.com is reporting that Mick Garris, whose previous Stephen King projects include Riding the Bullet, The Stand, The Shining, Quicksilver Highway [Chattery Teeth], and Sleepwalkers, wrote the screenplay and is directing this production.
As far as the cast goes it looks like they didn’t hold back in trying to get bigger names for this one as Hellboy is even taking a role as Ron Perlman will be playing Collie Entragian. The rest of the cast includes Tom Skerritt as Johnny Marinville, Steven Weber as Steve Ames, Matt Frewer as Ralph Carver, Annabeth Gish as Mary Jackson, Henry Thomas as Peter Jackson and Charles Durning as Tom Billingsley.
The site also makes sure to emphasize that this is being filmed as a feature film, not a mini-series, which should be promising.
The book it is based on is quite complex, and I am curious to see just how they are able to recreate the story of a place along Interstate 50 that some call the loneliest place on Earth. It’s not a very nice place to live. It’s an even worse place to die. It’s known as Desperation, Nevada.
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