Sawyer
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Now, yes, the book has been adapted twice into television movies, but, from what I've heard and from what bits and pieces I've seen of both, neither are all that true to the novel and take quite a few liberties with the story and its characters.
This would be a great time for it. There is something of a vampire craze taking place lately with stuff like Twilght, The Vampire Diaries and True Blood. But this would be the antidote to that lovey-dovey, pretty boy vampire falls for the emo human chick stuff that seems to be at the forefront of the craze. Here, vampires wouldn't be the love interest, they'd be the threat. The vampires of the novel are much closer to those of Bram Stoker, as King was inspired to write the book by Dracula. The movie should stick to that.
I also think that, of a majority of King's novels, Salem's Lot could actually fit into the timeframe of a two/two and a half hour movie. I love It/The Stand/The Dark Tower/etc. but all of those would require either a miniseries or multiple films (or in Dark Tower's case, multiple films and a television series) to keep the stories intact, whereas Salem's Lot's story is fairly simple and could concievably be done in one film.
King fans... what do you think?
This would be a great time for it. There is something of a vampire craze taking place lately with stuff like Twilght, The Vampire Diaries and True Blood. But this would be the antidote to that lovey-dovey, pretty boy vampire falls for the emo human chick stuff that seems to be at the forefront of the craze. Here, vampires wouldn't be the love interest, they'd be the threat. The vampires of the novel are much closer to those of Bram Stoker, as King was inspired to write the book by Dracula. The movie should stick to that.
I also think that, of a majority of King's novels, Salem's Lot could actually fit into the timeframe of a two/two and a half hour movie. I love It/The Stand/The Dark Tower/etc. but all of those would require either a miniseries or multiple films (or in Dark Tower's case, multiple films and a television series) to keep the stories intact, whereas Salem's Lot's story is fairly simple and could concievably be done in one film.
King fans... what do you think?