Stephen King novel called 'his best in a decade' to be adapted into series by famous director

Horror fans volition beryllium thrilled this Halloween play arsenic iconic writer Stephen King is having different 1 of his books brought to screen

A caller Stephen King caller that scored rave reviews from his fans volition beryllium brought to beingness by Bourne manager Paul Greengrass.

Fairy Tale, a uncommon foray into the phantasy genre for the It and The Shining scribe, was published successful 2022 and astir instantly launched a fierce bidding war.

Although Universal Pictures landed the movie rights, the 600-page tome proved intolerable to accommodate into a feature, truthful Uncut Gems and Midsommar workplace A24 volition reimagine the communicative into a 10-part series.

The caller follows 17-year-old lad Charlie Reade, who inherits keys to a portal to a full caller world plagued by forces of evil.

King, who often publishes astatine slightest 1 caller publication a twelvemonth including caller hits Holly and The Institute, received rave reviews for the 2022 epic, which has been labelled 1 of his champion books successful years.

Horror Geek Life dubbed it his “best caller successful the past decade”, adding it’s “an implicit instrumentality to signifier successful King’s quality development.”

“For me, this astir apt ranks determination among his apical 10 books,” they added. “Which is beauteous incredible, considering helium has implicit 30 books connected the New York Times Best-Sellers database and is 75 years old.

“Check this 1 retired soon. You won’t regret it. Long unrecorded the King.”

Alison Flood of The Guardian echoed the sentiment, calling it “vintage, timeless King, a transporting, terrifying dainty calved from aggregate lockdowns.”

While Slate called it “the champion benignant of page-turner”, a publication that “will punctual you however overmuch amusive speechmaking tin be.”

They write: “You’ll inhale Fairy Tale successful large 100-page swaths without the slightest effort oregon strain, and you’ll beryllium grateful that determination are 600-plus pages of it to punctual you respective times implicit however overmuch amusive that benignant of speechmaking acquisition is.”

And the New York Times called it a “multiverse-traversing, genre-hopping intertextual mash-up, with plentifulness of Easter eggs for regular King devotees.

“Thankfully, it’s besides a coagulated episodic adventure, a page-turner driven by memorably unusual encounters and well-rendered, often thrilling action.”

King’s legion of readers volition beryllium connected tenterhooks to spot however the latest adaptation of his iconic catalogue fares compares to the likes of Carrie, Cujo, The Shawshank Redemption and galore more.

Although he’s famed for his daunting doorstoppers, there’s inactive plentifulness of clip to get done Fairy Tale’s 600 pages earlier Charlie’s adventures marque it to screens.

It’s presently chartless which level volition big the A24 production, but the studio’s erstwhile TV outputs person aired connected HBO (Euphoria, The Idol), Paramount+ (The Curse) and Apple TV+ (Sunny).