Stephen King's 'N.' to Get TV Adaptation
The film adaptation of Stephen King's "It" is still showing in some theaters, but the TV version of another of the renowned author's works is already being developed. Earlier this week, Gaumont Television confirmed that an adaptation of the 2008 novella "N." is in motion.
The studio revealed that the TV adaptation of King's novella "N.," which is part of his "Just After Sunset" collection, would be titled "8." The show will reportedly be directed by "Annabelle: Creation's" David F. Sandberg," while its script will be written by "Ant-Man and the Wasp" scriptwriters Andrew Barrer and Gabe Ferrari. The three creatives will also executive produce the upcoming TV series and so will "Lights Out" EP Lotta Losten and Erwin Stoff of 3 Arts Entertainment.
The novella "N." tells the story of a man who believes that the only way to defend the world from Lovecraftian monsters is his obsessive compulsive disorder. Considered one of the best short stories that King has ever written, it is narrated in an epistolary manner, which features a collection of letters and journal entries that talk about the man who is named N. who comes across eight Stonehenge-like structures.
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According to Deadline, the TV series will be somewhat different from the original material, as "8" will be set in Maine where eight stones are said to hold an ancient evil that is so horrifying, it could cause visitors to lose their sanity. It was also revealed that after three teenagers managed to escape from the said evil in 1992, they will be facing the same force again after 25 years.
In a past interview, King also revealed that one of his inspirations in writing "N." was the 1980 novel by Arthur Machen, "The Great God Pan," which incorporates obsessive compulsive disorder with "the idea of a monster-filled macroverse."
The series is still in its early stages of development so it does not have a premiere date yet.
