Stephen King’s cinematic universe expands with The Woman Who Liked Tom Gordon
Stephen King’s 1999 novel The Woman Who Liked Tom Gordon is about to develop into a film.
The difference is a ardour mission of Chris Romero, former spouse of horror nice George Romero. The late director was initially hooked up to adapt the guide, however manufacturing stalled earlier than his passing. Now the mission is again from the lifeless, resurrected by the runaway success of IT. To carry The Woman Who Liked Tom Gordon to theaters, Chris Romero is teaming up with IT producer Roy Lee, together with Jon Berg of Vertigo Movies and Ryan Silbert of Origin Story.
In an announcement, Stephen King mentioned, “I’m thrilled that my guide is being delivered to the display, and that George’s firm is concerned. Chris (Romero) has labored lengthy and exhausting to make this mission occur.”
The Woman Who Liked Tom Gordon follows a 9 12 months outdated lady’s wrestle for survival. Whereas climbing together with her mom and brother, Trisha McFarland falls behind and finds herself misplaced within the woods. Starvation and thirst make Trisha hallucinate about her household and her favourite baseball participant, heartthrob Tom Gordon. Because the woods refill with supernatural indicators, Trisha involves consider she is being stalked by a beast known as the God of the Misplaced.
The brand new movie suits into what’s now a perpetually packed schedule for the Stephen King adaptive universe. TV variations of Creepshow and The Darkish Tower are within the works, together with a questionable Roadwork film and Mike Flanagan’s Physician Sleep. Looming over all the things is IT: Chapter Two, the extremely anticipated horror tent-pole arriving subsequent month.
The Woman Who Liked Tom Gordon continues to be trying to find a author, and presumably a director, too. Right here’s hoping they discover each, otherwise you may be left questioning whether or not you truly learn this story, or if it was all a hallucination.
