Dane DeHaan Discusses The Series Adaptation of Stephen King's LISEY'S STORY
One of the projects that are in development over at Apple that I’m super excited about is the series adaptation of Stephen King’s Lisey’s Story. J.J. Abrams is producing the series through his Bad Robot Productions, and King is writing the scripts for all eight episodes.
The series stars Julianne Moore, Dane DeHaan, and Clive Owen. The story follows a character named Lisey Landon and it’s set two years after her husband's death. Lisey “decides it's time to go through his office to clear out his papers. Scott Landon was a bestselling novelist and Lisey has been besieged by people wanting to buy any of his unpublished work but she is determined not to let that happen. As she begins the process of cleaning, she is contacted by an unsavory character who claims that if she does not turn over the papers, he will make her suffer the consequences. Finding strength she did not know she had and never used during their marriage, Lisey refuses, and true to his word, 'Zack McCool' begins to stalk her. Lisey begins to remember strange events from her marriage that she had suppressed and finds clues that may help save her life."
The concept of the story was inspired by King’s experience when he was involved in a serious accident in June 1999. The idea for the novel sprang from a sudden realization he had when he came home from the hospital and saw that all of his belongings are in boxes. Because of that, he saw a vision of what his studio would look like after his death.
ComingSoon had the opportunity to talk to DeHaan about the series. He is taking on the role of Jim Dooley a.k.a. Zack McCool in the series. With the series about to go back into production, DeHaan expresses his excitement, saying:
“I think it’s gonna be really rad, we were doing really cool things, the set felt really good. The director’s awesome, the DP is really cool. I really hope we get to finish soon because it feels like we’re making something really wild and crazy and scary and awesome, I’m really excited about it.”
DeHaan went on to say that the details regarding his character will be different in the series than from the book. This development came from conversations between director Pablo Larrain (Jackie), Stephen King and the actor.
“He’s actually written a few scenes based on our conversations. It’s been really fun and this character, I think, will be one to remember. He’s a weird dude, and I don’t want to give too much away, but we’ve had a lot of fun taking what Stephen had in the book and bringing it to modern-day, but also in a really off-putting, strange and disgusting kind of way.”
Well, as long as King is the guy making the changes to the character, I’m a bit more comfortable with it. This is such a great story, and King himself said that it is one of his favorite books that he’s written that he would love to see adapted. Well, it’s happening and he’s the guy behind the wheel, steering the story!
The series also stars Joan Allen (A Good Marriage), Sung Kang (F9: The Fast Saga) and Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight). Are you excited about seeing how this series turns out?