THE GINGERBREAD GIRL is the Latest Stephen King Story to Get Picked Up For a Movie
There's another Stephen King movie on the way! His novella, The Gingerbread Girl, is the latest story of his to get picked up for a feature film adaptation. The rights to the story were snatched up by Brainstorm Media.
The Gingerbread Girl was originally published in Esquire magazine and was later included in King’s 2008 collection of stories Just After Sunset.
For those of you not familiar with the story, it focuses on a woman named Emily, who is "recovering from a recent loss in a secluded house in the loneliest stretch of New England. She avoids contact with her husband and her father and channels her grief into a grueling daily running regimen. This is doing her all kinds of good, until one day she makes the mistake of looking into the driveway of a man named Pickering. Pickering also enjoys privacy, but the young women he brings to his home suffer the consequences of knowing him. The tension hinges on whether Em will be next."
I love a good Stephen King thriller! I've never read this story, but it sounds like it will be a good movie. It will be co-written by King and frequent collaborator Craig R. Baxley, who will also direct the movie. Baxley has previously directed the King adaptations such as Storm of the Century, The Triangle, Kingdom Hospital and Rose Red.
The movie will also be produced by Mitchell Galin who has also helped develop King’s Pet Sematary, The Stand, Thinner, The Night Flier, Creepshow 2, The Langoliers and Golden Years. Brainstorm Media president Meyer Shwarzstein had this to say in a statement:
"We are excited to be working with Craig and Mitchell on this film. This cat-and-mouse thriller will appeal to Stephen King fans everywhere."
Radiant CEO and producer Mimi Steinbauer added:
"You cannot find a more valuable or bankable name than Stephen King in today’s market, and this pulse-pounding thriller with memorable characters and gripping tension will be exactly what buyers are looking for in Cannes."
Everyone wants a piece of the Stephen King action right now. He's always been pretty popular, but the recent film adaptation of IT really launched that popularity to a whole new stratosphere! I hope that all the other King movies that are being made like this one, end up being great films!
Source: Variety