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Jolene Purdy (Glee) and Nicholas Strong have landed regular roles on Under The Dome, its 13-episode summer series from Steven Spielberg and Stephen King based on King’s bestselling 2009 novel. Under The Dome is set in Chester’s Mill, a small New England town suddenly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by an enormous transparent dome. The town’s inhabitants must deal with surviving the post-apocalyptic conditions while searching for answers to what this barrier is, where it came from and if and when it will go away. Purdy, repped by Buchwald/Fortitude and Vanguard Management, will play Dodee, a brilliant, eccentric engineer at the local radio station who will draw on her unique skills in an effort to make contact with the world outside the dome. Strong will play Phil, a popular radio DJ and indie rock fanatic, a charismatic figure with a dark secret.
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Loved the book. Hope the series is as un-family friendly as the novel. Hear that Spielberg? Anyway, its good to see evidence that this project is moving forward.
Are these accurate character descriptions? If so, they’re really screwing with the story!
I am so confused! Has anyone actually read the book??
Neither of those characters are in the book. The only radio station in the book is a religious one.
The book was phenomenal and at 1088 pages does it really need new stuff added?
A lot/most of King’s stuff has been ruined when made for TV.
Hopefully this isn’t the case with UTD. The book as it is has more than enough characters and story to keep things going.
I agree 100 per cent!! Did they actually READ the book?
She was in Donnie Darko and I love her! I will definitely watch this show now, so excited!!
So….it’s the Simpsons Movie with some post-apocalyptic stuff thrown in?….
His book was written a decade ago, and much of it is symbolic of the government, religious stands, and society’s moral compass of that time. They want to make a more current, modern day take on the story. So, a lot of things will be different. Right now, it is 13 episodes, but like most book to tv projects, if there is room to ad more characters in the hopes of episodic longevity, then they will. Attempting to have a successful series by xeroxing the book would ensure doom.
Well, changing the characters and making a more ‘current, modern day take on the story’ isn’t going to ensure a longer run, if the first episode is as boring as the script that has been circulating recently.
Well, technically, the names are names of characters in the book, but that’s pretty much the extent of the similarity.