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J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot To Option Stephen King Novel ’11/22/63′ For TV Series

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday April 26, 2013 @ 4:07pm PDTTags: 11/22/63, Bad Robot, Big Deals TV, JJ Abrams, Stephen King
Nellie Andreeva

J.J. Abrams‘ Bad Robot is in negotiations for the rights to Stephen King‘s bestselling 2011 novel 11/22/63. The deal is being done through Warner Bros TV, where Bad Robot is under a deal. I hear the plan is to adapt the book as a TV series or miniseries, likely for cable. 11/22/63 centers on Jake, an unassuming divorced English teacher who stumbles upon a time portal that leads to 9/9/1958 and goes on a quest to try and prevent the assassination of John F. Kennedy, which occurred on November 22, 1963. Bad Robot, which received an early renewal for NBC’s Revolution earlier today, had been looking to expand its TV business to cable. In addition to Revolution, the company has CBS drama Person Of Interest also renewed for next season. The deal for 11/22/63 comes on the heels of CBS’ green light for a drama series based on King’s novel Under The Dome, which will air this summer.

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Jonathan Demme Scripting Two Films, But Finds Time For Occupy Wall Street Shorts

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday October 26, 2011 @ 11:37am PDTTags: 11/22/63, Barack Obama, Jonathan Demme, Occupy Wall Street, Stephen King
Mike Fleming

While Jonathan Demme is busy writing the script for Stephen King’s upcoming thriller novel 11/22/63, and completing another script for an animated feature adaptation of the Dave Eggers novel Zeitoun, the Oscar-winning director has become so captivated by the Occupy … Read More »

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Jonathan Demme Deals For Stephen King’s JFK Book As Author Heats Up H’wood Again

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday August 12, 2011 @ 2:20pm PDTTags: 11/22/63, A&E, Bag of Bones, Jonathan Demme, Stephen King, The Dark Tower, The Stand, Universal, Warner Bros

It looks like Jonathan Demme is the latest big name to jump on a Stephen King project, with the director confirmed to have picked up rights to King’s yet-to-be-released novel 11/22/63, about a teacher who travels back in … Read More »

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