Just when you thought every possible piece of Stephen King's back catalogue had been optioned for adaptation – we were wondering when we'd see Stephen King's Vision Board – along comes word of another deal. Cedar Park Entertainment has picked up The Bone Church, intending to turn it into a TV series.
This time, the King output is a narrative poem, written by the author in the 1960s before he later revised it and published it anthology tome The Bazar Of Bad Dreams. The story follows an adventurer putting together a team to venture deep into a distant jungle land on the hunt for the legendary, titular location. It being a King tale, they naturally discover a terrifying secret and only three of the 32 travelers make it out alive, and what happened is related by one of those survivors, holding court at a bar.
Producer and Cedar Park co-founder Chris Long has form with King, having produced a series based on his Mr. Mercedes tome while at a previous job. This new company was formed with director David Ayer, though there's no information yet on whether he'll be directly involved with The Bone Church.
It is, as seemingly always, a good time to be a King fan, with the It sequel bubbling away, Gerald's Game director Mike Flanagan adapting Doctor Sleep and Castle Rock due to hit small screens this year.
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