Comic Book Writer Brian K. Vaughan To Adapt Stephen King's Under The Dome For TV!

Comic Book Writer Brian K. Vaughan To Adapt Stephen King's Under The Dome For TV!

The Runaways and Lost writer has been hired to pen the adaptation of Stephen King novel, Under The Dome, a story which sees a town cut off from the world after being surrounded by an invisible dome...

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By JoshWilding - Nov 07, 2011 05:11 PM EST
Filed Under: CBS
Source: Deadline
Deadline report that comic book writer (Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, Runaways) Brian K. Vaughan has been hired to adapt the highly anticipated Showtime adaptation of Stephen King's 2009 novel, Under the Dome. Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider hold the rights, while the series will be executive produced by King and DreamWorks TV’s Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank. Vaughan's last major TV project was Lost.





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headlopper
headlopper - 11/7/2011, 6:17 PM
Interesting premise. Could work on TV ,especially with Vaughan involved.
headlopper
headlopper - 11/7/2011, 6:21 PM
Although I'm concerned about the accumulation of flatulence trapped inside.
Suede
Suede - 11/7/2011, 6:30 PM
Simpsons did it! (first)
nickthomas89
nickthomas89 - 11/7/2011, 6:35 PM
read this over the summer, great book. really excited to see it adapted for TV. John Goodman would make an awesome Jim Renney.
StuckInPanels
StuckInPanels - 11/7/2011, 8:36 PM
let me guess, it takes place in MAINE!!!!
subzero1077
subzero1077 - 11/8/2011, 7:20 AM
So unbelievably excited for this! Gunna have to order Showtime...

@ComicCirtic87 - It's Stephen King, of course it takes place in Maine. :-P
Animarcus
Animarcus - 11/8/2011, 8:06 AM
not a Lost writer... please not a Lost writer! the serie will make no sense and the end will be stupid.
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