How to adapt Stephen King for television

Stephen King is considered the living author whose works have been adapted the greatest number of times for the screen. His stories have inspired film and television productions that have fared better or worse. As journalist Matthieu Rostac recalls in his book Stephen King: An Illustrated Guide from the Master of Horror, for many, “he’s a poorly adapted novelist, a man whose work is scrupulously destroyed by the film industry.” However, in recent years, some titles have attempted to change that opinion. That will be the intention this fall of It: Welcome to Derry, on HBO, a nine-part prequel to It based on the novel King published in 1986 to expand the universe of Andy Muschietti’s films from 2017 and 2019.

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