Adapting King: Volume 3

By Joseph Maddrey

324 pages / Published 2026

PART OF A TRILOGY

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"THE ICE IS GONNA BREAK!" For more than fifty years, Stephen King’s stories have inspired countless film and TV adaptations. This third volume in a multi-book series explores the cinematic journeys of four iconic novels—The Dead Zone, Firestarter, Cujo and Christine—tracing each project from acquisition to finished film.

Drawing on original research and new interviews with key filmmakers, author Joseph Maddrey offers fans a fascinating look at the collaborative process behind these adaptations. In researching this series, Maddrey consulted dozens of public and private libraries and archives, including the Stephen E. King Archive in Bangor, Maine. His discoveries will have “constant readers” seeing these adaptations in a whole new light.