Early death aside, here's a look at how those eight episodes compare. Eight episodes were produced, and despite ratings that ranged from good to impressive, a second season was never picked up.
Similar to the film, the series closely follows the mental descent of a struggling author, who moves to a desolate hotel with his family. Related: What Stephen King Thinks Of Every Adaptation (Movies & TV Shows)įor now, King fans only have Nightmares & Dreamscapes to watch, which aired on TNT in the summer of 2006. Thanks to Stanley Kubricks grandiose vision and Stephen Kings forte with storytelling, The Shining now ranks among the best book-to-screen horror adaptations for many.
Yet despite Hollywood's renewed willingness to snap up any King project they can, a new King anthology still hasn't been greenlit. King himself is also a likeable, interesting speaker and general personality, and would make an excellent host for such a show if he saw fit to do it, perhaps explaining the story's inspiration after it had concluded. Stephen King, in full Stephen Edwin King, (born September 21, 1947, Portland, Maine, U.S. For now, King fans only have Nightmares & Dreamscapes to watch, which aired on TNT in the summer of 2006.
The fact that there's only ever been one anthology show created to adapt King's work exclusively is another surprise, as again, he has enough worthwhile short stories to power a decade's worth of 13-episode seasons, and that's being conservative.
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