![]() ![]() King’s novella was recently adapted into a Netflix original film starring Jaeden Martell as Craig and Donald Sutherland as his elderly mentor. ![]() Harrigan passes away, Craig slips his cellphone into the coffin as a sort of parting gift, accidentally forming a link with the old man from beyond the grave. Harrigan develop a mentor/mentee relationship that changes the way Craig views the world. Harrigan, an old and lonely billionaire who’s recently moved to town. Harrigan’s Phone follows a child named Craig who takes an afternoon job reading to Mr. King’s newest collection, If It Bleeds, contains a similar though much lighter story. Subtitled Summer of Discontent, Apt Pupil tells the story of Todd Bowden, a teenager who blackmails his neighbor–a former Nazi hiding in suburbia–into teaching him the trade of murder and depravity. Though aligned with summer, the second story in the collection, Apt Pupil, is easily the darkest. The only story that has yet to be adapted is the fourth novella, The Breathing Method, a Christmas Story about a horrifying miracle birth. ![]() ![]() The collection’s third novella, The Body is the inspiration for Rob Reiner’s Stand By Me and the first, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, was adapted into Frank Darabont’s film (with a shortened title) which still holds the highest ranking on IMDb. Different Seasons consists of four novellas each linked to a season of the year and contains the source material for some of Hollywood’s most successful films. In 1982, Stephen King released a collection known in the film industry as a magic book. ![]()
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