Entertainment
Stephen King's short story 'Crouch End' to be adapted as Prime Video series
The project will mark the first adaptation of the horror author's work to be produced in the United Kingdom.
The short version
- Prime Video has greenlit a six-part limited series based on Stephen King's 1980 short story 'Crouch End'.
- The project represents the first television or film adaptation of King's work to be produced in the U.K.
- Casting for the series is currently underway, though no release date has been announced.
Key facts
- Prime Video has greenlit a six-part limited series adaptation of Stephen King's 1980 short story 'Crouch End'.[Variety]
- The series will be the first adaptation of a Stephen King story to be produced in the United Kingdom.[Variety]
- The production is being adapted by Paul Tomalin, directed by Tom Shankland, and produced by Mammoth Screen and Fifth Season.[Variety]
- The plot follows a movie star named Doris Freeman who reports her husband missing amid strange phenomena, which is then investigated by a police inspector named Ted Vetter.[Variety]
- Casting for the series is currently underway.[Variety]