Mike Flanagan is the best friend of every Constant Reader. His passion for Stephen King has been present since the very beginning of his filmmaking career (he’s admitted that his debut short film is an extremely loose take on “1408”), and the link between him and the author is only growing stronger. Having already made Gerald’s Game, Doctor Sleep and The Life Of Chuck – three of the best King movies of all time – Flanagan is now working on a Carrie limited series for Amazon Prime Video in addition to developing his dream adaptation of The Dark Tower. And as though that weren’t enough, he’s also now contributing to a new literary project that will expand the canon of The Shining.
News about that newly announced book is the lead story for this week’s edition of The King Beat, but also waiting for you in this column is an update about the alternate ending of Francis Lawrence’s The Long Walk that fans will definitely want to know about. There’s a lot to discuss, so let’s dig in!
