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An adaptation of Stephen King ’s novellaThe Gingerbread Girlis let a film adjustment . This will stigmatise the thirtieth Stephen King adjustment currently in development .
Based on a short story that premiered in an issue ofEsquirein 2007 , and later published in one of King ’s shortsighted level aggregation titledJust After Sunset , The Gingerbread Girlfollows a woman who lives alone in New England , dealing with a recent loss . Having abridge herself off from close friends and relatives , including her Church Father and husband , she finally discovers that her neighbor may be killing the young women that claver his home . The novella was optioned during the Cannes Film Festival by U.S. production and distribution company Brainstorm Media , and will be the 2d of King ’s stories to be pick up at Cannes , following Netflix ’s acquisitionofIn the Tall Grass , based on the novella write by King and his son Joe Hill .
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According toDeadline , the adaptation ofThe Gingerbread Girlwill reunite King with film director Craig R. Baxley , who has directed numerous King taradiddle , includingStorm of the CenturyandRose Red , which were compose for television by King , andKingdom Hospital , which King adapted from Lars von Trier’sThe Kingdom . The Gingerbread Girlwill be the first of King ’s stories that Baxley will direct that is based on a antecedently print work . It will also reunify King with Mitchell Galin , who produced a act of King adaptation , includingThinner , The Night Flier , Creepshow 2 , The Langoliers and Golden Years . He also producedThe StandandPet Sematary , which are both in the process of being remade as a miniseries and feature , respectively .
While some of King ’s version execute the risk of being come to - or - lose ( last year ’s TV serial adaptation of his novellaThe Mistwas panned by critic and cancelled after only a single season ) , others have proven to be massively successful ( Itbroke corner power records , earningthe freehanded horror movie opening ever ) . So , give that the oecumenical takeout from most King adaptations are typically split , only meter will tell on which end of the spectrum this one lands .
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Source : Deadline
