HEARTS - TBA



Hearts is one of the more interesting King adaptations currently in the works for a few reasons. For one, it's based on one of King's collections of short stories and novellas titled Hearts in Atlantis, which was adapted into a movie with Anthony Hopkins and a very young Anton Yelchin in 2001. Only, that adaptation was actually based on the novella titled Low Men in Yellow Coats, while this adaptation, retitled Hearts, is based on the actual novella titled Hearts in Atlantis within the collection that shares its name. It's also one of the few adaptation within this recent Kingaissance that doesn't include any horror or fantasy elements, similar to other adaptations like The Shawshank Redemption and Stand By Me.

Hearts is a coming-of-age story that revolves around a group of college students in 1966 who are personally affected by the Vietnam War. Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down, The Strangers: Prey at Night) has been attached to direct since 2016, but there have been few details concerning the project since.

ROSE MADDER - TBA



Even though Stephen King's vast collection of work is a well from which most film studios would happily draw, some adaptations struggle getting off the ground. Case in point: Rose Madder. Based on King's novel of the same name, this fantasy thriller dealing with the real-life horror of domestic violence has been in development for years, with screenwriter Naomi Sheridan (In America) once attached to pen the screenplay in 2011. At the moment, however, it resides in Development Hell.

DRUNKEN FIREWORKS - TBA



From Stephen King's collection of short stories titled The Bazaar of Bad Dreams is a short story titled Drunken Fireworks. It revolves around the theme of new money and old money, in which a fireworks competition results in some unexpectedly heavy consequences. James Franco is attached to star in the adaptation, according to Variety, and will also double as a producer. The screenplay is being penned by Matt Rager, who also wrote As I Lay Dying, The Sound and the Fury, and In Dubious Battle, in which Franco also starred and directed. There is currently no release date set for the movie.

FIRESTARTER - TBA



In 1984, a very young Drew Barrymore starred in an adaptation of Stephen King's sci-fi horror novel Firestarter. She played a young girl named Charlie who is born with a unique gift allowing her to start fires with her mind, which ultimately prompts a government organization known as The Shop to hunt her down. Now, Blumhouse Productions and Universal Pictures are moving forward with an updated take on the story, and though it's still in the very early stages of pre-production, Fatih Akin (The Edge of Heaven) is attached to direct, while Scott Teems (Narcos: Mexico) will pen the screenplay.

THE JAUNT - TBA



Another Stephen King adaptation currently in development is based on the short story titled The Jaunt. First published back in 1981 in The Twilight Zone Magazine, The Jaunt later become an entry in King's collection of short stories, Skeleton Crew, telling a futuristic story about people who can teleport, and the potential horrors that come with it. In 2015, it was announced that Andy Muschietti, who has since gone on to direct both IT and IT: Chapter Two, would direct, but that doesn't appear to be the case anymore.