"Storm of the Century" - Screenplay by STEPHEN KING - how come no novelization yet?

Buttmunker · 11-13-07, 07:41 AM

I picked up the original screenplay for "Storm of the Century," which was a Made-For-TV special, and although I balked at the format of reading a screenplay, I was actually surprised that it was extremely readable.

However!

I'm also surprised that it is still only in "screenplay-format," and that it hasn't been rewritten in "novel-format."

Why do you think this is?

ceeece · 11-13-07, 03:38 PM

Perhaps it wasn't meant to be a novel?

Buttmunker · 11-13-07, 03:39 PM

Practically all screenplays are translated into novels. They call those kinds of books "novelizations."

jdodd · 11-14-07, 10:00 AM

But who would do the novelization? Stephen King? He already wrote it once.

11-13-07, 07:41 AM	#1
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11-13-07, 03:38 PM	#2
ceeece Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 384	Perhaps it wasn't meant to be a novel? __________________ "Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein

11-13-07, 03:39 PM	#3
Buttmunker DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: New York Posts: 6,265	Practically all screenplays are translated into novels. They call those kinds of books "novelizations." __________________ I'm-a one, I'm-a one, the one they call Buttmunker.

11-14-07, 10:00 AM	#4
jdodd DVD Talk Ultimate Edition Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 4,122	But who would do the novelization? Stephen King? He already wrote it once.