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Producer Bryan Fuller, the Emmy-nominated creator of the Wonderfalls, Pushing Daisies and Star Trek: Discovery television series has announced his next project: a retooling of Stephen King’s classic novel, Christine.
Fuller will write and direct a feature-length version of the novel for Blumhouse Productions, the studio behind Get Out and Halloween. Deadline further reports that Fuller intends to keep the story going into the 1980s and stay as true to King’s work as possible.
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Christine, first published by King in 1983, tells the story of Arnie, an unpopular teenager who buys a dilapidated 1958 Plymouth Fury with the intention of fixing it. Dubbing the car “Christine”, he begins to go through some strange personality changes, suddenly becoming healthier and more handsome and dressing like a 1950s oiler. Christine, meanwhile, begins to fix himself and kill people. in the city.
Director John Carpenter had previously adapted the novel in the 1983 film of the same name.
In addition to creating the aforementioned series, Bryan Fuller also developed the cult shows American Gods and Hannibal, and wrote credits on the genre series Heroes, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. In addition to incorporating LGBTQ themes and characters into his shows, he has also used a repertoire of queer actors, including Lee Pace, Gillian Anderson, Wilson Cruz, Raúl Esparza, Portia De Rossi and Eddie Izzard.
