Well this blows.
"Indiewire" reports that Academy Award winning director Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs) has left the film adaptation of Stephen King's fantastic novel 11/22/63. Demme states that while the two are friends and enjoyed working on the script, "we were too far apart on what we felt should be in and what should be out of the script." So the ever popular "creative differences." Shocking. To Demme's credit he did say that he hopes "it's moving forward, I really want to see this movie." Me too Jonathan. Me too. And I would have preferred you helming the project.
I won't get into the heavily detailed plot of the book. Suffice it to say that it involves time travel, an attempt to stop the JFK assassination, a really great love story, and a little town some of you Stephen King fans might recognize called Derry. If you want any more information there is this magical thing called Google now that will definitely get you where you want to go.
While I'm upset that Demme left I'm equally happy that King stuck to his guns. This is easily the best novel King has written since The Green Mile and it ranks right up there with "The Stand," "IT", "'Salems' Lot," and "The Shining" as one of King's all time great books. To cut too much out of it does the book injustice. If it has to be three hours let it be three hours.
In any event I would love to see this book in some form even if it has to be a miniseries on HBO or Cinemax. I have to question Demme's commitment to this project anyway. He's mostly interested in documentaries right now and hasn't made a "real" movie since 2008's Rachel Getting Married.
Any thoughts out there on who should helm this project?
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