The film is directed by tod kip williams paranormal activity 2 from a script written by adam alleca the last house on the left and the master of horror, stephen king himself. The movies been around for a while at film festivals and vod, and will soon be released in theaters. Cell comics, a marvel comic book character cell dragon ball, a character in the manga series dragon ballliterature. Besides, theres mild amusement to be had watching people shuffle around like violent zombies as a result of cell phone usage. King has published seven novels, under the pen name richard bachman. The cell, my 3rd time reading it, does not fail to deliver horror and gore, yet also brings the beauty of one mans search for his family after an apocalyptic phone call. Stephen king is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Its been a long road to get stephen king s 2006 novel cell to the screen.
Having read the book twice now once a few years ago and again last week, i have mixed feelings about the film. Cell by stephen king at the best online ebook storage. After his father left them when stephen was two, he and his older brother, david, were raised by his mother. Stephen king is a funny one, his first 10 books or so, and all his early short stories, were amazing then he kind of went through a weird dip then he wrote a few which were to me top notch then he dipped again. Cell stephen king movie with john cusak and movies.
A random wrong number on his cell phone sends a young man into a highstakes race against time to save a womans life. Like many stephen king novels though, the happening is great with buildup, but the movies ending is too arbitrary and predictable to be truly satisfying. While the overall batting average for king adaptations isnt necessarily the greatest, one kingbased movie that generally garnered acclaim was 2007s haunted hotel room tale 1408, starring john cusack and samuel l. A 2016 film adaptation starred john cusack, samuel l. The story follows a new england artist struggling to reunite with his young son after a mysterious signal broadcast over the global cell phone network turns the majority of his fellow humans into mindless vicious animals. Civilization slipped into its second dark age on an unsurprising track of blood but with a speed that could not have been foreseen by even the most pessimistic. Stephen king movie adaptations are mostly hit or miss for most horror fans. The stephen king analogy is more than apt as one can easily have imagined the bespectacled one dreaming up the happening it in fact shares some ideas with kings recent cell novel. Stephen kings cell 2016 was a film i was thrilled to watch and enjoyed it because i watched the film fresh. John cusack and samuel l jackson are phoning it in as survivors of a.
Jan 12, 2016 the film is directed by tod kip williams paranormal activity 2 from a script written by adam alleca the last house on the left and the master of horror, stephen king himself. In the panic to get out of boston and find his way home to his wife and son in maine, he is joined by tom mccourt, a man he meets in the melee immediately following the pulse and a young girl, alice, who they rescue from being killed by one of the crazies. Lionsgate and saban films have released the first trailer for stephen kings cell, which the bestselling author cowrote with adam alleca john cusack and samuel l. There was talk for a while of eli roth making a movie out of cell, stephen king s technophobic spin on the zombieapocalypse thriller. The book more of a novella than a standard kinglength novel was a decent sort of thriller. Jacksons reunion gives each of them little to do besides wait for cell phone zombies. Some sort of simultaneous transmission has transformed the citys citizenry into mindless zombies. This like many of stephen king s novels is both a terrible look at mankind and a wondrous look at what could be. An extended clip from the upcoming film adaptation of stephen kings cell illustrates why it might be best to go back to landlines.
With no knowledge of jessica martin other than her hushed, panicked voice on. The movie, starring actress sandra bullock, was released friday, dec. At the boston airport, clay cusack witnesses a scene. Stephen kings bestselling novel is brought to terrifying life in this mindblowing thriller starring john cusack and samuel l. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, many of which have been adapted into feature films, miniseries, television shows, and comic books. Just the thought of that genre guttersnipe going all hostel on. Desperate to find his estranged wife and son, clay teams with a train driver jackson. Stephen kings cell gets a bargainbin adaptation film. Having read the book twice now once a few years ago and. It stands to reason, i guess, that the movie version of cell isnt one of my favorite stephen king movies. Jun 06, 2016 stephen kings bestselling novel is brought to terrifying life in this mindblowing thriller starring john cusack and samuel l. Jackson django unchained and isabelle fuhrman orphan coming in august.
Stephen edwin king was born the second son of donald and nellie ruth pillsbury king. Stephen kings novel cell was published in 2006 and its taken 10 years to get it out on film. While it was originally slated for release in 2009, reportedly a series of creative differences and the inability to produce a suitable script slowed things down. This is a reference to the stephen king short story and movie 1408 2007. The current flood of zombie novels was just gathering steam when horror superstar stephen king unleashed this epic on us all and yet, finding a genuinely original trigger mechanism for yet another outbreak of flesheating mayhem was already one of the significant challenges facing anyone who dared venture into this longpopular horror subgenre. The cell, a 2000 psychological thriller film starring jennifer lopez. Cell 2016 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. John cusack, samuel l jackson and author stephen king reunite after the hugely successful 1408. The fandango movieclips trailers channel is your destination for the hottest new trailers the second they drop. Note that aside from creepshow 2, it chapter two, and doctor sleep, the sequels are only tangentially related to stephen kings work. The movie started off average, actually got back on track for the middle of the movie, then veered completely off the rails at the end. When a mysterious cell phone signal causes apocalyptic chaos, an artist is determined to reunite with his young son in new england.
More a leisurely paced, characterdriven drama with horror elements than an outright thriller, cell wants to warn viewers that they have become too attached to their mobile devices. Cell isnt one of kings greatest books, by any stretch, but there really is a kernel of a good story in their somewhere. Cell is a 2016 american science fiction horror film based on the 2006 novel of the same name by stephen king. At the boston airport, clay cusack witnesses a scene of. List of adaptations of works by stephen king wikipedia. The book more of a novella than a standard king length novel was a decent sort of thriller.
Film adaptation of stephen kings cell to premiere at. John cusack and samuel l jackson are phoning it in as survivors of a crisis that turns mobile users into. The fandango movieclips trailers channel is your destination for the. Just imagine if they made it with john cusack leading. There was talk for a while of eli roth making a movie out of cell, stephen kings technophobic spin on the zombieapocalypse thriller. Shortly after it was published, the book was optioned by dimension films with eli roth attached to direct. The pulse was an international cellular signal that began armageddon. I didnt interpret the book as decrying the evils of cell phones technology, but rather an interesting allegory for anything thats ubiquitous. The film was released on june 10, 2016 to video on demand. Desperate to find his estranged wife and son, clay teams with a train driver jackson to battle the. The cell movie ending, however, made many viewers question what. Im a huge fan of stephen king, but cell is not one of my favorite novels hes written. Fortunately for clay, he does not own a cell phone. Aug 01, 2016 when a mysterious cell phone signal causes apocalyptic chaos, an artist is determined to reunite with his young son in new england.
This ending is confusing, so join me as i try to figure. Parts of his childhood were spent in fort wayne, indiana, where his fathers family was at the time, and in stratford, connecticut. Everyone using a cellphone at the time of the pulse experienced a kind of psychological reboot, with the following initial effects. Stephen kings cell trailer finds john cusack dialing m. Shortly after it was published, the book was optioned by dimension films. Cell music, a small rhythmic and melodic design that. At the boston airport, clay cusack witnesses a scene of chaotic mayhem when an electronic signal turns hundreds of cell phone users into rabid killers. After the closing credits have finished, the catalyst signal from the movie plays. Stephen kings bestselling apocalyptic thriller is a major motion picture starring john cusack 1408, samuel l. Note that aside from creepshow 2, it chapter two, and doctor sleep, the sequels are only tangentially related to stephen king s work. I didnt like cell i didnt like desperation i hated dreamcatcher. A lifeless husk of a film that lacks even the basic understanding of how storytelling works.
Just the thought of that genre guttersnipe going all hostel on the authors haunted new england was enough to send the wrong kind of chills down king fans spines. Stephen edwin king is an american author of contemporary horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. Cell, a 2006 horror novel by stephen king cells, poem, about a hungover soldier in gaol, by rudyard kipling. Cell film cell is a 2016 american science fiction horror film based on the 2006 novel of the same name by stephen king. The other cell phone, which the man had set up as a detonator on the school bus, also has 3 bars. Cell isnt one of king s greatest books, by any stretch, but there really is a kernel of a good story in their somewhere. The final result is the asofnow worst stephen king film adaptation. Now, nearly a decade later, cusack and jackson are about to reunite in a new film based on kings 2006 novel cell. Its been a long road to get stephen kings 2006 novel cell to the screen. Cell vs cell stephen kings book vs stephen kings film. Clay dials the number, and the entire fairgrounds goes up in a giant fireball, killing almost all of the phonepeople, raggedy man included. Dec 24, 2018 the movie, starring actress sandra bullock, was released friday, dec.
Well he was the lead and it was just as good as 90% of all the king books that have been made into movies. Stephen king novel becomes a phony zombie story john cusack and samuel l. His recent work includes the institute, elevation, the outsider, sleeping beauties cowritten with his son owen king, and the bill hodges trilogy. Stephen king s bestselling novel is brought to terrifying life in this mindblowing thriller starring john cusack and samuel l. His proposed version would have taken a global survey of the. Animation cel, a transparent sheet on which objects are drawn or painted for traditional, handdrawn animation the cell the vampire diaries, an episode of the tv series the vampire diaries. The story anyone using a cell phone err almost everyone goes crazy and picks up a deadly rage virus. This message was timely back in 2006, when the stephen king bestseller this film is based on hit bookstores, but it bears some repeating. The film is directed by tod williams, produced by john cusack, with a screenplay by king and adam alleca. The pulse is depicted as an electrical signal that transmitted globally through cellular telephones in roughly 2006. Cell stephen king movie with john cusak and movies reddit.
This like many of stephen kings novels is both a terrible look at mankind and a wondrous look at what could be. Cinematografia michael simmonds edicao jacob craycroft companhias produtoras benaroya pictures cargo entertainment the genre co. On this ending explained, i tackle the stephen king apocalyptic zombie thriller cell 2016, starring john cusack and samuel l. Stephen king based on the novel by, stephen king screenplay by 1 more. Cell is a 2006 apocalyptic horror novel by american author stephen king. Stephen king trivia clayton riddell is assisted by middleaged tom mccourt and teenager alice maxwell amidst the savagery that results when a mysterious pulse knocks out all cellular phones. Jackson, stephen king horror thriller movie hd when a mysterious cell phone.
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