boyajian@akov68.DEC (Jerry Boyajian) (11/28/84)
A couple of weeks ago, someone asked about a future Stephen King movie called
SILVER BULLET, asking if this was an existing King book, or was possibly based
on the limited-edition King books CYCLE OF THE WEREWOLF or THE DARK TOWER: THE
GUNSLINGER. I responded saying that there was definitely no book with the title
SILVER BULLET and that it was unlikely that it was based on either of the two
aforementioned books. Well, some new information has come to light in the
magazine CINEFANTASTIQUE, January 1985 [no flames, please, about the accuracy
of information in this magazine]:
"SILVER BULLET, a werewolf story written by Stephen King
and illustrated by Bernie Wrightson (CREEPSHOW), will be
filmed by Dino De Laurentiis in Wilmington, North Carolina.
The modern, semi-comic story with ambitious makeup effects
will be directed by Dan Attais, former second assistant
director on TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE."
Well, there still is no story by King entitled "Silver Bullet", but since
CYCLE OF THE WEREWOLF is illustrated by Bernie Wrightson, it looks like it
indeed is the source for the movie. For those of you who didn't manage to
get a hold of a copy of that book, this may be good news, as the book may
well be reprinted in a mass-market edition as a tie-in to the movie.
--- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Maynard, MA)
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