![]() There is currently no information on when we can expect to see Later arrive on screen, but it is likely to be sometime next year at the earliest. While there are a lot of straight horrors being adapted, or in many cases remade, Later could well join that exclusive club of non-horror offerings of King’s that seem to translate so well on screen. The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood. The short, to-the-point chapters make for quick reading, the crime-driven plot is propulsive, involving guns, drugs, bombs and kidnapping, but, more importantly, some of the lines just take your breath away. ![]() Recently, King adaptations have had as much of a renaissance as his novels, with a lot of his work heading to the small and big screen in the coming years. King’s writing in Later is as clean, direct and evocative as it’s ever been. Born with an unnatural ability his mom urges him to keep secret, Jamie can see what no one else can see and learn what no one else can learn. Despite that, there were plenty of hits based on the author’s work that managed to land just right with critics and fans, such as Pet Sematary, Carrie and Salem’s Lot, along with the non-horror based The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile. 3.99 114,125 ratings12,900 reviews Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Best Horror (2021) The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood. ![]() For many years, some Stephen King adaptations for TV and cinema suffered due to a lack of budget and technology, with many films like Graveyard Shift, Cat’s Eye and Sleepwalkers being enjoyable enough but always falling short of the images King could create on the page with his words. ![]()
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