While it marks the third collaboration between Abrams and author Stephen King, the upcoming Apple TV+ thriller "Lisey's Story" is different from their previous projects, according to a new interview with Abrams.
While it marks the third collaboration between Abrams and author Stephen King, the upcoming Apple TV+ thriller "Lisey s Story" is different from their previous projects, according to a new interview with Abrams.
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Lisey’s Story is, among many things, a brilliant showcase for Julianne Moore, who has her meatiest role in years as the widow to a world-famous author who comes to realize her late husband’s work may be more reality than fiction. From
director Pablo Larraín, the miniseries is an adaptation of Stephen King’s 2006 novel of the same name, a deeply personal story inspired by the famed horror/fantasy author’s own brush with death. In a sense, Moore’s Lisey is a fictionalized version of King’s own wife, and her story is one of grief, loneliness, timeless love, and an otherworldly realm of mystery and menace known as Boo’ya Moon (because, of course this is a Stephen King project after all). In the video above, Moore discusses her “live wire” performance and why she was so intensely drawn into the story. The actor also gets technical and shares some behind-the-scene secrets about the series’ eye-poppingly gorgeous pool setting, and a particularly memorab
Stephen King Adaptation Lisey s Story Should Have Stayed on the Shelf
The star-studded Apple TV+ adaptation of one of King s own favorite works is overwrought, muddled, and silly.
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Welcome to
Up Next, a column that gives you the rundown on the latest TV. This week, Valerie Ettenhofer reviews Lisey’s Story, a Stephen King adaptation for Apple TV+.
Stephen King has written more than eighty books, many of them now considered classics, but when asked about his favorite, he often cites a lesser-known title:
Lisey’s Story. The 2006 fantasy romance is partly inspired by the aftermath of an incident that almost killed him. It’s a complicated story about processing grief, unveiling childhood trauma, and delving into the imagination. I wish audiences could see what King sees in it, but at least on screen, in an Apple TV+ limited series directed by