Lisey s Story in 2020. but then the pandemic happened. As a result, production on the miniseries had to hit pause, and plans were delayed. For a long time we were left with no idea what was going on, and it was only back in February that the streaming service teased that the adaptation would premiere during the summer â but now we are over Boo ya Moon excited to reveal not only that we now have a release date, but also a wonderful set of first look images.
AppleTV+ officially announced today that
Lisey s Story, which will run as a eight-episode miniseries, is now set to premiere on Friday, June 4. Stephen King wrote the adaptation by himself, and the story follows the eponymous character (Julianne Moore) as she copes with the death of her husband, a world-famous writer, and faces down events that cause her to reflect on her marriage and recognize that she has a number of repressed memories. The limited series has an absolutely phenomenal cast, including Julianne Moore as the
Author Stephen King knows a lot about adaptations. The prolific author has written more than 60 novels and 200 short stories, with more than 30 film and television adaptations coming from his deep bench of original works. But the upcoming
Lisey’s Story, based on his 2006 novel of the same name that he s adapting into an eight-part limited series for AppleTV+, is by his own admission the story he loves the best.
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Lisey’s Story means a lot to me. It’s the story I love best,” King told reporters today during the Television Critics Association panel for the AppleTV+ series that will premiere on the streamer in Summer 2021. It will star Julianne Moore as Lisey, the widow of renowned author Scott Landon (Clive Owen). After his death, she has to process the complexities of his creative legacy along with their marriage in a multileveled story that’s part epic romance, thriller, and fantasy.