As reported by THR, Park Entertainment is bringing the short story to market for the first time this year in Cannes. Grayson Ross and Jodi Hansell are to handle production duties on the film, budgeted somewhere in the $12 million-$14 million range. The story itself (published in the 1985 collection SKELETON CREW) tells the tale of a 95-year old woman, who decides to travel from Goat Island to the mainland over a frozen stretch of water known as the titular Reach. Of course, if you know King, then you’ve probably guessed that there’s more to the story, although horror aficionados might be dissapointed by the fact that it’s actually one of the writer’s more subtle and personal tales.
Still, far be it for me to say it lacks the potential to be made into a powerful movie.