Simpsons Did It! Stephen King's Under the Dome on CBS

[ManaByte]

1074 page novel adapted into 13 episodes.

And yes, they will reference the Simpsons Movie:

http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/04/30/under-the-dome-simpsons/

The backstory: King originally began work on his sprawling eco-parable bestseller in 1976, then shelved the project for a couple decades before picking it up again and ultimately publishing the novel in 2009. In the meantime, 20th Century Fox released The Simpsons Movie in 2007 with a broadly comic take on the same concept. Fox’s series The Simpsons then mocked the coincidence in a 2010 episode where Monty Burns begins to seal Springfield with a giant dome while brandishing a copy of King’s book before realizing this has already been done once before.

Now the upcoming series version of Under the Dome will throw a reference back to The Simpsons in its third episode. “We do make a reference to The Simpsons Movie,” showrunner Neal Baer told EW. “We have a ‘recharge party’ in episode 3 and the kids are watching it.”

[nudemacusers]

looks like it could be cool. I know the book has some dark stuff in it (haven't read it), do you think it will suffer being on network tv vs say, HBO/cable?

[ManaByte]

looks like it could be cool. I know the book has some dark stuff in it (haven't read it), do you think it will suffer being on network tv vs say, HBO/cable?

With the stuff NBC is getting away with on Hannibal, no.

[Rahxephon91]

The  tv series is written by Brian K. Vaughan right?

[Verdigris Murder]

I have quite literally never heard of Under The Dome, but it sounds like a darker version of the Eden Project, with less inbreeding and pasties.

[fistfulofmetal]

looks like it could be cool. I know the book has some dark stuff in it (haven't read it), do you think it will suffer being on network tv vs say, HBO/cable?

There's really nothing in the book that's too bad for network tv.

[demi]

You can read the wiki if you really want to "read" the book.

[Verdigris Murder]

Are there bits about Steven King needing more money in the wiki? If so I'm pretty letdown. The Talisman was a far weirdest book of his, it pretty much reads as a repressed memory sexual abuse allegory: Kids firing Uzis at monsters in the desert? Along the the medieval stuff, and long boring bits.

[Joe Molotov]

I hope it's as good as the Langoliers.

[Verdigris Murder]

As long as the main characters wife starts having irrational periods we're good to go.

[ManaByte]

Full trailer:


No word if it'll stay true to the book with the origins of the dome and all.

[Phoenix Dark]

The search for the next Lost continues.

[ManaByte]

The search for the next Lost continues. I wish I was an ABC exec

This is a mini-series. It's not trying to be the next Lost.

Most people watching it will already know what the dome is and its purpose.

[Joe Molotov]

I kinda wanted to read the book, but lol 1300 pages, nope.

[ManaByte]

I kinda wanted to read the book, but lol 1300 pages, nope.

It actually goes pretty quick.

[Steve Contra]

I kinda wanted to read the book, but lol 1300 pages, nope.

It actually goes pretty quickly into the trash.

fixed

[Yeti]

It was a fun read up until the ending. I will save you the time:

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