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The upcoming Netflix adaptation of King and Joe Hill’s novella, In the Tall Grass, is officially headed to the streaming service on October 4, 2019.
For those who haven’t read the short story co-written by King and his son, In The Tall Grass focuses on two siblings, Becky and Cal, who follow the cries of a young boy into a field in Kansas, hoping to rescue him. Instead, they discover evil lurking in the tall grass that separates and traps them. They become lost in the weeds, but they quickly realize they’d rather not be found. Directed and written by Vincenzo Natali (whose sci-fi horror credits include Cube and Splice), In the Tall Grass stars Laysla De Oliveira as Becky and Avery Whitted as Cal. Patrick Wilson, Rachel Wilson, Harrison Gilbertson, and Will Buie Jr. also star, as Ross, Natalie, Travis, and Tobin respectively.
In the Tall Grass is the third King adaptation to come from Netflix—following 1922 and Gerald’s Game in 2017—and for Natali, who also adapted the script, working with the famed horror author and his son was a dream come true. “I love Joe Hill as a writer, I’m a huge fan of his. And I grew up, like so many others, reading and being inspired by Stephen King,” Natali told Decider. Though he didn’t have much direct interaction with King, he did work closely with Hill throughout the creative process.
“Their attitude is really great,” he said. “They’re not disruptive, though they have the right to be. When you sign the deal with them, they can reject the script, do all kinds of things, but they never exercise that right—or at least, they never did for me. They were just supportive. In one instance, Joe even wrote some dialogue for me, and I think it’s one of the most memorable speeches in the whole movie.”
In the Tall Grass will premiere at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas at the end of the month before heading to Netflix on October 4. The original novella was published in two parts in Esquire magazine in 2012. Natali assures fans that, while the short story has been expanded on to fit a feature-length film, it’s “very faithful” to the original.
“Almost to the letter—as much as these things can be—I filmed the story,” Natali said. “But it is the seed for something larger. It veers off in a certain way that I can’t really describe, but, fundamentally, it is the short story. And it contains the most shocking thing in that story—which, if anyone’s read it, they will know exactly what I’m speaking of. We don’t pull punches.”
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Independent Bookstore Day is a one-day national party that takes place at indie bookstores across the country on the last Saturday in April.
To celebrate, a short story never before published in book form by Stephen King and his son, Joe Hill will be released on April 24th! The ONLY way to get this book is to visit a local Independent Bookstore!
In the Tall Grass was originally published by Esquire magazine and released as a film on Netflix in 2019. Now it will be released as a 5×7 perfect-bound paperback that can be purchased for $12.99.
No problem! I'll keep my eyes peeled.