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Heart Shaped Box by Joe King

BevVincentBevVincent
edited April 2006 in General news
From

Cinescape, we learn about a project for both print and movies by SK's son Joe.





Warner Receives HEART SHAPED BOX from King's Son



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Dateline: Thursday, April 6, 2006



By: NEWS EDITOR

Source: Variety







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Warner Bros. has picked up the right to the thriller novel HEART SHAPED BOX by Joe Hill -- Stephen King's son.



The novel, which will be published next year, centers on a singer obsessed with the occult who buys a ghost on eBay in the form of a man's burial suit. He's ultimately forced to confront both the ghost and the demons of his own past.





Akiva Goldsman will produce. No screenwriter has been set yet.

Comments

  • BevVincentBevVincent
    Sounds like it could be good.
  • BevVincentBevVincent
    "The book is about a man who buys a ghost on the Internet and what happens to him after UPS delivers it," he said. "The hero is a burned-out, morally exhausted rock star with the unlikely stage name of Judas Coyne, and he's spent a lifetime running from metaphorical ghosts: the ghost of who he used to be, the ghosts of his dead bandmates, the ghost of a wronged lover who killed her self. So there are a lot of restless spirits circling around Jude, ... which he has to try and lay to rest."


    The limited edition will come from Subterranean Press to coincide with the trade edition next year. Details to follow.
  • kymattykymatty
    Now, will SP pick the artist? I am dying ot know who it will be :-?
  • Lou_SytsmaLou_Sytsma
    Have you read this one yet Bev?
  • BevVincentBevVincent
    No, I haven't, and am looking forward to it as eagerly as many other people are.
  • sunny99sunny99
    Bev.



    Need confirmation here.



    Is this Joe Hill the same Joe Hill who won two Stoker Awards for the Long Fiction Category with 'Best New Horror' (excellent story btw) and the Fiction Collection Category with '20th Century Ghost' (excellent collection well deserving of the award!) ??



    If so, looks like the man's talent rubbed off extremely well on his son, and then some  ;D



    Sunny
  • BevVincentBevVincent
    Yes, the Joe Hill whose short story collection and one story from it won a Bram Stoker Award is the same Joe Hill who has a novel named Heart Shaped Box (also the title of a Nirvana song) coming out next year.
  • willowlovewillowlove
    From Dark Horizons, quoting the Hollywood Reporter:



    Pabst Opens A "Heart-Shaped Box"

    Posted: Thursday July 6th 2006 12:27am

    Source: The Hollywood Reporter

    Author: Garth Franklin



    Tom Pabst has been hired to adapt Joe Hill's upcoming novel "Heart-Shaped Box" for Warner Bros. Pictures says The Hollywood Reporter



    The novel is a supernatural thriller about a rock star who collects occult artifacts and bids online for a ghost that leads him into the Deep South. There, he must confront his past in order to escape the haunting.



    Hill is the son of horror author Stephen King and wrote an award-winning collection of short stories titled "20th Century Ghosts". Akiva Goldsman will produce.
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