CELL, the Trailer
Two long-awaited Stephen King adaptations are scheduled for release next year. Yet another has just been announced for this year.
As the fan site Slash Film says, “Everyone has been so focused on the currently filming adaptation of The Dark Tower, the upcoming adaptation of It, and the ever-in-development big screen version of The Stand that we completely forgot that another Stephen King adaptation was on the way.”
Published in 2006, movie rights to Cell sold quickly but then the project bounced around to various studios and director.
There may be a reason this adaptation has been overlooked. Slashfilm describes the plot as “built around a ridiculous premise that feels like a parody of a Stephen King book … One day, everyone using a cell phone is driven insane and begins to viciously attack anyone near them … Cell is lesser King, but it’s gnarly and weird and a brisk read.”
It is set for release on Ultra VOD on June 10th before simultaneous theatrical and regular VOD release on July 8.
The trailer, starring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson has just been released. No tie-ins have been announced.
[UPDATE: Eerily, the Cell trailer seems to no longer be available. The YouTube link is here, but at the time of this posting, it didn’t work]