Castle Rock
(2018)
Regisseur:
Sam Shaw, Dustin ThomasonSchauspieler:
Bill Skarsgård, Melanie Lynskey, Andre Holland, Sissy Spacek, Jane LevyDie Anthologieserie „Castle Rock“ vereint als erste ihrer Art, die Themen und Welten des King-Geschichtenkanons und streift dabei einige der beliebten und legendären Geschichten. So werden mehrere King-Figuren im Zentrum stehen.
Der Serienstoff der ersten Staffel basiert auf einer Kurzgeschichte von King. Castle Rock ist der von King erdachte Name des geheimnisvollen Landstrichs in Maine, in dem einige Romane, Novellen und Kurzgeschichten Kings spielen. So spielen beispielsweise „The Dead Zone“ und „Cujo“ dort.
A psychological-horror series set in the Stephen King multiverse, Castle Rock combines the mythological scale and intimate character storytelling of King's best-loved works, weaving an epic saga of darkness and light, played out on a few square miles of Maine woodland. The fictional Maine town of Castle Rock has figured prominently in King's literary career: Cujo, The Dark Half, IT and Needful Things, as well as novella The Body and numerous short stories such as Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption are either set there or contain references to Castle Rock. Castle Rock is an original suspense/thriller — a first-of-its-kind reimagining that explores the themes and worlds uniting the entire King canon, while brushing up against some of his most iconic and beloved stories.
A psychological-horror series set in the Stephen King multiverse, Castle Rock combines the mythological scale and intimate character storytelling of King's best-loved works, weaving an epic saga of darkness and light, played out on a few square miles of Maine woodland. The fictional Maine town of Castle Rock has figured prominently in King's literary career: Cujo, The Dark Half, IT and Needful Things, as well as novella The Body and numerous short stories such as Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption are either set there or contain references to Castle Rock. Castle Rock is an original suspense/thriller — a first-of-its-kind reimagining that explores the themes and worlds uniting the entire King canon, while brushing up against some of his most iconic and beloved stories.