JamesG
06-24-2014, 01:48 PM
Stephen King's Big Driver Heads to Lifetime with Maria Bello Starring
6/24/14
by Philiana Ng
Lifetime is getting into the Stephen King business.
Maria Bello will star in the original TV movie Big Driver, based on the novella from King's 2010 collection Full Dark, No Stars, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Olympia Dukakis, Joan Jett and Will Harris also star in the revenge tale adaptation, expected to premiere this fall.
Big Driver marks the first collaboration between King and the A&E Networks-owned female-skewing cable network.
In Big Driver, Tess Thorne (Bello), a famous and revered mystery and thriller writer, faces a long drive home following a book signing engagement. Prompted to take a shortcut at the suggestion of the event’s planner, Ramona, Tess sets out to return to her house. But while driving on a lonely stretch of New England road, her tire blows out, leaving her stranded.
Relieved when another driver (Harris) stops and offers assistance, Tess quickly discovers her savior is actually her assailant, a serial killer who repeatedly assaults her. Left for dead in a drainage pipe to rot with the bodies of his other victims, Tess escapes and makes her way safely home. With her fragile mind beginning to unravel, she is determined to find her rapist and seek revenge, as payback is the only thing holding her together.
Dukakis will play Doreen. Jett will play Betsy Neal.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/stephen-kings-big-driver-heads-714555
6/24/14
by Philiana Ng
Lifetime is getting into the Stephen King business.
Maria Bello will star in the original TV movie Big Driver, based on the novella from King's 2010 collection Full Dark, No Stars, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Olympia Dukakis, Joan Jett and Will Harris also star in the revenge tale adaptation, expected to premiere this fall.
Big Driver marks the first collaboration between King and the A&E Networks-owned female-skewing cable network.
In Big Driver, Tess Thorne (Bello), a famous and revered mystery and thriller writer, faces a long drive home following a book signing engagement. Prompted to take a shortcut at the suggestion of the event’s planner, Ramona, Tess sets out to return to her house. But while driving on a lonely stretch of New England road, her tire blows out, leaving her stranded.
Relieved when another driver (Harris) stops and offers assistance, Tess quickly discovers her savior is actually her assailant, a serial killer who repeatedly assaults her. Left for dead in a drainage pipe to rot with the bodies of his other victims, Tess escapes and makes her way safely home. With her fragile mind beginning to unravel, she is determined to find her rapist and seek revenge, as payback is the only thing holding her together.
Dukakis will play Doreen. Jett will play Betsy Neal.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/stephen-kings-big-driver-heads-714555