Unadapted Stephen King Story That Should Complete The Thomas Jane Trilogy

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Because after Dreamcatcher and The Mist we clearly need one last film for the box set.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Thomas Jane should play "The Gunslinger" in a Dark Tower franchise	3
Thomas Jane should play the dad in The Jaunt	2
Thomas Jane should play "The Major" in The Long Walk	2
Thomas Jane should play "Norman Daniels in Rose Madder	1
Thomas Jane should play "Bil Hogan" in Chattery Teeth	1
Thomas Jane should play "Spike Milligan" in Morning Deliveries (Milkman #1)	1
Thomas Jane should play "Henry" in The Ballad Of The Flexible Bullet	0
Thomas Jane should play "Dale Barbara" in Under The Dome	0
Thomas Jane should play "Wesley Smith" in Ur	0
Thomas Jane should play "Scott Staley" in The Things They Left Behind	0
Thomas Jane should play the unnamed lead in Willa	0
Thomas Jane should play "Edgar Freemantle" in Duma Key	0
Thomas Jane should play "Richard Sifkitz" in Stationary Bike	0
Thomas Jane should play "Clayton Riddell" in Cell	0
Thomas Jane should play "Mike Noonan" in Bag Of Bones	0
Thomas Jane should play "Sam Peebles" in The Library Policeman	0
Thomas Jane should play "Ralph Roberts" in Insomnia	0
Thomas Jane should play "Pearson" in The Ten O'Clock People	0
Thomas Jane should play "Howard Mitla" in The Moving Finger	0
Thomas Jane should play "William Blakely" in Blockade Billy	0

― da croupier, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 21:29 (fifteen years ago)

wikipedia plot outlines if you feel the need to make an informed choice. Skipped stuff that didn't have a male lead or had already been turned into a TV episode or movie. Kept some stuff in turnaround or pre-production.

The Jaunt
The Library Policeman
Morning Deliveries (Milkman #1)
The Ballad Of The Flexible Bullet
The Long Walk
Chattery Teeth
The Moving Finger
The Ten O'Clock People
Insomnia
Rose Madder
Bag Of Bones
Cell
Stationary Bike
Duma Key
Willa
The Things They Left Behind
Ur
Under The Dome
Blockade Billy

― da croupier, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 21:32 (fifteen years ago)

lol are there really no king-heads here? admittedly i've only read a few of these short stories and none of the later books except for insomnia.

― da croupier, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 16:59 (fifteen years ago)

I went for Gunslinger without even blinking

― Marriage, that's where I'm a Viking! (HI DERE), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 16:59 (fifteen years ago)

Too young for "Duma Key," plus he'd have to play an amputee. "Bag of Bones" seems appropriately maudlin and melodramatic for him.

― Obama, Wellstone and Darwinfish, Attorneys (Pancakes Hackman), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 17:03 (fifteen years ago)

The Long Walk with Thomas Jane is tempting.

― will live out his days in gloomy batchelorhood (Eric H.), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 17:04 (fifteen years ago)

tbh I stopped reading King halfway through Gerald's Game, aka The Novel That Taught Me It Was Okay To Tell A Book To Fuck Off And Never Finish It

― Marriage, that's where I'm a Viking! (HI DERE), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 17:14 (fifteen years ago)

IIRC, Insomnia is even worse than Gerald's Game. But his work has gotten significantly better again in recent years.

Voting Bag of Bones just because I remember liking that book pretty well.

― Sara R-C, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 21:14 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Sunday, 2 May 2010 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

I voted voted Dark Tower franchise, because if the Lost dudes made it into a mini-series (as was once rumored) then I'd never have to actually read it.

― President Keyes, Monday, 3 May 2010 13:38 (fifteen years ago)

No idea who Thomas Jane is tho.

― President Keyes, Monday, 3 May 2010 13:39 (fifteen years ago)

Thomas Jane should play the dad in The Jaunt

imo

― nitzer Ed (s1ocki), Monday, 3 May 2010 18:04 (fifteen years ago)

He should play Pennywise in the "IT" remake

― I have a big tv with blue ray's (latebloomer), Monday, 3 May 2010 18:08 (fifteen years ago)

haha i thought about adding that (i really would be ecstatic to see him as bill), but then at opens a whole world of possibilities. Shouldn't be long before pet sematary comes back.

― da croupier, Monday, 3 May 2010 18:14 (fifteen years ago)

can't wait for the critical rediscovery of the "bachman books"

― nitzer Ed (s1ocki), Monday, 3 May 2010 18:16 (fifteen years ago)

I remember reading that when I was visiting my grandparents in Lancaster, PA. Really, nothing says summer reading to me like S. King.

Not sure what to vote for since I fell behind long ago, but I will admit to watching (and enjoying) The Mist 2x.

― an outlet to express the dark invocations of (La Lechera), Monday, 3 May 2010 18:19 (fifteen years ago)

xp: King took The Bachman Books out of print as a complete set, because "Rage" had some controvesial connections to school shootings.

― huh! tikuuta. (kingkongvsgodzilla), Monday, 3 May 2010 18:22 (fifteen years ago)

voted Long Walk since its one of the only stories I remember.

― sofatruck, Monday, 3 May 2010 18:27 (fifteen years ago)

oh man, "Rage" is amazing

― DUM DUM DUM DUMMMMM! (HI DERE), Monday, 3 May 2010 18:34 (fifteen years ago)

at least, it was amazing when I was 14

― DUM DUM DUM DUMMMMM! (HI DERE), Monday, 3 May 2010 18:34 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Monday, 3 May 2010 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

eight years pass...

Thomas Jane should play "Wilfred James" in 1922 oh wait he did.

Would have voted Morning Deliveries.

― maximum waste and minimum joy (oder doch?), Monday, 17 December 2018 22:14 (seven years ago)

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