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Do you think there might exist a time when every single Stephen King novel or short story has been adapted for the stage or screen? It sure seems like it, not that I'm complaining! Deadline Hollywood recently revealed that another adaptation is in development, this one based on King's "Autopsy Room Four," a short work included in his Everything's Eventual collection.

According to the outlet, Autopsy Room Four will be directed by up-and-coming British filmmaker Ranjeet S. Marwa, whose previous short film, The Man Who Loved Flowers, was inspired by some of King's works. He also directed Spring Lakes and Dig Me No Grave, both of which have been picked up by distributors.

"Autopsy Room Four" was initially published in one of King's limited-edition collections in the late 1990s before being added to Robert Bloch's Psychos anthology. Then, in 2002, it was published as part of Everything's Eventual.

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Stephen King is an incredibly prolific author, and as such, he's one of the most adapted writers in history, having film versions of nearly all his novels as well as numerous short stories and novellas turned from page to screen. From classics like Carrie, The Shining, and The Shawshank Redemption to newer fare like Doctor Sleep, the sequel to The Shining, and the two It films, King movies can be found lurking around just about every corner. Now, fans have one more adaptation to look forward to, as the King short story "Autopsy Room Four" is set for a film adaptation.

Deadline reports that British director Ranjeet S. Marwa will bring King's short story "Autopsy Room Four" to the big screen alongside producer Jon Levin, who previously produced In the Tall Grass for Netflix, an adaptation of a novella King wrote with his son, fellow horror writer Joe Hill. King...

Stephen King is holding on to his title as the second-most adapted author of all time with yet another adaptation in the works. The highly prolific horror and sci-fi writer has written over 70 novels and novellas and his many titles have been adapted to the big or small screen, some even more than once.

Per Deadline, another one of King's works will be adapted into a feature film: his 1997 short story Autopsy Room Four. The horror maestro has many titles currently in development, both as films or television series, among them The Monkey and The Running Man, and another take on The Dark Tower. Autopsy Room Four will have longtime Stephen King fan director Ranjeet S. Marwa at the helm working with Jon Levin, who will produce.

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Stephen King‘s short story Autopsy Room Four was first published in the 1997 collection Six Stories – which, fitting for the title, did indeed contain six stories. That book was limited to just 1100 copies, but thankfully King ended up putting all six of the stories into different collections over the years. Autopsy Room Four was also included in the 1997 anthology Robert Bloch’s Psychos before making its way into the 2002 King collection Everything’s Eventual. In 2006, the story was adapted for the screen as an episode of the TNT King mini-series Nightmares and Dreamscapes… and now, Deadline reports that a feature film adaptation is in the works.

King has given the greenlight for the new adaptation, which is being produced by Jon Levin, who was previously an executive producer on Netflix’s King adaptation In the Tall Grass. The film will be written and directed by Ranjeet S. Marwa, whose credits include Ballistic,...

A 1997 Stephen King short story based on an Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode directed by the horror filmmaker is being adapted into a feature film. King has often pulled from various media in crafting his scariest, most memorable stories, often citing horror novelist H.P. Lovecraft as one of his most influential inspirations. King's best stories reflect what influences him, focusing on dark stories that are both realistic and supernatural. However, he's also pulled inspiration from other sources across the horror genre, with Hitchcock's influence palpable in the many dark stories across the writer's decades-long career.

Now, Deadline reports King's 1997 short story "Autopsy Room Four" is getting a feature film adaptation from writer and director Ranjeet S. Marwa and producer Jon Levin. Appearing in the short story collection Everything's Eventual, the story follows a man who wakes up to discover he's been trapped in an autopsy room. The story pulls inspiration...

A new feature film inspired by the works of prolific horror author Stephen King is on the way. Deadline reports today that King’s short story Autopsy Room Four is getting adapted by British director Ranjeet S. Marwa and veteran Hollywood exec Jon Levin (In the Tall Grass).

King himself has given the greenlight on the project, which will be written and directed by Marwa.

Autopsy Room Four will “delve into the mind of a man who, after a life-threatening accident, wakes up to find himself trapped in an autopsy room. As he confronts his own mortality, the story navigates themes of fear, survival, and the unknown.”

The short story itself was initially published in King’s Six Stories in 1997 and appeared in the anthology Robert Bloch’s Psychos later that year. In 2002, it was collected in King’s collection Everything’s Eventual.

Notably, this isn’t the first time the short story was adapated.

According to Deadline, Stephen King‘s chilling tale ‘Autopsy Room Four’ is heading to the big screen, under the direction of British filmmaker Ranjeet S. Marwa and produced by Jon Levin, a former high-ranking agent at CAA.

Levin, known for his role in Netflix’s adaptation of King’s ‘In The Tall Grass’, will bring his extensive experience in Hollywood to this new project.

The short story, first published in 1997 in King’s collection ‘Six Stories’, explores the terrifying experience of a man who believes he is alive but trapped inside an autopsy room.

This gripping narrative of survival and existential dread was previously adapted into a short film in 2003 and was featured in TNT’s ‘Nightmares & Dreamscapes’ series in 2006.

Ranjeet S. Marwa, who will both write and direct the film, has a history of engaging with King’s work, having directed ‘The Man Who Loved Flowers’, a short film...

Exclusive: Stephen King short story Autopsy Room Four, about a man trapped in an autopsy room, is being made into a feature film with British director Ranjeet S. Marwa and veteran Hollywood exec Jon Levin, the former CAA agent turned producer and manager whose exec producer credits include Netflix’s King adaptation In The Tall Grass.

Horror maestro King has given the greenlight for the adaptation, which is to be written and directed by Marwa, who has been prolific in low-budget U.S. and UK genre fare to date. It is currently in development.

Autopsy Room Four delves into the mind of a man who, after a life-threatening accident, wakes up to find himself trapped in an autopsy room. As he confronts his own mortality, the story navigates themes of fear, survival, and the unknown.

The story was first published in King’s limited-edition collection Six Stories in 1997 and appeared...

Directed by Ranjeet S Marwa, Ballistics is a story of revenge and the repercussions such a desire has on the man who is harboring it. Beck believed that everything in his life would get back on track once he got revenge. He always felt a void within him, and he was of the opinion that only killing the man who gave him a lifetime of trauma would bring him peace. But when the moment came, Beck was shocked to find out that he was wrong all along. He realized that forgiveness has the kind of power that revenge lacks. But by that point, it was a bit too late, and Beck knew that he had gone past the point of no return. So, let’s find out what happened in Ballistics movie, and if its protagonist, Beck, was able to take revenge.

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Film and media company Buffalo 8 has acquired worldwide distribution rights to “Dig Me No Grave” from Djonny Chen’s prolific U.K.-based outfit Silent D Pictures. The deal was revealed at the Berlin European Film Market (EFM).

“Dig Me No Grave” follows the harrowing journey of an ageing hunter who embarks on a final quest for an elusive elk. His seemingly routine expedition takes a nightmarish turn when he becomes ensnared beneath the immense weight of a bear. Days of desperate survival ensue until a mysterious stranger rescues him, leading to intense events in the unforgiving wilderness.

The cast includes Warren Lee Hicks (“Renegades”), James Bryhan (“Shadow and Bone”) and Mark Strange (“B.R.I.”). The film is directed by Ranjeet S. Marwa (“Spring Lakes”) and written by Gary A. Piazza.

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