The women’s network, Lifetime will be airing the Stephen King adaptation of Big Driver. The TV film will star Maria Bello in the lead role. Big Driver is based on the novella from King’s 2010 collection Full Dark, No Stars. Read on for more information on the film.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Maria Bello will star in the original TV movie Big Driver, based on the novella from King’s 2010 collection Full Dark, No Stars.
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 that 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.
The film is produced by Ostar Productions and executive produced by Bill Haber (The Trip to Bountiful) and Jeffrey Hayes (A Day Late and a Dollar Short). The screenplay was adapted by Richard Christian Matheson (Masters of Horror, Happy Face Killer) to be directed by Mikael Salomon (Drew Peterson: Untouchable).
Look for production to begin this Summer.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
