Adapting Stephen King : Volume 2, Night Shift from Short Stories to Screenplays

The second in a series, this book examines the various film adaptations of King's Night Shift anthology. Through his "Dollar Baby" program, King licensed several Night Shift stories to aspiring filmmakers for just one dollar each, resulting in numerous student film adaptations. Although most have never been screened outside of a college classroom, films like Frank Darabont's The Woman in the Room were eventually released commercially with considerable critical success. Darabont, in fact, would later direct both The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile.

This volume critically examines and contextualizes these and other adaptations of the Night Shift short stories, illuminating how each film is a uniquely and intricately collaborative endeavor. It charts the development of each adaptation through old and new interviews with the creators, exploring how Hollywood filmmakers continue to reinvent, reimagine, remake and reboot King's stories.