King awoke from this dream and scribbled his sleep-addled thoughts on a napkin (which he paraphrases in his non-fiction book): This in mind, the author offered to sell the rights with one key provision: Reiner would have to at least produce, if not direct the adaptation. King had exceptional admiration for the work that Rob Reiner did on Stand By Me, and Scheinman was one of Reiner’s producing partners at the newly formed Castle Rock Entertainment (which took its name from the famous fictional town in said movie/King’s books). In this sense, Andrew Scheinman developing a passion for the novel was a kind of serendipity. If Misery was going to be made into a film, he was going to make sure that it was going to be the best film it could possibly be. The writer felt an immensely personal connection to the work, and it wasn’t one that he was willing to simply put into the hands of the highest bidder. The reason for this, however, was because of Stephen King. By the time Scheinman finished the relatively short book, he knew that he wanted to turn it into a movie – and he was surprised to discover that the rights had not been optioned.
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