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DreamWorks Options New King Novel

November 24, 2009 by Michael Hickerson   || Category: TV News

under_the_domeOne of the most respected directors in Hollywood is teaming up with one of the best-selling novelists of all-time for a television event.

According to Variety, DreamWorks has acquired the rights to adapt Stephen King’s new novel “Under the Dome” for a mini-series.  King will serve as an executive producer for the project along with DreamWorks partner Steven Spielberg.

The novel, which weighs in at just under 1,100 pages, tells the story of a small town in Maine that is put under a mysterious dome.

No word yet on where the mini-series may air.  Variety reports that the project is being shopped to various cable outlets.

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