“You can ring my bell, ring my bell…”
The Losers gather at Boston International Airport to close out their coverage on Stephen King‘s Cell. Now that they’ve explored the 2006 novel, they’re dialing into the 2016 adaptation. Originally announced as an Eli Roth project two months after the book’s release, the film spent 10 torturous years in development hell before finally being unleashed.
What came to fruition is a feature by filmmaker Tod Williams (The Door in the Floor, Paranormal Activity 2) that stars John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman, Owen Teague, Stacey Keach, and Joshua Mikel. What’s more, King himself penned the screenplay alongside 2009’s Last House on the Left scribe Adam Alleca. Was it worth the wait?
Join Losers Michael Roffman, Rachel Reeves, Ana Marie Cox, and Jenn Adams as they answer that very question. Together, they chart the entire decade-long production history, discuss the 1408 reunion between Cusack and Jackson, try to make sense of King and Alleca’s chopped-up script, collect all the King Easter Eggs, and much, much more.
Stream the movie review below. Then return next week when the Losers re-run their book episode for King’s emotional 2006 novel Lisey’s Story, which originally dropped in 2021 for the Apple TV+ series. For further adventures, join the Losers’ Club over long days and pleasant nights via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Acast, Google Podcasts, and RSS.
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