Ngesikhathi sengxoxo nefilimu ye-slash, umqondisi we- "ngxabano" uJosh Bun ukuqinisekisile ukuthi ukuguqulwa kwefilimu komsebenzi weNkosi uStephen King kuzodedelwa ngesilinganiso seR. Kepha imibono yoqobo yombhali ngeke ibe lula njengokuhlola okungu-1994 :
Sikwazile ukususa uchungechunge esingeni eliphakeme, ngokwemigomo yalokho okushiwo isikhundla se-R. Bese, ngesikhathi sokuqothula uchungechunge lokuqala, behluleka nje ukudubula. Ngesikhathi somsebenzi, sasicabanga ngefilimu "oxhumana nabo abaseduze be-degree yesithathu", futhi ngaphezulu ngamafilimu aseStephen Spielberg eminyaka yo-1970 kanye nezithombe zetshe le-Oliver 1990. Sithanda ukuxubana konke ndawonye ukutshela umcabango we-epic nowokukhanya. Ngicabanga ukuthi sipholile.
Kuke kwaziwe ngokukhethekile ukuthi lolu chungechunge lwe-Stephen King lwabhala lolu chungechunge lokugcina, izehlakalo ezizophuma ngaphesheya kwemingcele yale ncwadi futhi zizophendula imibuzo ebeziphakanyiswayo, mayelana nekusasa lamaqhawe a sebenza.
Ochungechungeni bafake inkanyezi yegolide, u-Alexander Skarsgard, uJoan Adepo, uHeather Graham, u-Odesna Yang, uNat Wlesden, uHenry Zaga.
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