Ground Breaking New Project "N" by Stephen King

[Randall Flagg]

According to King's website:


Scribner, Simon & Schuster Digital, Marvel Entertainment and CBS Mobile have collaborated in a unique partnership to bring an episodic graphic adaptation of the previously unpublished Stephen King short story “N.” specifically developed to be delivered weekdays in 25 video installments to online and mobile phone users. The first episode will be available Monday, July 28th but viewers can go today to www.NisHere.com (http://www.nishere.com/) to watch the first episode, which will also be unveiled at Comic-Con International in San Diego today at a panel event featuring the creators of this pioneering venture.

To watch “N.” or get more information on the series, go to www.NisHere.com. (http://www.nishere.com/) Also, you can easily take the “N.” video player with you and post it to your profile, page or blog and get the entire series delivered directly to you!

[Bev Vincent]

According to PW: A limited printed collectors edition of the book, packaged with a DVD of all 25 episodes, will be available when the regular edition of Just After Sunset goes on sale in November.

[Matt]

From the SKMB


A groundbreaking new project is being announced today for pre-release of Stephen’s short story N. Read here (http://www.stephenking.com/n/) for more details.

[sarah]

oooo cool. Thanks for the heads up, matt.

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

I like what the Wall Street Journal says...

"Scribner and Mr. King are betting that a digital adaptation designed for those with short attention spans will be more productive. :)

[Brice]

:lol:

[wizardsrainbow]

Coolio

[Erin]

Awesome news!

[Matt]

Ooops--looks like we have a thread for this already and this one is in the wrong place. :lol:

Mods, feel free to move

alinda, I'm looking at you here. :wub:

[Ricky]

Really cool news. I think I'd enjoy it more if I waited to actually read the story though.

[CPU]

Wow, that looks really cool! :clap:

[jayson]

Neato!

[herbertwest]

According to PW: A limited printed collectors edition of the book, packaged with a DVD of all 25 episodes, will be available when the regular edition of Just After Sunset goes on sale in November.

do you mean that the book/DVD edition will be limited, or that there will be a limited edition of the book/DVD edition?

[herbertwest]

on the official website, we can read that:

Yes. Stephen King and Marvel will be releasing a comic book miniseries based on “N.” in early 2009.

[Bev Vincent]

It's unclear if the edition of the book in this bundle will be any different from the regular trade edition at this point.

Also, this was in the FAQ:

Will “N.” ever be released as a comic book?

Yes. Stephen King and Marvel will be releasing a comic book miniseries based on “N.” in early 2009.

[jhanic]

This story was also printed on the first page of the second section of today's Wall Street Journal.

I WILL be looking for a copy of that combined edition.

John

[Heather19]

Very interesting, thanks for the info everyone.

[Nerak]

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Sweeet!

[Nerak]

I like what the Wall Street Journal says...

"Scribner and Mr. King are betting that a digital adaptation designed for those with short attention spans will be more productive. :)

oooo that will be perfect for....wonder what the cats are into????

[Daghain]

:panic:

Oh, this looks AWESOME!!!!!!

[William50]

:excited:

[mae]

Well, very cool indeed, but I'll hold off watching these episodes after I've read the story :)

[Spencer]

Am I correct in assuming "episodic graphic adaption" is a fancy schmancy way of saying cartoon? :lol:

[Daghain]

Oh, go SEE the first one! You will be hooked!

And, did anyone besides me misread this as "Nis Here?" :lol:

[The Lady of Shadows]

weren't we just voting about original or. . . hey has anyone seen my purple magic marker? it was around here somewhere i'm sure of it.

::wanders off to find purple magic. . . .

what was i going to get?

[lophophoras]

The first episode was short but had just enough of a story line to make me want to see more. I look forward to the book. Bought a copy with the DVD from Amazon yesterday.

:)

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

Its about the same length as the advert for Mastercard :pullhair:

[Nerak]

I will have to get the set too.

[Patrick]

I watched the first episode this morning. I liked it, but it was way too short. 2 minute video, but 30 seconds are the opening and closing credits. Only 90 seconds of story.

Someone wise once said, "A taste of honey is worse than none at all." Yep.

[educatedlady]

I wonder if all the episodes are going to be this short. It was enough to make me want more but I hope that some of them are longer.

[Brice]

I believe they are all supposed to be about the same length.

[CRinVA]

Yep 25 episodes at 2 minutes each - one 50 minute video episode! :-)

I too ordered the book with DVD from Amazon for 34% off the list price!

[Daghain]

Oh, that first one really sucked me in. I can't wait for the rest! :panic:

[Unfound One]

Definitely. I'm very excited to see where this goes!

[Randall Flagg]

Viewed episode two today. I almost wonder if it's better to wait till there are 5 or more episodes to view.
Highly interesting though.:clap:

[jhanic]

I'm waiting until the DVD comes out (in the collector's edition) to watch the whole thing. I'll probably read the story itself before I watch it, too.

John

[shnnrc01]

yep john,i was thinking the same.ill hold off and do it in one hit. i will probably enjoy it more that way getting a continious run-just like a mini movie.

[Daghain]

I kind of like the suspense factor, myself. It's like reading The Green Mile when it came out in serial form. :)

[LiveTransmission]

I watched the first 5 episodes last night. I'm hooked. It reminded me of the animated Watchmen comic that is available on iTunes, which is pretty cool too, by the way.

[Heather19]

I just watched them, it's pretty interesting so far.

[lophophoras]

Today's episode was really good! I can not wait to read the story!

Did anybody else think that it could possibly be tower related?

[MonteGss]

Today's episode was really good! I can not wait to read the story!

Did anybody else think that it could possibly be tower related?

*raises hand*
I did.


(minor relations anyway)

[Dolan]

So on iTunes there is the Stephen King's program "N."

Not sure if you guys have seen it - but I have seen episodes 1-5 and it is really pretty cool! And its only like $3.99!

Here is the website for those who havent seen it yet...

http://www.nishere.com

http://www.stephenking.com/n

[MonteGss]

Merge me please!!!


I agree though, good flick to watch.

[Daghain]

It's free on nishere.com

But yes, very good!

I'm sure someone with the superpower will come along and merge this soon. :)

[Míchéal]

Yeah I was looking for the other thread earlier but got lost :doh:

I only found out about N today, I think it's good so far.

[Dolan]

OMG I am SOOO sorry! This was meant for Calvin's Corner! I am sorry! Im a FAILURE!

[Daghain]

No, you're not. I dropped it in here to be merged with the existing thread. My bad for not PMing you.

[Brice]

This is getting really good. :D

[Bev Vincent]

NEW YORK – Stephen King is a video star.

The animated video adaptation of the horror master's short story "N." has been viewed more than a 1 million times on the Internet and on mobile phones since its release in July, according to publisher Simon & Schuster. King has well demonstrated his digital appeal before; his e-novella "Riding the Bullet" was a sensation in the early years of the Internet.

"Stephen King has once again lured his readers to try a new way to enjoy a story," Susan Moldow, executive vice president and publisher of Scribner, a division of Simon & Schuster, said Thursday in a statement.

The print version of King's short story, in which a psychiatrist fatally absorbs the madness of one of his patients, is included in the collection "Just After Sunset," released this week.

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

I wasn't one of the million. I wanted to read the story first. I've read it now, so I suppose I should look at the DVD version.

[Daghain]

Oh, it was totally cool!

[mae]

So out of the blue, Simon & Schuster recently posted the entire N. series (in HD, previously only available on DVD) on their official YouTube:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS73SNaZsRU

Entire playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-71r3OWGsTH8_BUushY7KLMpCSKXfvdr

[mae]

http://deadline.com/2017/07/stephen-king-hollywood-projects-assaf-bernstein-rose-madder-the-shining-broadway-1202133074/

An adaptation of the King short story N has Gaumont backing it and 3 Arts’ Erwin Stoff and Will Rowbotham producing an hourlong series that has a pilot script from Ant-Man And The Wasp scribe team Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari, with Annabelle: Creation’s David F. Sandberg aboard to direct. The tale involves a letter that gets passed around, one that makes those who read it go insane. It will be shopped early fall.