Stephen King’s ‘Cell’ Coming To Theaters In July

Are you reading this on your mobile device? When Stephen King wrote [amazon text=Cell&asin=1416524517] in 2006, smart phones didn’t seem quite so present in our lives, and it was still scary. This twist on the zombie genre gives a somewhat plausible quasi-explanation for the apocalypse — plausible enough to be terrifying. At one point, Night of the Living Dead creator George A. Romero was attached to develop this, but things change. It looks like King, co-writing with Adam Alleca, has updated the material a bit, but it’s still about a man trying to get home to his son — who may be part of an unliving hive mind.

Directed by Tod Williams, and starring John Cusack and a subtle-sounding Samuel L. Jackson, this will make a frightening midsummer alternative to superhero movies. July is a good time for a chill… I’m just not sure I would get the tickets through my mobile phone…

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In addition to running Fanboy Planet, Derek has written for ActionAce, Daily Radar, Once Upon A Dime, and The Wave. He has contributed stories to Arcana Comics (The Greatest American Hero) and Monsterverse Comics (Bela Lugosi's Tales from the Grave). He has performed with ComedySportz and Silicon Valley Shakespeare, though relocated to Hollywood to... work in an office? If you ever played Eric's Ultimate Solitaire on the Macintosh, it was Derek's voice as The Weasel that urged you to play longer. You can buy his book "I Was Flesh Gordon" on the Amazon link at the right. Email him at [email protected].