Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched the first three episodes of “Castle Rock,” which launched on Hulu July 25.
Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason’s “Castle Rock,” based on the universe of Stephen King, comes chock full of visual and character references to the prolific author’s library. But they wanted the series to be able to stand on its own, regardless of whether a viewer has a wealth of knowledge about King.
“We were really careful and thoughtful about roping in references and characters and landmarks and ideas in a way that would feel organic to the story we were telling this season,” Shaw tells Variety. “[We didn’t want to] give the audience the Sunday newspaper word jumble of randomized Stephen King deep cuts.”
Both long-time fans of King, Shaw and Thomason approached “Castle Rock” as a way to interconnect stories the novelist spent decades creating and add detail...
Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason’s “Castle Rock,” based on the universe of Stephen King, comes chock full of visual and character references to the prolific author’s library. But they wanted the series to be able to stand on its own, regardless of whether a viewer has a wealth of knowledge about King.
“We were really careful and thoughtful about roping in references and characters and landmarks and ideas in a way that would feel organic to the story we were telling this season,” Shaw tells Variety. “[We didn’t want to] give the audience the Sunday newspaper word jumble of randomized Stephen King deep cuts.”
Both long-time fans of King, Shaw and Thomason approached “Castle Rock” as a way to interconnect stories the novelist spent decades creating and add detail...
- 7/25/2018
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
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