Given that he is one of the most popular novelists in the history of American literature, it is not surprising that the novels and news of Stephen King have been adapted to a myriad of films and television since the publication of his first book, “Carrie”, in 1974. Obviously, we are all aware of the many formidable films that have been approved by his work, but these adaptations are easier to do with the easier. Disastrous, but to adaptations, but also to adaptations, but these adaptations are more approved Meh-to-de-de-nous which exist.
Yes, there was a big studio rendering of “Hearts of Atlantis” with Anthony Hopkins And a young Anton YelchinAnd, no, you did not imagine “the nightclub at night” or “mercy”. TV adaptations are particularly easy to forget because, well, most of them are completely forgettable. A mini-series “Rose Red” It really happened and “despair” was transformed into a television. With a few depressed exceptions, television did not do well by King. Even when King himself was involved (for example, on the CBS All Access version of “The Stand”), the results tended to be at the best disappointing.
Therefore, you cannot blame the author for trying to make things happen by adapting someone else’s work for a change – which King did in 2004 with “Kingdom Hospital”. Based on the horror mini-series “The Kingdom”, which Lars von Trier created for Danish television in 1994 (and which generated series in 1997 and 2022), it was initially intended to be a mini-series itself. But King saw the potential in the equipment for an ongoing series, and ABC was probably also interested when the first of the show delivered the highest network for a start of theater this season.
If you find it hard to remember what happened in the series like me, you probably don’t remember why this second season has never concluded. The answer will not surprise you.
Kingdom hospital was not able to a king, even less the king of horror
Although King said to the New York Times In 2004, this “Kingdom Hospital” was “the thing I like the most of everything I did”, viewers apparently did not agree. The notes in the series fell from a cliff after the first, and the critical support was necessary to make ABC think that a second season could be worth it.
My memory of the series is that it was long on the configuration and short of delivery. It’s a shame because medical procedure is a popular genre on American television and, therefore, by practicing potential if you come from a strange point of view. Present a series in a haunted hospital populated by staff who belongs to a secret society seemed to be a winning idea (after all, Von Trier did wonders with him), but the show simply could not bring you hooks. Even with a dynamite cast that featured Bruce Davison, Ed Beggley Jr. (a hospital veteran given his work on “St. Elsewhere”) and Diane Ladd, the series remained disappointing.
King had a plan for a second season, and his unconditional fans put pressure on the name of the series, but without critical support (the show sports a Metricitic Score of 47), there was simply not a chance that Abc supports what was also going to be a fairly expensive show. Since each episode was produced by Craig R. Baxley, the underestimated actor responsible for “Action Jackson” (one of the members / 101 Best action movies for the film of all time) and “Stone Cold”, nobody wanted this series to work more than me. It was simply not in the cards. And now you can start forgetting “Kingdom Hospital” never existed.
