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Writer-director Mike Flanagan is to adapt Stephen King’s magnum opus, novels, for Amazon Studios as a five-season TV series followedFlannigan has written and directed two well-received adaptations of King’s work before – (2019) – as well as the much praised mini-series version of Shirley Jackson’s The new adaptation has Stephen King’s approval, but before work can begin Flannigan and his producing partner Trevor Macy at Intrepid Pictures have to complete a mini-series version of Edgar Allan Poe’s

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