Watch In Absentia Hd' title='Watch In Absentia Hd' />Stephen King adaptation Geralds Game Exclusive trailer. Filmmaker Mike Flanagan was at college when he first read Stephen Kings 1. Geralds Game. After he finished, the future director of 2. Hush and the same years Ouija Origin of Evil had two thoughts. The first That it was one of the most brilliant books he had ever read. And the secondThat it was completely unfilmable, laughs Flanagan. Two decades on, Netflix viewers will be able to make up their own minds as to whether the young Flanagan was right or wrong when the streaming network debuts the directors adaptation of Kings book on Sept. But one audience member Flanagan doesnt have to worry about is the novelist himself, who has already given his thumbs up to the film, which stars Carla Gugino the Spy Kids films, Watchmen and Bruce Greenwood Star Trek, Thirteen Days. One of the most nerve wracking moments of my career was sending the first cut off for him to review, says Flanagan. You know, hes got strong opinions about how his work is adapted. Its no secret how he feels about how Stanley Kubrick treated The Shining. He came back very quickly and really loved the film. He sent me an email that Im not exaggerating I actually printed, and framed, and have hung in my living room. That was one of the most gratifying moments of my career. Kings novel concerns a married couple, Jessie and Gerald, and a sex game in a secluded cabin which goes awry, leaving Gerald dead and Jessie handcuffed to a bed, with no apparent means of escape. The biggest obstacle, when it comes to an adaptation for this, is that the protagonist is handcuffed to a bed, alone in a room, for the duration of the novel, says Flanagan, who co wrote the script for Geralds Game with his regular collaborator, Jeff Howard. Everything that happens is happening entirely in her head, and in her memory, and its very hard to present that in visually compelling way. GALLERY 1. Best and 5 Worst Stephen King Adaptations. Not that this prevented the idea of adapting the book from becoming something of an obsession for Flanagan, whose other credits include 2. Absentia and 2. 01. Karen Gillan starring haunted mirror tale, Oculus. When I moved to Los Angeles I would carry around a hard copy of Geralds Game in my bag, when I would take general meetings, in case anybody ever asked what my dream project was, he says. Then I would always pull it out, and they were either not familiar with the material or, if they were familiar with it, they would say, Well, thats unfilmable And then Stephen saw Oculus, and really liked it, gave me a chance to whip together a screenplay. I started working on it after Oculus, and finished the script, and he loved the script, and then for years it just kind of stalled. We couldnt find people that could wrap their head around the movie that we wanted to make. That situation changed after Netflix bought Flanagans Hush, about a deaf woman, played by Kate Siegel, who is tormented by John Gallagher Jr. Hush came out, and we had this new relationship with Netflix, and that kicked the door open finally for the project, says Flanagan. The role of the films heroine, Jessie, would seem like a plum one for an actress, but Flanagan reveals it was a difficult one to cast. Jessie, as a character, we knew from the beginning was either going to be irresistible to the right actress or it was going to scare them off, says the director. Spider-Man Animated Movie Theater Movie. Watch HD TV shows online for free. There are 600 of the latest TV shows to watch. Watch full movie free online with full hd quality 123movies, free online movie streaming putlockers, free movies watch online without downloading, watch movie online. SeeHD. uno Movies and TV Series Online Free Watch Free Movies HD Online, Seehd. Watch Movies Online Free. Watch your favorite movies and tv series online free on. Finding an actor who was brave enough to take on not only the level of exposure and vulnerability that the part requires, but also carry the majority of this movie, and youre not even really going to be able to move for most of it, that was really, really hard. We were fortunate to get Carla, who, when we had first started the process, was unavailable for us, and had another project kind of change everything around, and it popped up very, very late in the process that she was available. And she really took ownership of the movie and of the character. Im admittedly biased, but I remember in my first conversation with her that we both felt like this could potentially be the performance of her career. And I think it is. RELATED Jacob Tremblay horror movie unlikely to get theatrical release, says director Mike Flanagan. Flanagan admits that making a film set for the most part in a single room was a good news bad news situation. Its nice because you dont have to travel too far from the hotel, says the director. But, yeah, its very much good news bad news. It presents so many challenges, working in a confined space like that it puts an enormous amount of pressure on us to keep the camera work very dynamic, and to resist any temptation to repeat ourselves. So much of it is in that space, we kind of needed to be floating through it like the Eye of God. And, for that, I was fortunate again, because Ive been working with Michael Fimognari as my DP Director of Photography since Oculus, and so weve built quite a rhythm together, and I think that this is some of his finest work. So, how exactly did Flanagan turn Kings unfilmable book into, you know, a filmWell, its tough, I dont want to spoil things, he says. The movie as we designed it really lives and dies on its two principal actors and the weight of the success of our adaptation was put squarely on Carla and Bruce. I got to play a little bit with some of the techniques that I had started to explore in Hush, which in a lot of ways was a dry run for this movie, and in Oculus as well kind of blending timelines, and delving into visual experiences characters are having that may or may not be real. Its been something that Ive enjoyed playing with on a number of projects and this was kind of the culmination of a lot of those little tricks that I learned along the way. Im glad it took as long as it did for this film to be made, because I think if I had tried to do it before I had made some of these other movies, I dont think I would have been up to it. It was certainly the hardest one. The stars finally came together. It just took half my life for it to happenWatch the exclusive trailer for Geralds Game, above.