SALEM'S LOT, an original dramatic miniseries event based on the best-selling Stephen King novel, is coming to Turner Network Television (TNT). Emmy® and Golden Globe® nominee Rob Lowe, Emmy® and Golden Globe®-winner Donald Sutherland (The Italian Job, Cold Mountain), Emmy®-winner Andre Braugher (Homicide), Golden Globe® winner Rutger Hauer (Escape from Sobibor), Oscar® nominee James Cromwell (Babe) and Samantha Mathis (TNT's The Mists of Avalon) are set to star in SALEM'S LOT.
TNT and Warner Bros. Television co-produce the four-hour miniseries, with Mark Wolper (TNT's The Mists of Avalon, The Thornbirds) executive-producing for The Wolper Organization, and Jeff Hayes executive-producing for Coote/Hayes. Mikael Salomon (Band of Brothers) directs from a script by Peter Filardi (Flatliners, The Craft), based on Stephen King's best-selling novel.
In SALEM'S LOT, King's vicious take on the perfect All-American community, Lowe will play Ben Mears, a journalist who returns to his hometown to research the mysteries surrounding the memories that have haunted him since his childhood. The close-held secrets of small-town life turn into unimaginable terror when a mysterious stranger arrives in town and ultimately reveals himself to be a vampire looking to sink his teeth into a new home.
The vampiric Stephen King tale returns to the small screen, 25 years after the first made-for-TV Salem's Lot, a Tobe Hooper-directed ratings hit. This time it's Rob Lowe as a successful writer who returns to his haunted hometown. As a kid, something awful happened to him in the spooky mansion on the hill; now that he's back, the mansion is once again buzzing with evil portents. The physical production (shot in Australia) is convincing, and it's fun to see old pros such as Donald Sutherland, Rutger Hauer, and James Cromwell cutting up in juicy roles. The storytelling, however, feels oddly disjointed, as though King's sprawl had been arbitrarily hacked away rather than adapted (a few big moments are bewilderingly left offscreen). The approach misses the basic assets of a vampire story: the disbelief, the lore, the sex appeal. Instead, it feels like a random collection of bits for short attention spans. --Robert Horton
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