Looking forward to the follow up to The Shining; delighted he doesn't like the film (neither did I - for all the same reasons; Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall removed all the dimensions from the characters and turned them into cartoons).

Indeed, most of the early King movies simplified (and ruined) the books.

Rob Reiner really "gets" King (Stand By Me; Shawshank).

Stephen Fry loves King for all the same reasons I do; he's a far far better writer than critics allow (Stephen and I also love both JK Rowling and John Le Carre).

IT will be remade in to a two part movie, the TV series was good but it was toned down too much from the violence that Henry did. Tim Curry should be recast to be Pennywise he portrayed IT perfectly Gary Busey would do a good job as well, the remake needs to be more loyal, Losers Club still needs to played by 12 year old actors not high school students.

Only a trumpeter with that special circular breathing technique could read your sentences out loud without sounding like an asthmatic. The odd comma would really help. Anyway, the IT re-make has collapsed three times since it was first announced four years ago, so I wouldn't, er, hold your breath.

can't read his books buy like the films. Thought The Shining was brilliant..scary.

Jack Nicholson's acting was way OTT. Christine excellent novel but the movie cut out so may important elements.

Do we really need a Carrie remake ?

I do hope the interview gets shown in full; indeed, with clips it should be an entire programme.
IT is one of my favourite King novels, Andrew; I really wanted to play Pennywise after I read it. And blow me if my old friend Frank'n'Furter didn't get it! I still earn thousands a year thanks, in part, to Tim (downloads of my original RHS album, which I produced and own).

Misery was good and Christine not bad.

Misery was a better book than film but the film was loyal, Blockade Billy make a good TV movie with Chuck Brodsky doing the soundtrack.

JK as Pennywise who turns in the moon and giant spider why not ?

The King interview is all over all the BBC News outlets; for us fans he comes through so well. I absolutely agree with him on Kubrick - cold. King is very warm indeed, one of the reasons I love his books. Under The Dome should be a terrific film (Reiner, please) as should the Kennedy one.

Rob Reiner directed "Stand by Me". Shawshank Redemption was a Frank Darabont film as was "The Green Mile" and the very underrated "The Mist".

The problem with "It" was that it was ,to anyone that has read the book ,a travesty.

Sad to say there are remakes of "IT" and "Carrie" on its way. Both will be aimed at the PG13 market of course!!