Comic Book Writer Brian K. Vaughan To Adapt Stephen King's Under The Dome For TV!

The Runaways and Lost writer has been hired to pen the adaptation of Stephen King novel, Under The Dome, a story which sees a town cut off from the world after being surrounded by an invisible dome...

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By JoshWilding - Nov 07, 2011 05:11 PM EST

Filed Under: CBS

Source: Deadline

Deadline report that comic book writer (Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, Runaways) Brian K. Vaughan has been hired to adapt the highly anticipated Showtime adaptation of Stephen King's 2009 novel, Under the Dome. Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider hold the rights, while the series will be executive produced by King and DreamWorks TV’s Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank. Vaughan's last major TV project was Lost.

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Comic Book Writer Brian K. Vaughan To Adapt Stephen King's Under The Dome For TV!

The Runaways and Lost writer has been hired to pen the adaptation of Stephen King novel, Under The Dome, a story which sees a town cut off from the world after being surrounded by an invisible dome...

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