An Unexpected Stephen King Adaptation Is On The Way, And I Really Hope They Keep The Details The Same

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2025 is shaping up to be an incredible year for Stephen King fans, with highly anticipated adaptations like the intense and violent The Monkey, the powerfully somber The Long Walk, and the uplifting story of The Life of Chuck. Luckily, there aren’t any production delays, meaning we can expect even more horror movies and shows based on King’s work – and here’s a surprising new announcement about one of them!

Intrinsic Value Films, an independent studio, will be showcasing several exciting projects at the American Film Market from November 11th to 15th. Among them is a planned adaptation of Stephen King’s touching short story, “Mister Yummy,” originally published in his 2015 collection, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams. This story is notable as being one of only two in the collection that hadn’t been released before.

Rising screenwriter Troy Blake is working on the screenplay for the feature film Mister Yummy. His previous work includes the crime thriller The Trespassers, which hasn’t been filmed yet and is based on a story published after the author’s death. Producer Thomas Mahoney, known for recent films like Only the Good Survive and The Line (both 2023), will produce both Mister Yummy and The Trespassers. Mahoney is also currently producing the horror film Claire, which stars Krysten Ritter and Carrie-Anne Moss, who previously worked together on Jessica Jones.

Why “Mister Yummy” Is Such An Unexpected Story To Adapt

This story is a departure for Stephen King, focusing less on scares and gore and more on the emotional side of life and how quickly it passes. Also, the plot is relatively simple, meaning a lot more development will be needed to build out the characters and story for a television or film adaptation.

I’m really hoping the creators, like Blake and Mahoney, don’t make too many changes to the story, especially when it comes to the time period and specific details. The story is described as a “haunting tale,” and Intrinsic Value’s synopsis (as reported by Deadline) continues with:

This story centers on a man grappling with his own mortality, constantly facing the possibility of death and haunted by lingering regrets.

The story centers on Ollie Franklin, an elderly man nearing the end of his life in assisted living. He spends his time sharing his life story with another resident. Ollie’s past is complex, marked by growing up as a gay man during the height of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s. His life took a dramatic turn when he met a captivating man known only as “Mister Yummy.”

This new Stephen King adaptation feels different from anything I’ve seen before – scenes set in 1980s gay bars are a departure from stories like Pet Sematary and Cujo. It also appears to be a more intimate and focused story than many other King adaptations, and I hope the filmmakers keep it that way instead of trying to make it bigger. The combination of genre fiction and the AIDS epidemic is unusual, which gives this adaptation the potential to be truly special.

Also, while I’m tossing hopes around, can somebody cast Matt Bomer in this already?

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Although “Mister Yummy” is currently the furthest along in development as a potential adaptation from The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, it’s not the first story from the collection to attract interest. Several others have been considered for film or television. Back in 2014, producer Laurent Bouzereau acquired the rights to turn “Bad Little Kid” into a movie, and in 2015, “Drunken Fireworks” (originally released as an audiobook) was optioned as a feature film starring James Franco. More recently, “Mile 81” was connected to director Alistair Legrand in 2019, and Lionsgate picked up “The Little Green God of Agony” in 2020, with Ian B. Goldberg and Richard Naing writing the screenplay.

Despite those earlier efforts not making it to completion, we’re hoping Mister Yummy fares better and actually gets produced. And if anyone’s interested in creating a funny, The Monkeystyle adaptation using the stories from Bazaar*, we’d be happy to see that happen.

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2025-11-12 19:43