Riding the Bullet
Takes place on Halloween in 1969,
following 21-year-old New England college student Alan Parker (Jackson).
Distraught that his girlfriend (Christensen) has broken up with him,
he attempts suicide but fails and then learns that his beloved mother
(Hershey) has had a stroke. Hitchhiking through rural Maine to visit
her bedside, the young man is picked up by a mysterious driver (Arquette)
who carries his own haunting secrets.
LATEST NEWS
10/13/04
You can view a behind-the-scenes featurette for the film here.
10/01/04
I've added a new trailer for the film.
9/27/04
I've added a slew of new pics, which can be seen on your right.
9/23/04
Writer/Director Mick Garris talked with SciFi Wire about the film. Here are some snipits from the article: "My whole intent on this film was to marry the two sides of Stephen King that we're all familiar with. The scary ghost-story side and the nostalgic-drama-Stand-by-Me side. All of the books do it, and damn few of the movies do. The studios, they wanted one or the other. They didn't understand the idea of both."
He then went on to speak about what the Studio thought of the project: "They liked the idea of Stephen King, but even when they liked the movie, they found it a tough sell because it's not Dawn of the Dead. It's not a Texas Chainsaw remake. Something like that. It's a kinder, gentler horror film that really goes as much for the heart as well as the jugular. There's a little bit of blood in it, but not as much as they would want from what they would want to sell as a horror movie. ... It's a smaller, intimate kind of film. But if it works, you'll leave with something more than having jumped." Read more here.
9/21/04
You can view the trailer by clicking the link on your left. You can also find some new production stills for the film here.
9/19/04
Added the poster above.
9/10/04
The official site is now up and running with a lot of goodies.
8/23/04
According to Fango, Lion's Gate now has the distribution rights to the film for DVD, but it will get a very limited theatrical release through MPCA on October 8, starting with
10 cities and expand then-on.
8/03/04
I've added a few new stills for the film. You can check a lot more here.
7/01/04
Director Mick Garris spoke with Fango
recently, revealing plans to release the film mid-to-late September
in a limited theatrical run.
6/08/04
Some new shots for the film can be found here.
2/10/04
About 20 minutes of the movie was screened recently and you read about
about what was shown here.
I've also added a new pic.
1/19/04
According to Lilja's
Library the film has completed production, and are now beginning
the editing process. The site also reports that director Mick Garris
hopes to have the release theatrically on or around Halloween. You can
view a picture of him and the "reaper" on the set.
1/15/04
Star Erika Christensen talked with SciFi
Wire recently about the film, saying...
"The story is actually like a hitchhiking-across-the-country,
road-trip kind of story. In my mind it's about appreciating life and
being open to loving people and, of course, there's a lot of really
weird stuff that happens in between. It doesn't get really gory, but
it gets really freaky. I actually steer clear of all the freaky stuff.
My character is a really open, bright, loving person, and Jonathan Jackson
plays her boyfriend, who is really closed and dark. And she tries to
open him up."
12/12/03
Due to scheduling conflicts, George Romero's role in the film has been
replaced with Matt Frewer.
11/05/03
Barbara Hershey has joined the cast as well as George Romero, who replaced
Stephen King for the cameo apperance in a necessary scene. Filming begins
in Vancouver next week.
DETAILS
- The film should be completed by June, then will shop around for a
distributor.
- Production starts on November in Vancouver.
- George Romero will have a cameo replacing Stephen King's appearance
in the film as an art teacher named Mr. Clarkson.
- Much like Stephen King's other films, don't be surprised if he makes
a cameo apperance.
- Barbara Hershey (The Entity) will play Alan’s mother.
- Charles Durning plays someone called old man Farmer.
- Erika Christensen plays the Alan's girlfriend.
- David Arquette plays the dead guy.
- Jonathan Jackson plays the college student named Alan.
- KNB will handle the makeup FX, while CBS Digital will be doing the
the digital work
- Shooting begins in Vancouver in November.
- This is one of many movies directed by Mick Garris that's based on
a Stephen King book.
- Based on the book by Stephen King.
