Stephen King’s ‘Big Driver’ Being Adapted as TV Movie

We recently reported that Stephen King's A Good Marriage, from his 2010 four-novella collection Full Dark, No Stars, will likely hit theaters this October, and now another novella from the 2010 collection is getting adapted, this time as a TV movie.

Set to be an original TV movie on the Lifetime channel and expected to air sometime this fall, THR reports that Big Driver (based on the novella of the same name) will star Maria Bello as mystery author Tess Thorne, and if you've read the novella, then you know the actress is playing a character that goes through a truly disturbing night before undergoing vast changes of her own in her vengeful journey. Olympia Dukakis, Joan Jett, and Will Harris will co-star in the film, which we'll keep Daily Dead readers updated on as it moves along in production.

"In Big Driver, Tess Thorne (Bello), a famous and revered mystery and thriller writer, faces a long drive home following a book signing engagement. Prompted to take a shortcut at the suggestion of the event’s planner, Ramona, Tess sets out to return to her house. But while driving on a lonely stretch of New England road, her tire blows out, leaving her stranded.

Relieved when another driver (Harris) stops and offers assistance, Tess quickly discovers her savior is actually her assailant, a serial killer who repeatedly assaults her. Left for dead in a drainage pipe to rot with the bodies of his other victims, Tess escapes and makes her way safely home. With her fragile mind beginning to unravel, she is determined to find her rapist and seek revenge, as payback is the only thing holding her together."