Film Adaptation of Stephen King’s A Good Marriage is in Development

News out of the Cannes Film Festival reveals that a film adaptation of Stephen King's A Good Marriage is in development. Atlas International has hired Peter Askin to direct the psychological thriller, according to Screen Daily. Casting is currently underway, with filming expected to begin later this summer in New York. A release date of summer 2013 is planned.

A Good Marriage is a short story that was part of 2010's Full Dark, No Stars: "Darcy Anderson learns more about her husband of over twenty years than she would have liked to know when she stumbles literally upon a box under a worktable in their garage."

Want to know a bit more? Here is what Stephen King says inspired the story: "This story came to my mind after reading an article about Dennis Rader, the infamous BTK (bind, torture, and kill) murderer who took the lives of ten people--mostly women, but two of his victimes were children--over a period of roughly sixteen years. In many cases, he mailed pieces of his victims' identification to the police. Paula Rader was married to this monster for thirty-four years, and many in the Wichita area, where Rader claimed his victims, refuse to believe that she could live with him and not know what he was doing. I did believe--I do believe--and I wrote this story to explore what might happen in such a case if the wife suddenly found out about her husband's awful hobby. I also wrote it to explore the idea that it's impossible to fully know anyone, even those we love the most."