Movie Scoop: As a big Stephen King fan growing up who followed all his doings, I seem to recall this happening a lot in the eighties. However, I do not remember the last time it happened this decade. Jonathan Demme, director of the Oscar-winning "Silence Of The Lambs" and, most recently, 2008's "Rachel Getting Married," has just snatched the rights to Stephen King's new book 11/22/63. The catch? The book doesn't even come out until November. Apparently, early manuscripts have been floating around Hollywood and Demme thinks he can make a great movie out of it
The book is about a teacher who finds a portal in the back of a diner that leads to the 1950s. He goes back in time with intents on stopping the assassination of JFK, but things don't go as planned. As of now, there is no studio attached but should the film actually get off the ground, King himself would executive produce.
Note: Demme is credited as a producer on "Aviator," a movie he was originally supposed to direct.
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