'Lisey's Story': See Julianne Moore in Stephen King's New Adaption at Apple TV+

Stephen King’s 2006 novel Lisey’s Story follows a widow after the death of her famous husband. However, Julianne Moore told EW that when she signed on to star in and executive produce Lisey’s Story, she wasn’t at all familiar with the story, however she knew she wanted to work with Stephen King.

“I was attracted to it because of Stephen, and also because it was something that was so personal to him,” Moore said. “One of the things that’s amazing about Stephen and his writing is that he’s able to explore human relationships but in a fantastical way. [This story] was sort of investigating the idea of an adult, mature relationship and a long-term one — a marriage — and what it meant to them personally, the secrets that they shared.”

Two years after the death of Lisey Landon’s (Moore) famous novelist husband, Scott Landon (Clive Owen), Lisey finds herself hounded by a sinister fan obsessed with Scott’s unpublished manuscripts (played by an eerie Dane DeHaan). Lisey is forced to confront memories she had long buried and a series of unsettling events involving her sister.

King has also had his own real life encounters with stalkers and even though the story is fictional, King says this story is deep personal to him. Even signing on to adapt and write all eight episodes for the series. “I would never have gotten involved with this thing at my age, if it wasn’t,” King, who’s 73, tells EW. “You know, they’re all my favorites. I love them all. Some of them are difficult children to love, some of them a little bit easier. This is a little bit difficult to love, but I’ve always loved the story and that’s the reason I got involved.”

He also says that the long form story telling that has boomed from the rise in streaming platforms provide a format for that is perfect for his stories. “The whole form of longform TV is opened up in a way that it wasn’t before. You have a chance to do more. You can be a little more graphic with language and with sexual situations and with length, [and have] the chance to do something that has that kind of spread, texture, and a little more nuance. For guys like me, it’s been great,” he says.

We got a glimpse of a new longform streaming series with CBS AllAccess’ The Stand. However, King himself only wrote the Coda episode for that series. Moore says that book fans will be very happy with the series as it stays true to the novel. “It’s all in there. Because there’s so much in it — psychological horror, romance, mystery, a science-fiction-like quality, sort of scary brutality — sometimes I was like, holy cow, what now?” Moore says with a laugh.

Ultimately, Moore hopes that people will see themselves reflected in the series. “It’s that marriage is worthwhile,” she says. “It’s interesting, because in so much of entertainment, you need conflict right from the get-go to make it entertaining. They don’t always explore that time from the time you get married to the end of it, so I think that it’s unusual in that this is an exploration of that kind of intimacy, and intimacy without an imposed conflict. I think there’s a reason that people couple up and want to have a partner and go through life together. And I think this is an exploration of the value of that.”

Lisey’s Story directed by Pablo Larraín and also starring Ron Cephas Jones, Jason Leigh, Dane DeHaan and more. Lisey’s Story will begin streaming on Apple TV+ on June 4, be sure to stay tuned to ScaryNerd for more of all thins horror, sci-fi and more.

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