Editing Stephen King (section)

=== Film and television ===
King made his screenwriting debut with [[George A. Romero]]'s ''[[Creepshow]]'' (1982), a tribute to [[EC horror comics]]. In 1985, he wrote another horror anthology film, ''[[Cat's Eye (1985 film)|Cat's Eye]]''. [[Rob Reiner]], whose film ''[[Stand by Me (film)|Stand by Me]]'' (1986) is an adaptation of King's novella ''[[The Body (King novella)|The Body]]'', named his production company [[Castle Rock Entertainment]] after King's fictional town.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 22, 2017 |title=Rob Reiner |url=https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/rob-reiner |access-date=October 30, 2023 |website=Television Academy Interviews |language=en}}</ref> Castle Rock Entertainment would produce other King adaptations, including Reiner's ''[[Misery (film)|Misery]]'' (1990) and [[Frank Darabont]]'s ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]'' (1994).

In 1986, King made his directorial debut with ''[[Maximum Overdrive]]'', an adaptation of his story "[[Trucks (short story)|Trucks]]". He recalls: "I was coked out of my mind all through its production, and really didn't know what I was doing."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Blake |date=September 18, 2015 |title=How Did This Get Made? Maximum Overdrive (An Oral History) |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/540033/maximum-overdrive-oral-history/ |access-date=October 30, 2023 |website=/Film |language=en-US}}</ref> It was neither a critical nor a commercial success; King was nominated for a [[Golden Raspberry Awards|Golden Raspberry]] for Worst Director, but lost to [[Prince (musician)|Prince]], for ''[[Under the Cherry Moon]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 17, 2016 |title=Summer of '86: An All-Star Year for the Razzies |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/summer-of-86-an-all-star-year-for-the-razzies-155449151.html |access-date=October 31, 2023 |website=Yahoo Entertainment |language=en-US}}</ref>

In the 1990s, King wrote several miniseries: ''[[Golden Years (miniseries)|Golden Years]]'' (1991), ''[[The Stand (1994 miniseries)|The Stand]]'' (1994), ''[[The Shining (miniseries)|The Shining]]'' (1997) and ''[[Storm of the Century]]'' (1999).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/stephen-king-limited-tv-series-ranked/|title=Every Stephen King Limited Series, Ranked|first=Liam|last=Mathews|work=[[TV Guide]]|date=December 13, 2021|access-date=July 26, 2024}}</ref> He wrote the miniseries ''[[Rose Red (miniseries)|Rose Red]]'' (2002); ''[[The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red]]'' (2001) was written by [[Ridley Pearson]] and published anonymously as a tie-in for the series. He also developed ''[[Kingdom Hospital]]'' (2004), based on [[Lars von Trier]]'s ''[[The Kingdom (miniseries)|The Kingdom]]''.