Editing The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (section)

==Film adaptation==
Although [[George A. Romero]] was attached to write and direct a film adaptation,<ref>[http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/movies.php?id=1346 Movies Coming Soon - RopeofSilicon.com<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061018110548/http://ropeofsilicon.com/movies.php?id=1346 |date=2006-10-18 }}</ref><ref name="AD">{{cite news|last=Hayes |first=Britt |date=August 21, 2019 |title=Stephen King's The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon next in line for movie adaptation from It producers |url=https://www.avclub.com/stephen-kings-the-girl-who-loved-tom-gordon-next-in-lin-1837446550 |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |access-date=August 26, 2019 }}</ref> plans for it stalled in October 2005<ref>[http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/4904 BD Horror News - Romero Talks 'Land of the Dead' Sequel!!<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060526012344/http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/4904 |date=2006-05-26 }}</ref> before his death.<ref name="AF">{{cite news|last=Graves |first=Wren |date=August 2019 |title=The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon |url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/08/stephen-king-the-girl-who-loved-tom-gordon-adaptation/ |work=[[Consequence of Sound]] |access-date= August 26, 2019}}</ref>

In August 2019, the project was revived, with Romero's production company still attached.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/stephen-king-girl-who-loved-tom-gordon-1203310032/|title=Film News Roundup: Stephen King's 'Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon' Movie in the Works|last=McNary|first=Dave|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=August 21, 2019|access-date=August 21, 2019}}</ref> Involved parties with the new production include [[Christine Forrest|Chris Romero]] as producer, ''[[It (2017 film)|It]]'' producer [[Roy Lee]],<ref name="AE">{{cite news |date=August 21, 2019 |title=Stephen King's 'The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon' Is Being Made Into A Movie |url=https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/08/21/the-girl-who-loved-tom-gordon-stephen-king-movie/ |work=[[CBS]] |access-date=August 26, 2019 }}</ref> [[Jon Berg]] of [[Vertigo Entertainment]] and [[Ryan Silbert]] of Origin Story.<ref name="AA">{{cite news|last=Kit |first=Borys |date=August 21, 2019 |title=Stephen King Novel 'The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon' Getting the Movie Treatment (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/stephen-king-novel-girl-who-loved-tom-gordon-become-movie-1233348 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=August 26, 2019 }}</ref> The production company is Sanibel Films, the production company of Chris Romero and her late husband George Romero. As of the announcement on August 21, 2019, a writer or director had yet to be announced.<ref name="AB">{{cite magazine|last=Holub |first=Christian |date=August 21, 2019 |title=Another Stephen King novel is getting made into a movie |url=https://ew.com/movies/2019/08/21/stephen-king-the-girl-who-loved-tom-gordon-movie-adaptation/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=August 26, 2019 }}</ref> Andrew Childs serves as executive producer.<ref name="AC">{{cite news|last=Sneider |first=Jeff |date=August 21, 2019 |title='It' Producer Roy Lee Developing Film Based on Stephen King's 'The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon' |url=http://collider.com/stephen-king-the-girl-who-loved-tom-gordon-movie/ |work=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |access-date=August 26, 2019 }}</ref> On November 16, 2020, it was announced that [[Lynne Ramsay]] had been picked to direct the film.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kit |first=Borys |date=November 16, 2020 |title=Lynne Ramsay to Direct Stephen King Adaptation 'The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/lynne-ramsay-to-direct-stephen-king-adaptation-the-girl-who-loved-tom-gordon |access-date=November 16, 2020 }}</ref>