King talks 1408

From Moviesonline, "Dimension just let us know that their new horror thriller 1408 has been pushed back to July 13th. Lilja had an opportunity to sit down and talk to Stephen King about the new movie and whether or not he thought it would do the film justice. Quote:
No, I’m not concerned about that at all. [Whether the film does well or not] [laughs]

The books are still always there. It’s like what James M. Cane said, the book doesn’t change and the movies… you know… 1408 is done and the trailer is terrific and… it looks like The Shining only hot instead of cold so maybe it’ll be a great movie and everybody will make money and everybody will be happy. John Cusack’s in it and I love him as an actor, I respect him very much. Samuel L. Jackson is the hotel manager. He looks terrific and the hotel looks terrific so all those things but… so maybe it’s a success and that’s terrific. But suppose it’s junk.


Then it’s gone in two weeks. And that’s the end of it. But I’m always just interested. I approach it as a fan and I know that there are writers who, what can I say, they kind of hover over things, the book is their little baby and in some cases I can understand that. It’s like Charles Frazier who wrote…you know…the book and then it became a movie with Nicole Kidman and…Cold Mountain.
Its a truly fascinating interview and well worth reading the whole thing.Adapted from the terrifying short story by suspense master, Stephen King. Renowned horror novelist Mike Enslin (Cusack) believes only in what he can see with his own two eyes. But after a string of bestsellers discrediting paranormal events in the most infamous haunted houses and graveyards around the world, he has no real proof of life…afterlife.
But Enslin’s phantom-free run of long and lonely nights is about to change forever when he checks into suite 1408 of the notorious Dolphin Hotel for his latest project, "Ten Nights in Haunted Hotel Rooms.” Defying the warnings of the hotel manager (Jackson), the author is the first person in years to stay in the reputedly haunted room. Another bestseller may be imminent, but like all Stephen King heroes, first he must go from skeptic to true believer – and ultimately survive the night.e Dolphin Hotel."