Horror master Stephen King sells movie rights to teenagers for US$1
- King lets Blaenau Gwent Film Academy make version of ‘Stationary Bike’
- Story of a man who uses stationary bike to lose weight but has strange thoughts about being followed
The horror writer Stephen King has given a group of teenage fans permission to turn one of his tales into a film at a cost of US$1 for the rights.
Youngsters from Tredegar in Blaenau Gwent, Wales, will spend the next couple of months working on the script before filming the story, Stationary Bike, in and around the town.
They will not be able to make a profit on the film, but hope to get it screened at festivals and will send King a copy as part of the deal.
Members of the Blaenau Gwent Film Academy, which is supported by the BBC’s Children in Need, decided to write to King as they cast around for a project.
Kevin Phillips of Green Valley Film Productions, who will help the teenagers make the movie, said King’s office came back within 24 hours to explain how they could go about obtaining the rights to the story.
“They were fantastic,” he said.