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Stephen King's The Langoliers: The Original Teleplay
"The Langoliers" follows a red-eye flight from L.A. to Boston, and after an inexplicable event, only a handful of passengers survive. When they land, they find themselves in an eerily empty world, where something is waiting for them...
Stephen King's novella "The Langoliers" was published in 1990 as part of the chilling collection, Four Past Midnight.
4 years later, writer/director Tom Holland began his journey to bring it to the TV screen. The challenge: Turn the original 200+ page story into a 4-hour, two-night, TV mini-series screenplay. The challenge was met, and the mini-series was a smashing success.
Please enjoy your in-flight entertainment. Thank you for flying the not-so-friendly skies with us.
Stephen King's novella "The Langoliers" was published in 1990 as part of the chilling collection, Four Past Midnight.
4 years later, writer/director Tom Holland began his journey to bring it to the TV screen. The challenge: Turn the original 200+ page story into a 4-hour, two-night, TV mini-series screenplay. The challenge was met, and the mini-series was a smashing success.
Please enjoy your in-flight entertainment. Thank you for flying the not-so-friendly skies with us.
352 pages, Paperback
Published July 12, 2022
About the author
Tom Holland
8 books27 followersTom Holland is an American director and screenwriter of horror and thriller films. His early writing projects include Class of 1984 (1982) and the Robert Bloch-inspired Psycho II (1983), the latter starring Anthony Perkins as the menacing psychopath, Norman Bates, which spawned the Psycho franchise.
His directorial debut was the popular 1980s Vampire film, Fright Night (1985). The film was a box office hit and garnered three Saturn Awards and one Dario Argento Award. Last year, Tom produced a documentary of the film called You’re So Cool Brewster: The Story of Fright Night.
His next project, Child's Play (1988), was a number one box-office hit in America and a worldwide success, despite controversy over its thematic content. Tom then went onto direct two films based upon adaptations of Stephen King's novels: The Langoliers (1995) for TV and the feature film Thinner (1996). He also took a cameo role in the Stephen King miniseries The Stand (1994). He recently completed production on the thriller Rock, Paper, Dead starring Michael Madsen.
Tom's other projects have included The Incredible Hulk episode "Another Path," Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories (1985), three episodes of Tales from the Crypt (1989), and the prestigious Masters of Horror (2005) anthology. He starred in A Walk in the Spring Rain (1970) with Ingrid Bergman.
In 2009, Tom took a starring role in Hatchet II alongside Kane Hodder and Tony Todd.
The Notch is his first novel.
His directorial debut was the popular 1980s Vampire film, Fright Night (1985). The film was a box office hit and garnered three Saturn Awards and one Dario Argento Award. Last year, Tom produced a documentary of the film called You’re So Cool Brewster: The Story of Fright Night.
His next project, Child's Play (1988), was a number one box-office hit in America and a worldwide success, despite controversy over its thematic content. Tom then went onto direct two films based upon adaptations of Stephen King's novels: The Langoliers (1995) for TV and the feature film Thinner (1996). He also took a cameo role in the Stephen King miniseries The Stand (1994). He recently completed production on the thriller Rock, Paper, Dead starring Michael Madsen.
Tom's other projects have included The Incredible Hulk episode "Another Path," Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories (1985), three episodes of Tales from the Crypt (1989), and the prestigious Masters of Horror (2005) anthology. He starred in A Walk in the Spring Rain (1970) with Ingrid Bergman.
In 2009, Tom took a starring role in Hatchet II alongside Kane Hodder and Tony Todd.
The Notch is his first novel.
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November 25, 2022
This was a fun easy read. I really enjoyed it.
January 4, 2023
My new favourite Stephen King book. Kept me intrigued the whole time
November 4, 2025
Every time I have a reader’s block, I break it by reading a book by Stephen king. I really do and it breaks the spell. I am not exaggerating.
His books takes me into a different time zone and allows me to relive the events. This novel was no exception.
11 passengers wake up from their deep sleep just to find out all the other passengers in the plane have disappeared. Now it’s up to these passengers to figure out what have happened to them and how to get themselves out of this dilemma. The only confusing part for me was why they had to sleep in order to survive.
His books takes me into a different time zone and allows me to relive the events. This novel was no exception.
11 passengers wake up from their deep sleep just to find out all the other passengers in the plane have disappeared. Now it’s up to these passengers to figure out what have happened to them and how to get themselves out of this dilemma. The only confusing part for me was why they had to sleep in order to survive.
May 13, 2025
I loved this book. It had lots of suspense and action and it kept me interested through the whole thing. Craig mad annoying. I'm glad he got his feet eaten off and his head bashed in with a violin case. JUSTICE FOR NICK BRO I CRIED SO HARD. Also controversial opinion but Dinah was annoying, too. She got what she deserved. W for gas lighting Craig to thinking he was schitzo so he would die. RIP gang. Enjoy your flat asf beer and Pepsi.
March 15, 2023
My favourite Stephen King book of all times!
December 12, 2024
Another great read by him.
February 3, 2025
Excellent story ..had all the feels of a good eerie tale !.. absolutely loved it
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