10 Stephen King Stories That Haven't Been Adapted Yet (But Should)

Back in 2019, It director Andy Muschietti announced he was planning to adapt another King novel with Roadwork, originally published under the author's pseudonym Richard Bachman, though it seems the project has fallen through.

After five years without an update, it appears we'll have to wait a while to see Roadwork on the big screen, and that really is a shame. The story of a mourning father who plots to stop his house and business being demolished to make way for a new highway, it's one of King's finest unsung gems. 

A socially conscious satire and thriller about man's relationship with big businesses, as well as a very dark comedy with a brilliantly compelling protagonist driven to madness (think Falling Down, but it's set in a house Michael Douglas refuses to leave), Roadwork screams big-screen potential through-and-through. 

This isn't the best of King's creative Bachman era (we'll get to that one in a moment), but it's still a galvanising piece of work deserving of more exposure, proving the author can write about horror just as well when he's writing about the everyday.