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Because some people STILL don't believe me about the Kingdom thing, an article from 2001, when King was still developing:

Tuesday July 24 8:42 AM ET
Stephen King Working on TV Series

By The Associated Press,

BANGOR, Maine (AP) - Stephen King's latest project is a prime-time television series for ABC about a hospital with a spooky past, his office said.

"The Kingdom" to be aired during the 2002-2003 season, is based on director Lars von Trier's Danish TV miniseries that has gained a cult following. Critics have called it a cross between "Twin Peaks" and "E.R."

"Steve discovered this in a video store when he was in Colorado working on 'The Shining,'" said Marsha DeFilippo, a spokeswoman for the author.

"He really liked it and was interested in doing it," DeFilippo said.


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Stephen King to Take a Stab at Network Series TV
By Doug Young

PASADENA (Reuters) - The supernatural thriller master who made household names out of "Cujo", "Carrie" and "Christine" will try to work his same magic for the first time on prime time series television.

Stephen King's "The Kingdom" is set to debut in the 2002-03 season, and will begin with a two-hour installment followed by 13 one-hour episodes, according to ABC, the Walt Disney Co. unit that will broadcast the show.

Despite the similarity in names between the show and its primary creative force, "The Kingdom" is actually based on a Danish miniseries of the same title by Lars Van Trier, whose credits include the film "Breaking the Waves".

The new show will include "shocking and frightening tales" centered on a haunted hospital built over an ancient graveyard.