Award-winning 'Hearts In Atlantis' to get movie adaptation

Award-winning author, Stephen King's novella Hearts In Atlantis is coming to the screen.

The collection - released in 1999 - is comprised of two novellas and three short stories; the film will focus on the titular tale which follows a group of college boys who experience their first time away from home in 1966. Independent UK reported.

British director Johannes Roberts will oversee the project alongside writing partner Ernest Riera.

Roberts said: “As a teenager, discovering Stephen King’s books and their cinematic counterparts was what led me to want to become a filmmaker. [This] story is my favourite piece of King’s writing. Turning this story into a movie had been a lifelong dream.”

Stephen King's books are not new to the screen, last year Cell was adapted for film starring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson. While The Dark Tower is currently being filmed with Matthew McConaiughey and Idris Elba in the lead roles.

Other King novellas to have received big screen adaptations include Carrie, Stand By Me and The Shawshank Redemption.

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