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BEST SUMMER EVER HUFFINGTON 05.26.13
ENTERTAINMENT TV
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of his late-period novels, Under the Dome, is as much a political allegory and environmental call to arms as it as a tale of small-town survival. The premise is right there in the title: One day, a town is encased in a dome that appears out of nowhere. No one knows why it’s there, and nobody can get out.¶ To adapt the work as a drama series that debuts June 24, CBS found a writer who knows from allegories. Brian K. Vaughan — creator of the acclaimed graphic novels Y: The Last Man and Saga, and one of the writers of Lost — penned the pilot for Under the Dome and serves as one of its executive producers. Vaughan talked to The Huffington Post about the challenges of adapting King’s dense novel for television. — Maureen Ryan
Stephen King on the set of Under the Dome.