Stephen King’s From A Buick 8 adaptation is happening Deadline reports that Stephen King’s From A Buick 8 novel has been picked up for adaptation by Hyde Park Entertainment. William Brent Bell has been tapped to write a script for the adaptation and also to direct the film. Bell has had a well-balanced career handling projects in the supernatural and horror genres, having worked on STX’s The Boy and Paramount’s The Devil Inside. Published in 2002, the novel is described as follows: “Shortly after his father, a Pennsylvania state trooper, is killed in a senseless automobile accident, Ned Wilcox discovers that the members of Troop D have a secret concealed behind their headquarters.