It took practically no time at all for an adaptation of Stephen King’s Fairy Tale to enter development. The novel first arrived in stores in September 2022, and it was less than a month later that the news broke of writer/director Paul Greengrass developing it as a feature.

In September 2022, Deadline reported that Jason Bourne director Paul Greengrass was set to adapt, direct, and produce a film based on King's Fairy Tale novel. Gregory Goodman was

Stephen King's first fantasy book, Fairy Tale, is being adapted as a TV show by A24. Per Deadline, the book was initially going to be a feature film from Universal, but, since the novel runs over 600 pages,

Stephen King's Fairy Tale novel is being turned into a television series. Fairy Tale was published in September 2022. Written by King, the novel follows a 17-year-old boy named Charlie Reade who finds himself in the middle of a war between good and evil after he is transported to a hidden realm.