DID YOU KNOW? “Maximum Overdrive” is Stephen King's only directorial effort. It was shot in Wilmington, North Carolina on a budget of $9 million. Originally, King wanted Bruce Springsteen to play the lead role, but the rocker was unknown to producer Dino De Laurentiis, so Emelio Estevez was hired without King’s approval. The production was plagued by on-set accidents, hurricane Gloria, language barriers between crew, and King himself – a first time director with no previous experience – later ad