News The Body Stand By Me Actor Wil Wheaton to Voice Audiobook of Stephen King’s The Body The novella is the source material for the movie Stand By Me, which Wheaton starred in as a child By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on February 2, 2026 Wil Wheaton photo credit: Tim Blackmon for Galaxy Con, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Comment 0 Share New Share Wil Wheaton photo credit: Tim Blackmon for Galaxy Con, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Stephen King shared news today on social media that a new audio recording of his novella, The Body, is in the works and that Wil Wheaton will be reading it. The news is exciting on multiple fronts: Wheaton, who is arguably best known for playing Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation, also played the young Gordie Lachance in the 1986 film Stand By Me, which is based on The Body. Both works center on a group of boys who go out to find a dead body in the woods, and both are widely considered to be among King’s best stories and adapted works. King shared a one-minute video of Wheaton announcing the news. In it, Wheaton said that he has been trying “to get permission to narrate [The Body] for literal years. It has been such an incredible journey to get here, and it happened at exactly the right time.” Listen to the story that shaped a generation. Decades after starring in Stand By Me, the film adaptation of THE BODY, Wil Wheaton lends his voice to an all new recording of the audiobook. Pre-order your copy and start listening March 24, 2026.— Stephen King (@stephenking.bsky.social) 2026-02-02T19:04:34.451Z The new audiobook is coming from Simon & Schuster Audio and is set to be released on March 24, 2026. It’s available for preorder now on the platform of your choosing. “This is such an incredible gift for me,” Wheaton said at the end of the video. “This is very much a dream come true. I have been trying for so long to be right here, right now, and it’s finally happening.” [end-mark] The post <i>Stand By Me</i> Actor Wil Wheaton to Voice Audiobook of Stephen King’s <i>The Body</i> appeared first on Reactor.