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First images from Stephen King adaptation The Stand

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Vanity Fair has revealed a first look at Josh Boone’s small-screen adaptation of Stephen King’s 1978 post-apocalyptic epic The Stand featuring Whoopi Goldberg as Mother Abagail, Jovan Adepo as Larry Underwood, Heather Graham as Rita Blakemoor, Owen Teague as Harold Lauder, Odessa Young as Frannie Goldsmith, Alexander Skarsgard as Randall Flagg, and Nat Wolff as […]

HBO Max adapting Stephen King and Joe Hill’s Throttle

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As revealed by Deadline, HBO Max is prepping a feature film adaptation of Throttle, the novella from Joe Hill and his father Stephen King, with Leigh Dana Jackson (Raising Dion) set to write the script. First published in the 2009 Richard Matheson tribute anthology He Is Legend, Throttle pits “a faceless trucker against a tribe […]

Doctor Sleep duo reuniting for Stephen King adaptation Revival

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Having collaborated on Netflix’s Gerald’s Game and last year’s Doctor Sleep, writer-director Mike Flanagan and producer Trevor Macy are turning their attention to another Stephen King adaptation, with the duo teaming with Warner Bros. once again for an adaptation of King’s novel Revival. Flanagan is set to write the script for Revival, and also has […]

New take on Stephen King’s Children of the Corn coming from Equilibrium director

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As we live in a renaissance of Stephen King’s work, it was inevitable someone would tackle the iconic story of The Children of the Corn. And it’s currently in production in Australia from producer Lucas Foster (Ford v Ferrari) and director Kurt Wimmer (Equilibrium). While many productions around America and the United Kingdom have halted, […]

I Am Not Okay With This co-creator to adapt Stephen King’s The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

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Last year it was announced that Roy Lee’s Vertigo Entertainment and Chris Romero’s (former wife of the late George A. Romero) Sanibel Films were in development on a feature film adaptation of the 1999 Stephen King book The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, and now comes word that a screenwriter has boarded the project. As […]

Castle Rock: The Complete Second Season home entertainment release details revealed

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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray and DVD release of the Stephen King-inspired horror anthology series Castle Rock season 2, which hits shelves on July 21st and is available to pre-order now via Amazon US or Amazon UK. Check out the details here… SEE ALSO: Read our review of Castle Rock season 2 […]

Annabelle Comes Home director to helm Stephen King adaptation Salem’s Lot

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Having signed on to write the script back in 2019, Annabelle Comes Home director Gary Dauberman has now closed a deal to helm New Line Cinema’s big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s vampire novel Salem’s Lot. Dauberman has plenty of experience with Warner Bros. and New Line’s horror output, having penned the likes of It […]

Stephen King’s The Outsider is more popular for HBO than Watchmen and True Detective

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The Outsider, HBO’s latest drama based on the book by Stephen King, is a bigger hit for the cable network than Watchmen and True Detective. The Outsider has finished its run for HBO, telling a creepy tale from horror mastermind Stephen King. Starring Jason Bateman and Ben Mendelsohn, events see a demonic entity feeding off […]

Stephen King series The Outsider arriving on DVD and Blu-ray in June

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The first season of HBO’s The Outsider just came to an end this week, and now it is already heading for a DVD and Blu-ray release on June 9th 2020. SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Amazon US or Amazon UK The Outsider follows police detective Ralph Anderson (Ben Mendelsohn), as he sets out to investigate the mutilated […]

Schitt’s Creek star Emily Hampshire joins TV adaptation of Stephen King’s Jerusalem’s Lot

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Schitt’s Creek star Emily Hampshire has been cast as the female lead alongside Adrien Brody in Epix’s TV adaptation of the Stephen King short story Jerusalem’s Lot, which is now going by the title Chapelwaite. Written by Peter Filardi (Flatliners) and Jason Filardi (17 Again), Jerusalem’s Lot is set in the 1850s in the small […]