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The Dark Tower is not reviewing well, and it all may boil down to “clashing visions” on set

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The long-awaited film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower is nearly here, and early reviews are not being kind to it. As of this writing, the movie is sitting at a lowly 18% rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Reading various reactions across the web, the main criticism seems to be that it’s a middling […]

Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey on what brought them to The Dark Tower

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The Dark Tower stars Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey recently say down with Cinemablend to discuss what convinced them to sign on to play The Gunslinger and Man in Black respectively in the upcoming Stephen King adaptation. Their answers are surprisingly simple: Originality. Check out what the pair had to say below: Elba: “What brought […]

The Lion King casting, first look at Ego the Living Planet, Stephen King shared universe, the fate of Jar Jar Binks – Weekend News Roundup

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Rounding up the big news stories from the weekend… LANDO CALRISSIAN AND DARTH VADER JOIN THE LION KING Director Jon Favreau has revealed the first casting for his upcoming remake of the animated Disney classic The Lion King, with Donald Glover set to voice Simba and James Earl Jones reprising his role from the original […]

Blu-ray Review – It Chapter Two (2019)

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It Chapter Two, 2019. Directed by Andy Muschietti. Starring James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Bill Skargard, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone, Andy Bean, Teach Grant, Jaeden Martell, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, and Nicholas Hamilton. SYNOPSIS: Twenty-seven years after their first encounter with the […]

Thomas Jane set for Stephen King adaptation From a Buick 8

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Thomas Jane is set for a return to the world of Stephen King, with the actor set to star in an adaptation of the author’s thriller novel From a Buck 8, as well as producing the film with Courtney Lauren Penn (Altitude) through their newly-formed Renegade Entertainment production company. Published in 2002, From a Buick […]

HBO’s Stephen King adaptation The Outsider gets a trailer and poster

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HBO has released a new poster and trailer for the upcoming thriller The Outsider which reveals the series is set to premiere on January 12th. Based on the Stephen King novel of the same name, it follows Detective Ralph Anderson (Ben Mendelsohn) as he investigates, with the help of the unorthodox PI Holly Gibney (Cynthia […]

Movie Review – Pet Sematary (2019)

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Pet Sematary, 2019. Directed by Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer. Starring Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, Jeté Laurence, Obssa Ahmed, Alyssa Brooke Levine, Sonia Maria Chirila, Hugo Lavoie, Lucas Lavoie, and John Lithgow. SYNOPSIS: Dr. Louis Creed and his wife, Rachel, relocate from Boston to rural Maine with their two young children. The couple soon discover […]

Stephen King adaptation Lisey’s Story adds Dane DeHaan

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Deadline is reporting that Dane DeHaan (A Cure for Wellness, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets) has become the latest addition to the cast of the TV adaptation of Stephen King’s Lisey’s Story. Described as “a deeply personal thriller”, Lisey’s Story stars Julianne Moore (Gloria Bell) as Lisey, a woman who is forces […]

It Chapter Two looking to scare up $120 million domestic box office opening

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In just a few short weeks, director Andy Muschietti takes us back to Derry for the final showdown between Pennywise and the Losers Club with New Line’s Stephen King adaptation It Chapter Two, and according to tracking estimates the sequel is on par to open as big as its 2017 predecessor. According to Deadline, It […]