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Doctor Sleep receiving a three-hour Director’s Cut

December 21, 2019 by Amie Cranswick

Filmmaker Mike Flanagan has announced that the home entertainment release of this year’s Stephen King adaptation Doctor Sleep is set to include an extended Director’s Cut of The Shining follow-up, which runs for 180 minutes – 28 minutes longer than the theatrical release. Check out Flanagan’s tweet here: SEE ALSO: Exclusive Interview – Doctor Sleep composers […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Doctor Sleep, Mike Flanagan, Stephen King

Stephen King thinks the It reboot was so successful due to impeccable timing

December 30, 2017 by Jordan Jones

Andy Muschietti’s It punched us all in the gut this past September. Honestly, when reading for the first time that Stephen King’s It was being remade into a feature film, who actually thought that it would be good? For one, horror remakes tend to be fairly awful (we’re looking at you A Nightmare on Elm Street). Secondly, […]

Filed Under: Jordan Jones, Movies, News Tagged With: Andy Muschietti, It, Stephen King

Gerald’s Game director wants to adapt The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep next

December 29, 2017 by Jordan Jones

Stephen King’s novel Gerald’s Game was long thought of as an unfilmable book due to the story taking place in a single location, as well as its controversial subject matter. Also… that hand scene! However, director Mike Flanagan really knocked it out of the park with his Netflix adaptation that released this past September [read […]

Filed Under: Jordan Jones, Movies, News Tagged With: Doctor Sleep, Gerald's Game, Lisey's Story, Mike Flanagan, Stephen King, The Shining

Stephen King was “not prepared” for how good the new It is

August 31, 2017 by Jordan Jones

Early reviews have had high praise for the big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s It, with some are calling it the best Stephen King adaptation in a long time. Interestingly, one of the film’s biggest fans so far is writer Stephen King himself. In an interview with Bloody Disgusting, the writer had high-praise for the […]

Filed Under: Jordan Jones, Movies, News Tagged With: It, Stephen King

Stephen King will not be writing for Castle Rock TV series

August 13, 2017 by Jordan Jones

We don’t know very much about the Castle Rock TV series, except for the basics: Castle Rock is a location that is present in almost all of Stephen King’s stories. It’s a town that has served as a throughline for many of his works, and now we are getting a TV show sharing that moniker. […]

Filed Under: Jordan Jones, News, Television Tagged With: Castle Rock, Stephen King

Stephen King on Idris Elba as The Gunslinger: “Why shouldn’t he be black?”

August 3, 2017 by Jordan Jones

Idris Elba’s casting as The Gunslinger in Stephen King’s The Dark Tower came at a time when Hollywood was (and still is) under fire more than ever about a lack of diversity in their films. Fans have petitioned for Idris Elba to play James Bond for a while now, but while he may not be […]

Filed Under: Jordan Jones, Movies, News Tagged With: Idris Elba, Stephen King, The Dark Tower

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

August 3, 2017 by Jordan Jones

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 […]

Filed Under: Jordan Jones, Movies, News Tagged With: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Nikolaj Arcel, Stephen King, The Dark Tower

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

August 2, 2017 by Jordan Jones

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 […]

Filed Under: Jordan Jones, Movies, News, Uncategorized Tagged With: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Stephen King, The Dark Tower

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

February 20, 2017 by Gary Collinson

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 […]

Filed Under: Daily News Roundup, Gary Collinson, Movies, News, Television Tagged With: Castle Rock, David F. Sandberg, DC, DC Extended Universe, Donald Glover, Fede Alvarez, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, J.J. Abrams, James Earl Jones, Kurt Russell, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Matt Reeves, Mel Gibson, Ridley Scott, Shazam, Star Wars, Stephen King, Suicide Squad 2, The Lion King

Blu-ray Review – It Chapter Two (2019)

December 12, 2019 by Ricky Church

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 […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Ricky Church Tagged With: Andy Bean, Andy Muschietti, Bill Hader, Bill Skargard, Chosen Jacobs, Finn Wolfhard, Isaiah Mustafa, It: Chapter Two, Jack Dylan Grazer, Jaeden Martell, James McAvoy, James Ransone, Jay Ryan, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Jessica Chastain, Nicholas Hamilton, Sophia Lillis, Stephen King, Teach Grant, Wyatt Oleff

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