Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions’ long-planned adaptation of Stephen King’s Firestarter has found a new director, with Variety reporting that Keith Thomas (The Vigil) has signed on to helm the reboot. Based on the 1980 sci-fi-horror novel, Firestarter follows a father and daughter who are on the run from a secret government agency looking to […]
Doctor Sleep receiving a three-hour Director’s Cut
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 […]
Stephen King thinks the It reboot was so successful due to impeccable timing
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, […]
Gerald’s Game director wants to adapt The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep next
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 […]
Stephen King was “not prepared” for how good the new It is
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 […]
Stephen King will not be writing for Castle Rock TV series
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. […]
Stephen King on Idris Elba as The Gunslinger: “Why shouldn’t he be black?”
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 […]
The Dark Tower is not reviewing well, and it all may boil down to “clashing visions” on set
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
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
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 […]
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