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Pennywise sits atop a familiar statue in new It: Chapter Two set photo

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Jessica Chastain may have wrapped filming, but production continues on New Line’s keenly-anticipated horror sequel It: Chapter Two, and the latest set photo has given us our first look at Bill Skarsgard’s Pennywise from the follow-up, as he sits atop a statue of Paul Bunyan. As book readers will know, the statue plays a role […]

Kyliegh Curran lands key role in Stephen King adaptation Doctor Sleep

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After a nationwide casting search which incorporated roughly 800 young actresses, Deadline is reporting that Kyliegh Curran (I Can I Will I Did, Broadway’s The Lion King) has been cast in the key role of Abra Stone in the upcoming Stephen King adaptation Doctor Sleep. A sequel to The Shining, Doctor Sleep stars Ewan McGregor […]

Castle Rock Season 1 Episode 8 Review – ‘Past Perfect’

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Martin Carr reviews the eighth episode of Castle Rock… Pent up recriminations, adulterous spouses and murderous intent culminate in a blood drenched boarding house this week, as Castle Rock welcomes fresh meat. Quintessentially middle class with highbrow intellectualism to cloak emotional turmoil, these new comers seem the perfect fit. However within ten minutes this picture […]

Jessica Chastain wraps filming on It: Chapter Two

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Jessica Chastain has taken to Instagram to announce that she has wrapped filming on New Line Cinema’s horror sequel It: Chapter Two, next year’s follow-up to the blockbuster Stephen King adaptation. It: Chapter Two reunites Chastain with her Mama director Andy Muschietti; she is playing the adult version of Beverly Marsh, and is joined in […]

Castle Rock Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘The Queen’

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Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of Castle Rock… Mental disintegration has rarely been tackled on screen with such elegance, restraint and consideration as it is in Castle Rock this week. Sissy Spacek holds court with poise, precision and an understated frailty which grounds some of the more fantastical elements. Structurally speaking ‘The Queen’ requires […]

The Exorcist showrunner to script Stephen King adaptation The Tommyknockers

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Back in march it was announced that James Wan (The Conjuring) and Roy Lee (It) are teaming to produce a feature adaptation of Stephen King’s novel The Tommyknockers, and now comes word that the project has found a writer. Variety is reporting that Jeremy Slater, showrunner on The Exorcist TV series, is set to script […]

Hulu renews Stephen King series Castle Rock for season 2

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Streaming service Hulu has announced that it has renewed the Stephen King anthology series Castle Rock for a second season. Produced by J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot and set in the fictional Maine town present in many of King’s works, Castle Rock proved to be Hulu’s most successful first-season launch in terms of consumption and reach, […]

It star on how “awesome” it was to work with such a different Bill Skarsgard on Castle Rock

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Chosen Jacobs, who starred as Mike Hanlon in It, says that getting to work with Bill Skarsgard again on Castle Rock is “awesome”. It must have been a strange experience for the kid actors on It when working with Bill Skarsgard’s Pennywise, especially as they were purposefully kept away from him on set. Chosen Jacobs, who played […]

Castle Rock Season 1 Episode 6 Review – ‘Filter’

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Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of Castle Rock… There is something hypnotically engaging about Castle Rock. Beyond the tit bits of terror, porch side confessionals and elegantly crafted structure this series possesses a maturity and quality to which few can lay claim. Omnipotent expressions from eerily self-confidence Shawshank alumni, moments of clarity in the […]