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James Marsden, Amber Heard, Whoopi Goldberg and more in talks for Stephen King’s The Stand

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Having been granted a series order by CBS All Access earlier this year, it looks like business is picking up for Josh Boone’s (The Fault in Our Stars) long-planned Stephen King adaptation The Stand, with Collider reporting that a number of actors are currently in talks for roles. According to the site, James Marsden (Westworld) […]

The Shining’s Danny Torrance actor shares his reaction to the Doctor Sleep trailer

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Danny Lloyd, the former child actor behind Danny Torrance in The Shining, has shared his thoughts on the Doctor Sleep trailer. Fans of Stephen King’s The Shining and Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation are getting pretty excited by Doctor Sleep – the film version of King’s sequel to the original book. The film stars Ewan McGregor as […]

Trailer for The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep takes us back to the Overlook Hotel

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Warner Bros. has released the first trailer and poster for the upcoming Stephen King adaptation Doctor Sleep. The supernatural thriller is set 40 years after the events of The Shining and stars Ewan McGregor as Danny Torrance, who after living a peaceful life as a hospice worker, is forced to use his powers against a […]

Michael Rooker joins The Dark Tower TV series

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Guardians of the Galaxy star Michael Rooker has revealed on his website that he has joined the cast of Amazon’s TV adaptation of the Stephen King fantasy epic The Dark Tower. Details on Rooker’s role are being kept under wraps, but the actor joins the previously announced Sam Strike (Nightflyers) as Roland Deschain and Jasper […]

It: Chapter Two screenwriter on the challenges of adapting Stephen King

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Gary Dauberman, the writer of It: Chapter Two, has discussed the numerous challenges of trying to adapt Stephen King novels. It: Chapter Two is certainly one of the most anticipated horror films of 2019, thanks to the first entry being so enormously popular with fans. Stephen King is one of the most adapted authors in […]

Ron Howard discusses his disappointment with The Dark Tower movie

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After spending years in development hell as a multi-part, multi-format adaptation, Stephen King’s epic fantasy The Dark Tower finally made it to the screen in 2017, although the resulting movie wasn’t quite what many were hoping for – including, it seems, producer Ron Howard. Howard and fellow producers Avika Goldsman and Brian Grazer first picked […]

Mr. Mercedes season 3 gets a premiere date, images and featurette

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AT&T Audience Network has revealed that the third season of Mr. Mercedes is set to premiere on September 10th. Along with the date announcement, a batch of first look images have been released released for the Stephen King adaptation, as well as a featurette which takes us behind the scenes and includes interviews with director […]

Andre Ovredal to direct Stephen King’s The Long Walk

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Last year it was announced that New Line Cinema had picked up the movie rights to Stephen King’s 1979 Richard Bachman novel The Long Walk, and now comes word that the project has found itself a director. Variety reports that Andre Ovredal, the director behind The Autopsy of Jane Doe and the hotly-anticipated upcoming Scary […]