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Stephen King’s The Gingerbread Girl in development as feature film

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Hollywood just can’t seem to get enough of Stephen King at the moment, with The Wrap reporting that the author’s 2007 novella The Gingerbread Girl is the latest project in development for the big screen. Brainstorm Media has acquired the rights to the tale, tapped Craig R. Baxley to direct the movie, as well as […]

James Marsden in talks for Stephen King’s In the Tall Grass

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Currently on our screens as the morally conflicted cowboy Teddy Flood in HBO’s all-conquering Westworld, James Marsden has been eyeing further small screen success in the form of Netflix’s adaptation of Stephen King’s In the Tall Grass. The third Stephen King story to be adapted by the streaming giants, following Gerald’s Game and 1922, In the […]

Stephen King series Castle Rock gets new trailer and July premiere date

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Hulu has finally announced the premiere date for the Stephen King inspired series Castle Rock. The show will premiere on July 25th with Hulu making the first three episodes available to stream right away. Along with the premiere date is a new trailer which highlights the mysteries surrounding the town of Castle Rock and how it […]

Feature film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Long Walk in development

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It looks like we can add another Stephen King adaptation – or in this case, Richard Bachman – to the ever growing list, with THR reporting that New Line Cinema has tapped James Vanderbilt (The Amazing Spider-Man) to pen a feature film version of the 1979 novel The Long Walk. Set in a dystopian America, The […]

Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy and Bill Hader in talks for It: Chapter Two

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On the heels of the news that It: Chapter Two will begin production in Toronto in July, we have some more news regarding the film’s adult cast. According to Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, director Andy Muschietti is close to finalizing Jessica Chastain (Molly’s Game), James McAvoy (X-Men: Dark Phoenix) and Bill Hader (Barry) for the anticipated […]

It: Chapter Two to begin filming in Toronto this summer

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After the massive success of last fall’s Stephen King adaptation of It, it was only a matter of time before we heard news on the next film in the duology, It: Chapter Two. While the sequel has a release date of September 6th, 2019, there hasn’t been any word on when it will begin filming. Now, however, […]

Steven Spielberg still hoping to adapt Stephen King’s The Talisman

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Back in 1982, two years prior to its publication, filmmaker Steven Spielberg acquired the rights to The Talisman, a fantasy novel from Stephen King and Peter Straub. As King notes in a piece over at Entertainment Weekly, “several times [Spielberg] came very close to making it”, and it seems the filmmaker isn’t ready to give […]

Stephen King adaptation The Stand reportedly reworked as ten-hour miniseries

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Back in January of 2011, Warner Bros. Pictures and CBS Films announced plans to produce a big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s post-apocalyptic epic The Stand, with the likes of David Yates (Harry Potter), Ben Affleck (Argo) and Scott Cooper (Hostiles) linked to the director’s chair before Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars) officially […]

James Wan teaming with It producer to bring Stephen King’s The Tommyknockers to the big screen

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According to THR, James Wan (The Conjuring) is teaming with Roy Lee, one of the producers on last year’s It, to produce a big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s 1987 sci-fi/horror novel The Tommyknockers. The site reports that the project, which is being produced through Wan’s Atomic Monster and Lee’s Vertigo Entertainment, has been packaged […]