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Exclusive Interview – Mr. Mercedes showrunner Jack Bender talks Season 2

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Paul Risker chats with Mr. Mercedes showrunner Jack Bender about season 2 of the Stephen King adaptation… Mr Mercedes, an adaptation of Stephen King’s Bill Hodges Trilogy, comprising Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers and End of Watch, enters its second season. Brady Hartsfield (Harry Treadaway) remains hospitalised in a vegetative state after a second attempt to […]

It: Chapter Two director shares behind-the-scenes photo of a bloodied Jessica Chastain

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With Jessica Chastain wrapping filming late last month, It: Chapter Two director Andy Muschietti has shared a behind-the-scenes image of himself alongside his Mama star, who is portraying the adult version of Beverly Marsh. Check it out here… SEE ALSO: Pennywise sits atop a familiar statue in new It: Chapter Two set photo https://instagram.com/p/BnO5nTrgcqB/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_loading_state_control   It: […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Stephen King adaptation In the Tall Grass adds Patrick Wilson and more

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Back in May it was announced that James Marsden (Westworld) is set to star in the Stephen King and Joe Hill adaptation In the Tall Grass, and now THR is reporting that Patrick Wilson (Aquaman), Laysla De Oliveira (Code 8) and Harrison Gilbertson (Picnic at Hanging Rock) have joined the cast. Based on King and Hill’s […]

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 […]

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, […]