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Mike Flanagan is heading to prom with series adaptation of Stephen King’s Carrie

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Mike Flanagan is going right back to the beginning for his next Stephen King project, with Deadline reporting that Flanagan and his producing partner Trevor Macy have set an eight-episode series adaptation of King’s 1974 debut novel Carrie at Prime Video. Carrie tells the story of Carrie White, a timid high school student living with […]

Josh Brolin in talks to join Edgar Wright’s The Running Man

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Glen Powell has found someone to face off with in his Edgar Wright-directed The Running Man remake. While not confirmed yet, reports have Josh Brolin in final negotiations to land the villain role; little is known about the part, but he’ll likely play the antagonist behind the violent reality show at the center of the […]

Stephen King’s Fairy Tale to become A24 series from Fringe creator and Paul Greengrass

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Another adaptation from Stephen King’s vast body of work is on the way as Deadline reports Fairy Tale is being developed as a 10-episode series by A24 and Fringe creator J.H. Wyman and Bourne and News of the World director Paul Greengrass. Fairly Tale was previously being developed as a feature film with Greengrass having written a script with […]

Stephen King adaptation The Monkey gets new red band trailer

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Neon has released a new red band teaser trailer and poster for The Monkey, director Osgood Perkins’ (Longlegs) upcoming adaptation of the Stephen King short story of the same name. The supernatural horror follows siblings Bill and Hal (played by Theo James) as they set in motion a series of disturbing deaths after discovering an […]

Movie Review – Salem’s Lot (2024)

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Salem’s Lot, 2024. Written and Directed by Gary Dauberman. Starring Lewis Pullman, Alfre Woodard, Makenzie Leigh, Bill Camp, Spencer Treat Clark, Pilou Asbæk, John Benjamin Hickey, William Sadler, Jordan Preston Carter, Nicholas Crovetti, Cade Woodward, Kellan Rhude, Debra Christofferson, Rebecca Gibel, Mike Bash, Fedna Jacquet, Avery Bederman, Liam Anderson, Marilyn Busch, Sage Rudnick, Alyana Hill, […]

Nemesis Now unveils new IT Pennywise Drain Figurine

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Sideshow and Nemesis Now have unveiled a new IT Drain Figurine which is inspired by the appearance of Bill Skarsgard as the malevolent entity Pennywise in the opening scene of Andy Muschietti’s Stephen King’s adaptation It. The collectible is available to pre-order now, priced at $95; take a look here… Introducing the spine-chilling Officially Licensed […]

Sink your teeth into the trailer for Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot

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Max has finally given us a peek inside the crypt of the oft-delayed, theatrically-shelved adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot by releasing the first official trailer for the film. Directed by Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home), Salem’s Lot is led by Lewis Pullman, who stars alongside Makenzie Leigh, Alfre Woodard, Bill Camp, John Benjamin Hickey, Nicholas […]

Enter the Marsten House in Salem’s Lot first-look clip

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Max has shared the first clip from Gary Dauberman’s long-awaited Stephen King adaptation Salem’s Lot which sees Mark Petrie (Jordan Preston Carter), armed with a backpack full of wooden stakes, leading Father Callahan (John Benjamin Hickey), Dr. Cody (Alfre Woodard), Ben Mears (Lewis Pullman) and Susan Norton (Makenzie Leigh) to investigate a body discovered in […]

Mike Flanagan and Kate Siegel on Haunting of Hill House, V/H/S/ Beyond and The Life of Chuck

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Mike Flanagan and Kate Siegel are two names who have shot up among the horror genre in a relatively short time with the pair’s work on several horror films and series. Oculus, Hush, The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass are just a few to name, but Flanagan has adapted several of the iconic horror author Stephen King’s novels, […]

First look images from the new Salem’s Lot debut online

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Having sat locked away in the Warner Bros. Discovery vault next to Batgirl and Coyote vs. Acme for the best part of the past two years after being pulled from its original September 2022 date, New Line Cinema and Atomic Monster’s Stephen King adaptation Salem’s Lot is finally set to break free – albeit straight-to-streaming […]