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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 […]

Exclusive: Ana Lily Amirpour to direct an episode of Castle Rock

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The following is an excerpt from Rafael Motamayor’s interview with Ana Lily Amirpour, director of The Bad Batch at the Sitges Film Festival… Ana Lily Amirpour is one of the most fascinating new directors working today. Her feature film debut A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night was tagged as “The first Iranian vampire Western” and received […]

Exclusive: Castle Rock and It star Bill Skarsgård hasn’t met Stephen King yet

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The following is an excerpt from Justin Cook’s interview with the cast and creators of Castle Rock at New York Comic Con… It’s safe to say that 2017 has been a good year for Bill Skarsgård. Not only has the young actor’s name been on the rise ever since starring as Pennywise the Dancing Clown […]

Pennywise actor Bill Skarsgard discusses It: Chapter Two

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After scary audiences silly this year, Bill Skarsgard is preparing to reprise the role of Pennywise the Clown for It: Chapter Two, the second half of New Line Cinema’s hugely-successful Stephen King adaptation, and the actor has been chatting to IGN about what he’s hoping to see in the sequel. “The first movie worked so […]

A deleted scene from It had Pennywise eating a baby

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Last month, It star Bill Skarsgard revealed that a “really, really disturbing” flashback scene was cut from the theatrical release of the Stephen King adaptation. Now, thanks to Reddit (via Bloody Disgusting), we have details on the scene in question, which takes place in the 1600s and culminates with Pennywise eating a baby. Check out […]

October Horrors 2017 Day 5 – Pet Sematary (1989)

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Pet Sematary, 1989. Directed by Mary Lambert. Starring Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby, Blaze Berdahl, Miko Hughes, and Fred Gwynne. SYNOPSIS: Upon moving to a new town, Louis Creed is introduced to the mysterious “Pet Sematary” that hides an ancient Native American burial ground behind it. A burial ground that allegedly possesses the power to resurrect […]

The Dark Tower TV series will be a complete reboot, says Stephen King

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Sony’s big screen adaptation of The Dark Tower may have been a critical and commercial failure, but it seems that the planned TV series Wizard and Glass remains a possibility – although as author Stephen King has revealed to Vulture, should this move ahead, it will likely be a complete reboot with no ties to […]