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New It TV spot features Pennywise in a sing-along

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It was just yesterday that we heard Bill Skarsgard’s Pennywise speak in a new promo for It, the adaptation based on Stephen King’s famous novel. Now we have a new It TV spot that features more of Pennywise’s deadly antics, including appearing in and altering a children’s sing-along show to further torment The Losers’ Club. Watch the […]

First teaser trailer for Stephen King anthology series Castle Rock

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The first teaser was revealed today at NYCC for the Hulu Original drama Castle Rock. From the mind of Stephen King and executive producer J.J. Abrams, the anthology series features a cast that includes Melanie Lynskey (Togetherness), Andre Holland (Moonlight), Jane Levy (Don’t Breathe), Sissy Spacek (Carrie), Bill Skarsgard (It), Scott Glenn (The Defenders), and Terry O’Quinn (Lost); […]

Stephen King series Castle Rock sets pilot director

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Deadline is reporting that Michael Uppendahl (American Horror Story, Mad Men) is set to direct the pilot for Hulu and Bad Robot’s Stephen King anthology series Castle Rock. Set in King’s fictional town, the psychological horror series “combines the mythological scale and intimate character storytelling of King’s best-loved works, weaving an epic saga of darkness […]

Melanie Lynskey joins Castle Rock as female lead

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Hulu has announced another cast member for its Stephen King-inspired Castle Rock. Melanie Lynskey, who is known for Togetherness, Two and a Half Men and Heavenly Creatures, has been cast as the female lead. Lynskey will portray Molly Strand, a woman who suffers from a rare medical condition and is having a hard time as a real estate agent […]

Jane Levy and Sissy Spacek join Stephen King’s Castle Rock series

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Last month Hulu’s Castle Rock got its first cast member with Moonilight’s Andre Holland, and now we have to more additions in Jane Levy (Suburgatory, Evil Dead) and Sissy Spacek, who starred in the title role of Carrie, the first Stephen King novel to be adapted to film. Levy will play Jackie, the “death-obsessed, self-appointed historian of Castle Rock” while […]

Akiva Goldsman to direct remake of Stephen King’s Firestarter

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Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions has announced that Akiva Goldsman (Winter’s Tale, Stephanie) has signed on to direct new version of the 1980 Stephen King novel Firestarter, which has been scripted by Scott Teems (Rectify). Firestarter follows Andy McGee and his young daughter Charlie, a nine-year old girl who has inherited pyrokinetic abilities from her […]

Stephen King and Owen King’s Sleeping Beauties heading to the small screen for TV adaptation

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Anonymous Content has snapped up the rights to Sleeping Beauties, an upcoming novel from Stephen King and his son Owen King, and is now in development on a TV adaptation, which is being produced by Michael Sugar and Ashley Zalta (The OA). The novel is set for publication in September, and the official synopsis reads: […]

Stephen King’s Castle Rock gets full season order

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Filming on the pilot hasn’t even begun yet, but Hulu has already ordered a full 10 episode season for the Stephen King and J.J. Abrams anthology series Castle Rock. This comes after positive reception to the recently released teaser trailer. Castle Rock is the fictional Maine town that many of Stephen Kings stories are set in and […]

The Mist TV series will be a “reimagining” of the Stephen King story

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Last year it was announced that Spike TV had given a series order to a small screen adaptation of Stephen King’s The Mist, with is being written and executive produced by Christian Torpe. Speaking to TV Guide at the Television Critics Association winter press tour, Torpe has revealed that the show won’t be a straight-up adaptation […]