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New Line officially moving ahead with second It movie after bumper box office opening

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With New Line Cinema’s Stephen King adaptation It enjoying a rather impressive opening weekend at the box office, it has been announced that the studio is officially moving forward with the second chapter. THR reports that Gary Dauberman, one of the screenwriters on the first movie, has closed his deal to pen the second film, […]

The Walking Dead’s Glen Mazzara to serve as showrunner on The Dark Tower TV series

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The Dark Tower feature film may have found itself struggling with critics and audiences [read our review here], but it seems the planned TV show spinoff Wizard and Glass is still moving forward, with THR reporting that The Walking Dead executive producer Glen Mazzara has signed on to serve as showrunner. “I’ve been a Stephen […]

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 […]