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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 […]

The Dark Tower director on the movie being “a canon continuation” of Stephen King’s books

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There’s less than two months to go before Stephen King’s epic fantasy series The Dark Tower hits the big screen, and speaking to IGN, director Nikolaj Arcel has reaffirmed that the movie is actually a sequel to King’s book series, rather than a traditional adaptation. “It is, in fact, a continuation,” said Arcel. “It is […]

The Mist Season 1 Episode 1 Review

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Martin Carr reviews the first episode of The Mist… Based on a Stephen King novella from the 1980’s The Mist is small-scale paranoia ramped up by small town mentalities. More prevalent now than upon its initial literary release the show establishes stock characters early, drops in an atmospheric sense of unease within five minutes while setting […]

Bill Skarsgard’s Pennywise terrified child extras on the set of It

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Those that already have a good feeling on Bill Skarsgard’s take on the classic horrifying clown Pennywise (the trailers alone have generated much praise and hype) now have even more reason to get excited to be terrified, as it seems the disturbing-looking clown unintentionally scared a bunch of child extras on the set of the […]

Stephen King says Cujo makes an appearance in The Dark Tower movie

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Earlier this month we got our first look the long-awaited big screen adaptation of The Dark Tower, with eagle-eyed viewers noticing a couple of Stephen King Easter eggs with references to The Shining and It both present in the trailer. However, it seems they won’t be the only references to King’s other works within the […]

Andre Holland to star in Stephen King series Castle Rock

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Hulu’s upcoming Stephen King-inspired series Castle Rock has scored its first cast member, with Andre Holland (Moonlight, The Knick) signing on to play Henry, a death row attorney who has a unique history with the town of Castle Rock. Produced by J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot, Castle Rock is set to deliver a shared Stephen King […]

The Dark Tower trailer features Easter eggs for The Shining and It

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Yesterday fans got their first look at the long-awaited trailer for the film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series of novels, but tucked away in the background of Matthew McConaughey’s Man in Black unleashing hell on earth and Idris Elba’s Gunslinger performing one of the sickest looking reloads in cinematic history is a photograph […]