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Stephen King’s The Stand set for eight-part TV miniseries culminating with a movie

June 5, 2015 by Gary Collinson

It looks like Warner Bros., CBS Films and director Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars) have seen sense over their plan to adapt Stephen King’s apocalyptic epic The Stand as a single three-hour movie, with The Wrap reporting that negotiations are underway with Showtime for an eight-part TV series that will then culminate with […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, Television Tagged With: Josh Boone, Stephen King, The Stand

Avengers: Age of Ultron’s Claudia Kim joins The Dark Tower

May 10, 2016 by Gary Collinson

The Tracking Board is reporting that Avengers: Age of Ultron actress Claudia Kim has signed on for a role in The Dark Tower, where she’ll play Arra Champignon, “a character known to be kind and who wishes everyone well. She possesses psychic abilities and seems to come from another world – perhaps another time all together.” […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Claudia Kim, Stephen King, The Dark Tower

Samuel L. Jackson circling lead in adaptation of Stephen King’s Revival

February 12, 2016 by Gary Collinson

According to Entertainment Weekly, Samuel L. Jackson is circling the lead role of Charles Jacobs in the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s 2014 novel Revival, which is to be written and directed by Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars). Revival centres on Jacobs, “a charismatic, small-town preacher who begins experimenting with the supernatural using […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Revival, Samuel L. Jackson, Stephen King

Ron Howard on bringing Stephen King’s The Dark Tower to the screen

September 6, 2016 by Gary Collinson

After spending years developing the project, producers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer are now less than half a year away from realising their dream of bringing Stephen King’s The Dark Tower to the big screen. However, as we’ve seen and heard, director Nikolaj Arcel’s film is not going to be a direct adaptation of King’s fantasy […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Ron Howard, Stephen King, The Dark Tower

Seth Grahame-Smith says It movie “will bring back some of the viciousness of the book”

January 19, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Last month it was revealed that True Detective helmer Cary Fukunaga has signed on to direct the first of a two-part feature adaptation of Stephen King’s classic horror novel It, and producer Seth Grahame-Smith has been speaking about the project to EW, during which he promised a “vicious” and “scary” adaptation of the book. “I […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Cary Fukunaga, It, seth grahame-smith, Stephen King

Cary Fukunaga to direct adaptation of Stephen King’s It in the summer, will be split into two movies

December 5, 2014 by Gary Collinson

It seems like a big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s It has been on the cards for an eternity now, but according to producer Dan Lin (The LEGO Movie), the film will go into producer in the summer under director Cary Fukunaga (True Detective). “The idea is to start official prep in March for a […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Cary Fukunaga, Dan Lin, It, Stephen King

James Franco set to star in adaptation of Stephen King short story Drunken Fireworks

June 5, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Rabbit Bandini Productions and Rubicon Entertainment are teaming up to produce an adaptation of the Stephen King short story Drunken Fireworks, with Deadline reporting that James Franco (11.22.63) has signed on to star, and may also possibly direct. Drunken Fireworks is featured in King’s short story collection The Bazaar of Bad Dreams and “is set […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Drunken Fireworks, James Franco, Stephen King

Stephen King’s It adaptation finds its Pennywise in Bill Skarsgard

June 3, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Bill Skarsgard (Hemlock Grove) is set to portray the fearsome Pennywise in New Line Cinema’s two-movie adaptation of the Stephen King horror classic It. In addition to Skarsgard, director Andy Muschietti (Mama) is also said to be close to casting The Losers’ Club, with Jaeden Lieberher (St. Vincent), Finn Wolfhard (Stranger […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Bill Skarsgård, Chosen Jacobs, Finn Wolfhard, It, Jack Dylan Grazer, Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Stephen King, Wyatt Oleff

J.J. Abrams, Stephen King and Hulu invite us to take a trip to Castle Rock

February 19, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Fresh from their collaboration on 11/22/63, J.J. Abrams and Hulu are set for a return to the world of Stephen King, this time for an anthology series entitled Castle Rock, which of course takes its name from the fictional Maine town that appears in many of King’s novels. The news was revealed with the release […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Castle Rock, J.J. Abrams, Stephen King

Stephen King’s Mr. Mercedes gets 10-episode TV series order

May 28, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Back in January it was announced that David E. Kelley (L.A. Law, Boston Legal) was adapting Stephen King’s 2014 novel Mr. Mercedes as a TV series, and now The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that AT&T’s Audience Network has placed a 10-episode straight to series order, with Brandan Gleeson (In Bruges) and Anton Yelchin (Star Trek) […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Mr. Mercedes, Stephen King

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