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Stephen King discusses The Dark Tower movie adaptation

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Last month, we got word that the long-gestating adaptation of Stephen King’s epic fantasy series The Dark Tower has dragged itself out of development hell, with Nikolaj Arcel (A Royal Affair) set to direct Idris Elba (Luther) as the gunslinger Roland Deschain and Matthew McConaughey as the villainous Man in Black. Yesterday, Stephen King took […]

Thomas Jane and Molly Parker to star in Stephen King adaptation 1922

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THR is reporting that Thomas Jane (The Mist) and Molly Parker (House of Cards) have signed on to lead the cast of the Stephen King adaptation 1922, which is being written and directed by Zak Hilditch (These Final Hours) for Netflix. Published as part of King’s 2010 collection Full Dark, No Stars, 1922 follows an […]

Blu-ray Review – Christine (1983)

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Christine, 1983. Directed by John Carpenter. Starring Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Harry Dean Stanton Alexandra Paul, Robert Prosky, Christine Belford, Roberts Blossom, William Ostrander. SYNOPSIS: An unconfident bullied teenager buys an old car that seems to have an effect on his personality. 1983 was something of a banner year for movies based on Stephen King […]

Stephen King’s Hearts in Atlantis heading to the big screen

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Following on from yesterday’s news that The Dark Tower is coming to the small screen with an adaptation of Wizard and Glass, it is now being reported that another Stephen King project is in the works, with Variety reporting that director Johannes Roberts (The Other Side of the Door) developing Hearts, based upon King’s novella […]

Newcomer Tom Taylor to play Jake Chambers in The Dark Tower

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Variety is reporting that newcomer Tom Taylor (Doctor Foster) has secured the pivotal role of Jake Chambers, protege to Roland Deschain, in Sony and Media Rights Capital’s hotly-anticipated adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower. SEE ALSO: Stephen King discusses The Dark Tower movie adaptation The first Dark Tower movie is set to be directed […]

Spike TV gives pilot order to Stephen King adaptation The Mist

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Back in September it was revealed that Dimension Television was developing a small screen adaptation of Stephen King’s 1980 tale The Mist, which was previously brought to the big screen by Frank Darabont back in 2007. Well, the project has now received a pilot order from Spike TV, with network executive Sharon Levy stating that […]

The Mist heading to the small screen

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Deadline is reporting that The Weinstein Company’s Dimension Television is set to bring Stephen King’s The Mist to the small screen for a new series from writer Christian Torpe (Rita). According to the site, the series “will tell an original story about a seemingly innocuous mist that seeps into a small town but contains limitless […]

Matthew McConaughey eyed for Stephen King’s The Dark Tower

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Matthew McConaughey’s next project may be a film adaptation of a classic Stephen King series, as the actor has reportedly been offered a role in Sony and MRC’s The Dark Tower.  The Wrap and Variety state that the film will be based on The Gunslinger, the first volume in King’s series, but both sources provide different information about the part McConaughey is […]