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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 […]

Jessica Chastain wants to play Beverly in It: Chapter 2

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Jessica Chastain is on many people’s It: Chapter 2 grown-up Losers Club wish-list, and it appears that the actress is equally keen to play the grown-up Beverly Marsh in the blockbuster horror sequel. Speaking to Screenrant, Chastain said “Well, I love Andy and Barbara. I worked with them on Andy’s directorial debut, you know, his […]

Marvel and Stephen King announce The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three – The Lady of Shadows

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Marvel Comics and Stephen King have announced the next chapter in their Dark Tower comic book series, The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three – The Lady of Shadows, is set to get underway this September courtesy of New York Times Bestselling writers Peter David and Robin Furth and rising star artist Jonathan Marks. […]

Cube director adapting Stephen King and Joe Hill novella In the Tall Grass

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Director Vincenzo Natali (Cube, Splice) has signed on to direct an adaptation of In the Tall Grass, a 2012 novella from Stephen King and his son Joe Hill, which centres on a brother and sister on a cross country road trip who find themselves fighting for their lives after reponding to a young boy’s cries […]

Will Poulter to play Pennywise in remake of Stephen King’s It

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Back in March, director Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) spoke about the challenges in finding the “perfect Pennywise” for the upcoming two-part adaptation of Stephen King’s horror classic It, and now it seems his search is over. Variety has broke the news that British actor Will Poulter has signed on to play the monster, having impressed […]

Sony picks up adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower

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It looks like Ron Howard, Akiva Goldsman and Brian Grazer’s long-gestating and highly ambitious plan to adapt Stephen King’s The Dark Tower may yet see the light of day, with Sony and MRC teaming up to co-finance and produce what they hope will be an epic franchise spanning both movies and television. “There are few […]

Cary Fukunaga talks in detail about why he left It remake

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During an interview with Variety to promote the upcoming release of Beasts of No Nation starring Idris Elba, director Cary Fukunaga has spoken in depth about why he left the planned remake of Stephen King’s It after more than two years of development. “I was trying to make an unconventional horror film. It didn’t fit […]