In the last couple of years we’ve seen a steady output of adaptations from famed author Stephen King, from It and The Dark Tower to the upcoming Castle Rock television series. And now there is yet another King adaptation on the way from Warner Bros. – Doctor Sleep, the sequel to one of his most famous novels The Shining, with the studio […]
Jack Huston and Maximiliano Hernandez cast in Mr. Mercedes season 2
With production on the second series of Mr. Mercedes set to get underway in South Carolina next month, Deadline is reporting that Jack Huston (Ben-Hur) and Maximiliano Hernandez (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) have joined the cast of the Stephen King adaptation. The second season will continue its adaptation of King’s Bill Hodges Trilogy – […]
Blu-ray Review – It (2017)
It, 2017. Directed by Andy Muschietti. Starring Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, Nicholas Hamilton, and Bill Skarsgard. SYNOPSIS: A group of bullied kids band together when a monster, taking the appearance of a clown, begins hunting children. I saw the original miniseries of It when I […]
A director’s cut of Stephen King’s It is coming in 2018, deleted scenes detailed
With a source novel that’s 1138 pages in length, Andy Muschietti’s blockbusting adaptation of Stephen King’s It was always going to have its fair share of deleted scenes, and now that the biggest horror film of all time is set to hit home entertainment, we’re getting plenty of details about what was left on the […]
IDW adapts Stephen King, Joe Hill and Richard Matheson with Road Rage, check out a preview here
IDW adapts Joe Hill and Stephen King’s Throttle and Richard Matheson’s Duel this week in the graphic novel Road Rage, which collects the 2012 issues Road Rage: Throttle #1 and #2, plus Road Rage: Duel issues #3 and #4; check out a preview here… On the isolated road of the American highway… terror rides on 18 wheels! […]
Stephen King talks The Stand and Salem’s Lot adaptations
It’s been a heavy year for Stephen King adaptations, with feature film versions of The Dark Tower, It and Gerald’s Game (with 1922 still to come later this month), as well as The Mist and Mr. Mercedes on the small screen. Next year is set to bring us the Hulu series Castle Rock, while filming […]
Josh Boone writing script for Stephen King’s The Talisman
This year has been a pretty big one for fans of Stephen King’s works. The Dark Tower and It were released earlier this year and on the television side there is the upcoming Castle Rock series while Mr. Mercedes has been renewed for a second season. Fans have more to look forward to, however, as Variety has reported Amblin Entertainment has […]
It crosses $300 million domestically and $600 million worldwide
Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema’s acclaimed Stephen King adaptation It has already become the biggest horror movie of all time, and now it has reached another milestone at the box office, crossing the $300 million mark domestically and $600 million worldwide. Domestically, It is only the fourth R-rated movie ever to reach the $300 […]
Gerald’s Game director addresses criticism of the ending
Released onto Netflix this past month, director Mike Flanagan’s adaptation of the 1992 Stephen King novel Gerald’s Game has been earning rave reviews [read ours here], although one particular aspect of the film has been dividing audiences. As with the book, the film – which stars Carla Gugino and Bruce Greenwood – ends with an […]
Annabelle: Creation director helming adaptation of Stephen King’s N.
It looks like Stephen King’s N. is going to be the author’s next work to receive a small screen adaptation, with Gaumont Television announcing that Annabelle: Creation helmer David F. Sandberg has signed on to direct a pilot from screenwriters Andrew Barrer and Gabe Ferrari (Ant-Man and the Wasp). Based on the 2008 novella, which […]
