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Stephen King's Salem's Lot, originally published in 1975, stands as one of the most acclaimed horror novels of all time The story is set in the small, seemingly quiet town of Jerusalem's Lot, where an ancient evil awakens and begins to turn the townspeople into vampires — and at its heart, Salem's Lot is a[...]

Salem's Lot is known as a popular horror story by Stephen King, a mini-series, and more recently, a film that's been in development for over five years. Although the project was filmed in 2021, the release of Salem's Lot remained in limbo for more than two years before its recent drop via Max During a recent[...]

So, with that in mind, it's truly no surprise that a story like the 2024 revamped version of Salem's Lot could have gone much longer than its two-hour runtime. Salem's Lot Still Photograph by Courtesy of New Line Cinema/Max The Filmmaker Behind Salem's Lot (2024) on His First Cut While addressing an early cut of Salem's Lot, the[...]

One of the country's largest genre film festivals, this year's line-up includes some of the most anticipated debuts and screenings in the US including Salem's Lot, The Brutalist, Anora, Nightbitch, A Real Pain, The Apprentice, Terrifier 3, the "Shush Cut" of Hush with Mike Flanagan in audience, and so much more I would do anything[...]

Salem's Lot finally has a confirmed release date on Max, and the trailer has finally been released today The Stephen King adaptation will debut on October 3rd, after having been completed for two years and going through many release dates and plans, including one point going to theaters The film stars Lewis Pullman, Makenzie Leigh, Alfre Woodard, Bill Camp,[...]

Salem's Lot finally has a confirmed release date on Max The Stephen King adaptation will debut on October 3rd, after having been completed for two years and going through many release dates and plans, including one point going to theaters The film stars Lewis Pullman, Makenzie Leigh, Alfre Woodard, Bill Camp, John Benjamin Hickey, Nicholas[...]

Salem's Lot is finally coming to Max, announced earlier this week, and today, Max put out a bunch of new images from the Stephen King adaptation The film stars Lewis Pullman, Makenzie Leigh, Alfre Woodard, Bill Camp, John Benjamin Hickey, Nicholas Crovetti, Jordan Preston Carter, William Sadler, Spencer Treat Clark, Cade Woodward, Debra Christofferson, and Pilou Asbaek[...]

Salem's Lot finished production in 2022 by writer/director Gary Dauberman The film stars Lewis Pullman, Makenzie Leigh, Alfre Woodard, Bill Camp, John Benjamin Hickey, Nicholas Crovetti, Jordan Preston Carter, William Sadler, Spencer Treat Clark, Cade Woodward, Debra Christofferson, and Pilou Asbaek First, it was to be released in the fall of 2022 Then, it was moved[...]

Salem's Lot started as a max original and will end up as a Max original After a confusing road to get there, the remake will indeed debut on Max…but we only know it will be in 2024 Yes, there is still no release date for the film, directed by Gary Dauberman, who also wrote the[...]

Salem's Lot was first announced as being remade on Saturday, April 11th, 2020 Written and directed by Gary Dauberman, the film stars Lewis Pullman, Makenzie Leigh, Bill Camp, Pilou Asbaek, Alfre Woodard, and William Sadler First thought to be a Max exclusive, the film was instead switched to a theatrical release, then back to Max again, last[...]

Salem's Lot was completed forever ago and has been sitting on a shelf for well over a year since being yanked off the release schedule in 2022 and again in the spring of this year Not much of anything has been known about what Warner Bros Discovery would do with the Stephen King adaptation directed[...]

There's no question about the continued longevity of Stephen King's works, but one surprise revisit is his 1975 work in Salem's Lot There was a 1979 miniseries adaptation directed by Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and starred David Soul and James Mason, and a 2004 miniseries from Mikael Salomon (Band of Brothers) that starred[...]

The remake of Salem's Lot, which we saw some footage of during CinemaCon, has been pulled from its April 21, 2023 release date to a TBD It is reportedly still in post-production. From New Line Cinema comes Shazam! Fury of the Gods, which continues the story of teenage Billy Batson, who, upon reciting the magic word[...]

Salem's Lot was once of the most anticipated horror films of the fall, and now it has been delayed The film, from director Gary Dauberman, was slated to be released in theaters on September 9th and now has been moved to April 21st, 2023 Heck of a delay there The film stars Lewis Pullman, Makenzie[...]

movie as well, and we got to talk about Salem's Lot Wan got to speak about it briefly, but we did get to hear from director Gary Dauberman about how he went for practical effects It's a bit hard to know one way or another when it comes to horror movies and whether or not it[...]

Salem's Lot is returning to the big screen, and the cast is rounding out John Benjamin Hickey has signed on to play Father Callahan, joining Lewis Pullman (Ben Mears), Alfre Woodard (Dr Cody), Makenzie Leigh (Susan Norton), Bill Camp (Matthew Burke), Spencer Treat Clark (Mike Ryerson), and Pilou Asbæk (Straker). Annabelle Comes Home director Gary Dauberman will write and[...]

Salem's Lot is returning to the big screen, and they have found their Richard Straker Overlord's Pilou Asbæk has been cast in the role, a pivotal one to the story He joins Makenzie Leigh,  Bill Camp, Spencer Treat Clark, and Lewis Pullman, who is in the lead role and son of actor Bill Pullman. Annabelle Comes Home director Gary Dauberman will write[...]

has also officially dated the new version of Salem's Lot for September 9, 2022 The last month or so, the cast has been filling out with some big names joining, such as Makenzie Leigh,  Bill Camp, Spencer Treat Clark, Lewis Pullman, and Alfre Woodard The movie just started filming this month, and turnaround on horror movies tends to be[...]

Salem's Lot is adding a big-time screen vet to the cast Today, Alfre Woodard joined the cast of the film and will be playing Dr Cody She joins Makenzie Leigh,  Bill Camp, and Spencer Treat Clark, and Lewis Pullman, who is in the lead role and son of actor Bill Pullman. Annabelle Comes Home director Gary Dauberman will write and direct a[...]

Salem's Lot is returning to the big screen Today, three more joined the cast of the film, with Makenzie Leigh,  Bill Camp, and Spencer Treat Clark joining Lewis Pullman, who is in the lead role and son of actor Bill Pullman Annabelle Comes Home director Gary Dauberman will write and direct a new adaptation of Stephen King's 1975 vampire novel, with James[...]

Salem's Lot is returning to the big screen Today, they cast Lewis Pullman in the lead role, son of actor Bill Pullman Annabelle Comes Home director Gary Dauberman will write and direct a new adaptation of Stephen King's 1975 vampire novel, with James Wan is as a producer The book was originally adapted in 1979 by Tobe Hooper and again[...]

Salem's Lot is returning to the big screen Annabelle Comes Home director Gary Dauberman will write and direct a new adaptation of Stephen King's 1975 vampire novel, according to The Hollywood Reporter James Wan is also a producer The book was originally adapted in 1979 by Tobe Hooper, and again in 2004 Dauberman was also[...]

Now it looks like Epix wants in on "Planet King", giving a 10-episode, straight-to-series order for a drama based on the author's 1978 short story Jerusalem's Lot, with Adrien Brody (The Pianist) starring as Capt Charles Boone. BBC One/Anchor With a late 2020 premiere expected, production on the 10-episode series will begin in May in Halifax, Nova[...]

This week we continue our Stephen King Retrospective with a look at the 2004 miniseries Salem's Lot, starring Rob Lowe and Andre Braugher and Rutger Hauer Directed by Mikael Salomon for TNT, Salem's Lot had to fight an uphill battle, to begin with Tobe Hoober of Poltergeist and Texas Chainsaw Massacre had delivered a scary,[...]

In King's universe, Pop was the owner of The Emporium Galorium who loaned money at outrageous rates to his advantage. ● Sparks' John "Ace" Merril is Castle Rock's legendary bully, set to take over his uncle Pop's businesses – and threatening a fragile peace with nearby Jerusalem's Lot. ● Fisher's Joy is Annie's home-schooled teenage daughter – who[...]

In King's universe, Pop was the owner of The Emporium Galorium who loaned money at outrageous rates to his advantage. ● Sparks' John "Ace" Merril is Castle Rock's legendary bully, set to take over his uncle Pop's businesses – and threatening a fragile peace with nearby Jerusalem's Lot. ● Fisher's Joy is Annie's home-schooled teenage daughter – who[...]

In King's universe, Pop was the owner of The Emporium Galorium who loaned money at outrageous rates to his advantage. ● Sparks' John "Ace" Merril is Castle Rock's legendary bully, set to take over his uncle Pop's businesses – and threatening a fragile peace with nearby Jerusalem's Lot. ● Fisher's Joy is Annie's home-schooled teenage daughter – who[...]

In King's universe, Pop was the owner of The Emporium Galorium who loaned money at outrageous rates to his advantage – appearing in the novella "The Sun Dog" and mentioned several times throughout Needful Things ● Sparks' John "Ace" Merril is Castle Rock's legendary bully, set to take over his uncle Pop's businesses – and threatening a[...]

In King's universe, Pop was the owner of The Emporium Galorium who loaned money at outrageous rates to his advantage – appearing in the novella "The Sun Dog" and mentioned several times throughout Needful Things ● Sparks' John "Ace" Merril is Castle Rock's legendary bully, set to take over his uncle Pop's businesses – and threatening a[...]

In King's universe, Pop was the owner of The Emporium Galorium who loaned money at outrageous rates to his advantage – appearing in the novella "The Sun Dog" and mentioned several times throughout Needful Things ● Sparks' John "Ace" Merril is Castle Rock's legendary bully, set to take over his uncle Pop's businesses – and threatening a[...]