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Bill Skarsgård is already set to star in the new adaptation of Stephen King's IT as Pennywise the Clown later this year Now the young actor has joined the cast of Hulu's King-inspired series Castle Rock The teaser for the new series does mention Pennywise by name, but don't worry — Skarsgård won't be reprising[...]

Barely. But first, a quick heads-up: I'm a huge fan of both Stephen King's work and the 2007 Thomas Jane movie, but since this is a "based on…", I'll be reviewing the television series based on its own merits instead of through comparisons Some details are going to get spoiled, so please keep that in mind[...]

pic.twitter.com/mio8ZEamBd — Dark Tower (@DarkTowerMovie) June 27, 2017 We'll be keeping an eye on this one as the month continues and we can hope that Stephen King fans get the adaptation that they want. The Gunslinger, Roland Deschain, roams an Old West-like landscape where "the world has moved on" in pursuit of the man in black[...]

Abrams (Alias, Star Trek) and author Stephen King. Set in the shared universe of King, Castle Rock is named after the fictional town in Maine that is featured in a number of King's works including Cujo, The Dead Zone and Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption Per the producers when the ten-episode first season was announced, the[...]

Abrams (Alias, Star Trek) and author Stephen King. Here is the teaser trailer for Castle Rock that accompanied the original series announcement: https://youtu.be/UGHupqE1LCIVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: CASTLE ROCK – Teaser (https://youtu.be/UGHupqE1LCI) Set in the shared universe of King, Castle Rock is named after the fictional town in Maine that is featured in a number[...]

Spike premiered the first episode of their based-loosely-on-the-novella-and-later-film adaptation of Stephen King's The Mist last week…so how was it? As first-episodes go, I'd give it a resounding…okay. The first episodes of new shows always have the impossible task of having to do so much in so little time: introduce characters, establish backstories, introduce the "big bad",[...]

Fans of Stephen King are no strangers to his books being adapted into feature films  Good or bad, the big screen versions of his paperback stories have usually netted pretty good box office returns, and Sony is hoping to cash in on the next film, The Dark Tower. A new almost 2 minute long featurette was released just[...]

World-famous novelist Stephen King is having trouble reading the tweets of President Donald Trump — due to interactions the two have had on the social media service, Trump has blocked King from following his account: Trump has blocked me from reading his tweets I may have to kill myself. — Stephen King (@StephenKing) June 13, 2017 Thankfully, suicide isn't[...]

The showrunners here seem to realize that if you're going to adapt from Stephen King you should use the source material as your foundation and build from there Summary: After an eerie mist rolls into a small town, the residents must battle the mysterious mist and its threats, fighting to maintain morality and sanity. The[...]

Clowns are the worst and actor Bill Skarsgård reveals how he made some child extras cry on the set of 'IT'.

Three new TV spots for the upcoming movie 'The Dark Tower', based on the Stephen King books, show off some new footage.

The fans of the beloved Dark Tower books by Stephen King have been waiting for a movie to come along and capture the magic of the series While we're still two and a half months away from finding out of this upcoming movie with Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey is going to be any good[...]

Summary: The Gunslinger, Roland Deschain, roams an Old West-like landscape where "the world has moved on" in pursuit of the man in black. Also searching

We've previously written about the various properties inspired by the horror master-scribe Stephen King that are coming out this year, including the eagerly awaited film adaptations of The Dark Tower, It, and Gerald's Game, and Spike TV's The Mist (which we're not really sure if anyone was asking to be remade after the 2007 theatrical version)[...]

Summary: After an eerie mist rolls into a small town, the residents must battle the mysterious mist and its threats, fighting to maintain morality and sanity. The Mist will debut on SpikeTV on June 22, 2017. https://youtu.be/qh5W_iyp-zIVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: THE MIST Trailer 2 SEASON 1 (2017) Stephen King Spike Series (https://youtu.be/qh5W_iyp-zI) [...]

During this evening's MTV Film and Television Awards, a new trailer for the film adaptation of Stephen King's It hit the airwaves With creepy clowns and being one of King's better novels in recent years we'd been all in, especially after the first trailer hit a few months ago. Actually titled It: Part 1 – The Losers'[...]

They seem to be hitting their marks in the full trailer for The Dark Tower, based on the Stephen King novels, along with some pretty quotable moments brought to life — "I do not kill with my gun I kill with my heart", and very likely at the box office The Dark Tower stars Matthew[...]

Akiva Goldsman (The Dark Tower, Cinderella Man) and Scott Teems (Rectify) will remake Stephen King's Firestarter for Blumhouse  Goldsman will direct and collaborate with Teems on the script The original 1984 film based on the 1980 Stephen King novel starred Drew Barrymore as a young girl with pyrokinetic powers The news was announced by Goldsman[...]

Enjoy!   Part 1 Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/TS-855615.mp3 Or listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oykz8dm885w&index=4&list=PL-xt7vKTkrv8sLGq8Rtht8g4wl5RigU8G   Part 2 Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/TS-855615.mp3 Or listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiCvF3AXQHE&index=5&list=PL-xt7vKTkrv8sLGq8Rtht8g4wl5RigU8G Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMspVKv56vQVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Stephen King's IT (1990) – Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMspVKv56vQ)   Castle of Horror Podcast Links: Join us over on Facebook to chime in. The show is hosted here[...]

News surfaced several months back that Stephen King's short story The Mist was going to be made into a live-action TV show Now, along with additional details, a teaser trailer has been released. In 2007 there was a movie made of The Mist, based off the story in King's 1980 horror anthology Dark Forces The novella[...]

The Dark Tower is directed by Nikolaj Arcel and is said to be a sequel taking place after the Stephen King book series It will now hit theaters on August 4, for real this time, Sony swears. The long-awaited Dark Tower movie starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey was set to come out on July 28[...]

I think his dad nailed it. For those of you who don't know, Hill's father is another writer you may have heard of, Stephen King. In the late 1990s I asked my Dad how to write a cover letter for my short fiction submissions He was glad to help out pic.twitter.com/BV5x7qbjqf — Joe Hill (@joe_hill) March 30, 2017 [...]

Abrams' Bad Robot and horror author Stephen King have teamed up to produce another new show for Hulu, Castle Rock Castle Rock is the setting for a range of King's books, including The Dead Zone, Cujo, The Dark Hall, and Needful Things, and is at least mentioned in The Stand, Sleepwalkers, and Gerald's Game. Castle Rock's name[...]

A new poster has arrived ahead of the upcoming adaptation of the long-running Stephen King saga, The Dark Tower The poster shows frontiersman Roland Deschain (played by Idris Elba) and Jake Chambers (Tom Taylor) striding forward with the welcome and blessing found in the books – May your days be long upon the earth. The storyline is reported to[...]

The film is based on the first of a series of novels by prolific author Stephen King, all of which were really good except the last two, in my objective opinion. It seems like nobody can get anything out on time these days We recently learned that The Flash may see its release date pushed[...]

Netflix is going to try their hand at adapting the work of Stephen King That's not an easy task But they're doing it with a property that hasn't been tried before, the 1992 novel Gerald's Game Mike Flanagan will direct from a script he co-wrote with Jeff Howard. Carla Gugino and Bruce Greenwood have been set[...]

His stories have been turned in to multiple movies and TV series including Along Came A Spider, Kiss The Girls, Zoo, Women's Murder Club and Alex Cross. The author had a new novel planned to be released November 1st that he had co-written with Derek Nikitas called The Murder of Stephen King Yes, THAT Stephen King[...]

David Boyd (The Walking Dead) has signed on to the adaptation of the Stephen King novella that is set to premiere in 2017. Already cast in the series are: Morgan Spector, Frances Conroy, Alyssa Sutherland, Gus Birney, Dan Butler, Luke Cosgrove, Danica Curcic, Okezie Morro, Darren Pettie, Russell Posner and Isiah Whitlock, Jr. The Mist is about a[...]

Based on Stephen King's bestselling novel, Under the Dome debuted Monday, June 24, 2013 and has been one of the most-watched shows on television for the past three summers. In the series finale, when the Dome comes down, many questions about its origin and power will be answered, as two groups of residents engage in one[...]

In an unprecedented move: Warner Bros, CBS Films and Josh Boone are in talks with Showtime to adapt Stephen King's novel The Stand into an eight-part miniseries that would then lead to a big budget feature film finish The Wrap is reporting from several sources that this ambitious plan would allow the Fault Of Our[...]