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When Joe Hill Asked His Dad For Writing Help
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 [...]
A New Poster for Dark Tower Emerges
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 Dark Tower Movie Is Delayed Now Too
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 To Adapt Stephen King's Gerald's Game
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[...]
James Patterson Cancels Book About The Murder Of Stephen King
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[...]
The Mist Gets A Director From The Walking Dead
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[...]
CBS Cancels Under The Dome
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[...]
Stephen King's The Stand May Be TV Series And Movie
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[...]
Cary Fukunaga Exits Remake Of It
According to The Wrap, True Detective director Cary Fukunaga has exited the remake of Stephen King's It The split is said to be have happened due to creative differences… but this time were told some of them With the film moving from Warner Bros to New Line recent, things began to change and now New Line[...]
Under The Dome Season 3 Trailer
Under the Dome, the summer series based on a novel by Stephen King about a small town that is suddenly cut off from the rest of the world by a large transparent dome, returns for a third season The series has a post-apocalyptic feeling of surviving in a world with limited resources, but with the[...]
The Castle Of Horror Podcast Presents: The Stand, Part 4
 By Jason Henderson, Drew Edwards, Tony Salvaggio, and Julia Guzman [audio:http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=99734& cmd=tc] Bleeding Cool welcomes back The Castle of Horror Podcast tonight, a weekly internet radio show where professional writers in the comics, games and book industries take a look at horror movies, choosing one movie a week to discuss in depth. They say: The Stand PT 4: The[...]
The Castle of Horror Podcast Presents: The Stand, Part 3
By Jason Henderson, Drew Edwards, Tony Salvaggio, and Julia Guzman [audio:ecordings.talkshoe.com/TC-99734/TS-964994.mp3] Bleeding Cool welcomes back The Castle of Horror Podcast tonight, a weekly internet radio show where professional writers in the comics, games and book industries take a look at horror movies, choosing one movie a week to discuss in depth. They say: We're back! It's The Stand Part[...]
Castle Of Horror Podcast – The Stand Part 2
By Jason Henderson, Drew Edwards, Tony Salvaggio, and Julia Guzman [audio:http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-99734/TS-962682.mp3] Bleeding Cool welcomes back The Castle of Horror Podcast tonight, a weekly internet radio show where professional writers in the comics, games and book industries take a look at horror movies, choosing one movie a week to discuss in depth. They say: We're back! We continue our four-part discussion[...]
The Castle Of Horror Podcast Presents – The Stand Part 1
 By Jason Henderson, Drew Edwards, Tony Salvaggio, and Julia Guzman [audio:http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=99734&cmd=tc] Bleeding Cool welcomes back The Castle of Horror Podcast tonight, a weekly internet radio show where professional writers in the comics, games and book industries take a look at horror movies, choosing one movie a week to discuss in depth. They say: We kick off an epic four-part[...]
Stephen King And David E Kelley Team For Mr. Mercedes
Kelley, the guy who created Doogie Howser MD, Ally McBeal, Boston Legal and the aborted Wonder Woman series, is teaming up with horror master Stephen King and Lost director Jack Bender to produce a miniseries called Mr Mercedes for Sonar Entertainment. Based on King's novel about a psychopath who kills people by driving his Mercedes into[...]
Josh Boone Says Stephen King's The Stand Will Be Four Movies
On the Babble-On podcast Josh Boone, the director of The Fault In Our Stars, told Kevin Smith that he was working on adapting Stephen King's 1168 page epic The Stand Others have tried to boil the tale of good vs evil in a post-apocalyptic world into a single film, including Smith's friend Ben Affleck But[...]
Celebrating Clive Barker's Contributions To Horror
By Brandon Engel Clive Barker burst onto the horror scene in the 1980s with his The Books of Blood series, and he immediately began receiving praise from the industry's heaviest hitters, including Stephen King Instead of remaining content with his role as a horror novelist, Barker embraced his many artistic leanings by branching out into[...]
The Castle Of Horror Podcast's Stephen King Retrospective Presents: IT, Part 2
By Jason Henderson, Drew Edwards, Tony Salvaggio, and Julia Guzman [audio:http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-99734/TS-855615.mp3] Bleeding Cool welcomes The Castle of Horror Podcast tonight, a weekly internet radio show where professional writers in the comics, games and book industries take a look at horror movies, choosing one movie a week to discuss in depth. They say: This week: We are BACK with Part 2[...]
The Castle of Horror Podcast's Stephen King Retrospective Presents: IT, Part 1
By Jason Henderson, Drew Edwards, Tony Salvaggio, and Julia Guzman [audio:http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-99734/TS-853346.mp3] Bleeding Cool welcomes The Castle of Horror Podcast tonight, a weekly internet radio show where professional writers in the comics, games and book industries take a look at horror movies, choosing one movie a week to discuss in depth. They say: This week we discuss Part 1 of[...]
Josh Boone The Newest Director Linked To The Stand Adaptation
Josh Boone? This is an unexpected choice, but The Wrap are reporting that the little known Fault in Our Stars director is in early talks with Warner Bros about taking over helming duties on their long-gestating adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand after Cooper dropped out late last year. The answer about the film's rating and[...]
Another Stephen King Adaptation Headed For Television
With CBS' Under the Dome and Syfy's Haven (based on The Colorado Kid) both doing solid ratings, TV execs are mining Stephen King's vast repertoire for more material to adapt in serialized format. The newest is a potential straight-to-series show for ABC from Haven creators Sam Ernst and Jim Dunn, reports THR The show will[...]
Paul Greengrass At The Top Of Warner Bros' Wishlist To Direct The Stand
They may have lost another director in Scott Cooper, but Warner Bros is charging full speed ahead on their adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand At the top of their wishlist to fill the vacant director's chair, according to Badass Digest: Paul Greengrass He's having a bit of a moment with Captain Phillips and[...]