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This time it looks like we have a couple of retailer exclusives heading our way featuring some big characters like Stephen King and Universal Monsters First up is the Universal Monsters as the Invisible Man well be getting a black and white makeover giving us the feel of this classic monster movie Frankenstein is also[...]

Mike Flanagan, who has already worked on a few different Stephen King films, is doing another He and Trevor Macy will co-write an adaptation of King's 2014 novel Revival for Warner Bros Pictures The duo was responsible for last year's The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep, also for Warner Bros Mike Flanagan will write the script[...]

Author Stephen King has been doing his part to remind everyone of how dangerous viruses like COVID-19 can be by comparing the path it's taken to how things played out in the early stages of his novel The Stand King also isn't the biggest fan of Donald Trump, being especially critical (as many have) of Trump[...]

Children of the Corn is one of the more loved Stephen King novels and has a solid 1984 film adaptation available to watch There are also a bunch of sequels many are not aware of, all not very good, really With all of Hollywood shut down currently, it is hard to come by information about[...]

Based on the iconic 1982 movie written by Stephen King and directed by George A Romero, Creepshow blends old-school scares with modern themes, proving to be a winning combination for horror fans and great news to the ears of executive producer-showrunner Greg Nicotero (​The Walking Dead). The Walking Dead star Cailey Fleming stars in Creepshow, courtesy[...]

As excited as we still are for the success of Watchmen, HBO's adaptation of Stephen King's 2018 bestseller The Outsider proved to be the vicious, violent underdog that we (and a lot of viewers) didn't see coming at first But as the season stalked along, the series found itself not only gaining more critical praise[...]

from Stephen King and the D.C Universe and to provide more must-have programming on HBO Max." The news was first reported by Variety. Bad Robot is bringing Justice League Dark, and The Shining series Overlook to HBO Max. Justice League Dark Series Finally Real A Justice League Dark show/film has been in the works for years and years[...]

Based on the iconic 1982 movie written by Stephen King and directed by George A Romero, Creepshow blends old-school scares with modern themes – proving to be a winning combination for horror fans and great news to the ears of executive producer-showrunner Greg Nicotero (​The Walking Dead). One of the many easter eggs you'll find in[...]

It's been less than a month since author Stephen King took to Twitter to post a chilling reminder of how dangerous viruses like COVID-19 To be clear, he wasn't saying that our current health crisis was on par with "Captain Trips" but that the path it's been taking (and how the government is responding to[...]

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 the screenwriter for IT: Chapter 1 and 2,[...]

It's been awhile since we heard any news about CBS All Access' adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand Considering the last thing we reported was James Marsden's thoughts on filming the 10-episode limited series in the midst of the growing coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, it's pretty clear why things have gone quiet. So as productions across the pop[...]

This could be my shot. Academy Award® winner Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall star in director Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of Stephen King's disturbing blockbuster horror novel The Shining Writer Jack Torrance (Nicholson), a former alcoholic, accepts a job as the winter caretaker for a hotel high in the Rocky Mountains, isolating him, his wife (Duvall) and their[...]

The season/series finale of HBO's adaptation of Stephen King bestseller The Outsider was a vicious, violent bloodbath of fear, revelation, and some level of resolution We say "some level" because, yes – by the time the credits rolled on "Must/Can't", we could easily make the argument that the first season told a complete story[...]

CBS All Access' 10-episode limited series adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand is dealing with one of those moments when fiction and reality start to overlap a little too much With production currently underway in Vancouver, British Columbia, the cast and crew find themselves adapting a novel about "Captain Trips", a virus that kills a[...]

Been awhile since we had some news to report on EPIX's upcoming drama based on Stephen King's 1978 short story "Jerusalem's Lot" In fact, it was a little over two months ago when we learned the project received a straight-to-series order, with Adrien Brody (The Pianist) cast as lead Capt Charles Boone Now, the series[...]

Considering the resurgence of Stephen King IPs, it's surprising Children of the Corn hasn't been considered for another big-screen adaptation Sure there too many direct-to-video sequels to count, but the first film had a theatrical release in 1984. The story follows a child preacher who convinces the local youth to kill all adults (i.e.: anyone over[...]

With seven episodes of HBO's adaptation of Stephen King's bestseller The Outsider down, the author – as well as Cynthia Erivo (Holly Gibney) and others from the cast and creative – are offering some background perspective on where things stand heading into our final three. What makes us big fans of the following featurette is that it[...]

Hill is a famous horror novelist, comic book writer and is the son of Stephen King, though it's not something he likes to mention In this week's episode, Hill discusses the closure of Vertigo, Joe's Hill House imprint, the IDW comic series – and TV show – Locke and Key, Chris's work with Mike Mignola[...]

CBS All Access' 10-episode limited event series adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand spent a good chunk of the end of 2019 filling out its cast with some major names from television film, and now we're learning the name of another cast member and who they're playing – someone with a last name genre film[...]

As the "Stephen King-ification" of the world rolls along to our total and utter liking, HBO's adaptation of the author's bestseller The Outsider finally reached its January 12, 2020, premiere date – and what a two-episode premiere ("Fish in a Barrel"/"Roanoke") it was! But third episode "Dark Uncle" was the one we were waiting for[...]

We're righteously huge fans of Stephen King's horror novel classic The Shining (and also give "thumbs up" for Doctor Sleep) – but we are not fans of Stanley Kubrick's film version Jack Nicholson's performance was cartoony, over-the-top, and a perfect example of why some actors need a stronger directing hand Then you have Shelley Duvall,[...]

As the "Stephen King-ification" of the world rolls along to our total and utter liking, HBO's adaptation of the author's bestselling supernatural novel The Outsider finally reached its January 12, 2020, premiere date – and what a two-episode premiere ("Fish in a Barrel"/"Roanoke") it was! But third episode "Dark Uncle" was the one we were[...]

As the "Stephen King-ification" of the world rolls along to our total and utter liking, HBO's adaptation of the author's bestselling supernatural novel The Outsider finally reached its January 12, 2020, premiere date – and what a two-episode premiere ("Fish in a Barrel"/"Roanoke") it was! But third episode "Dark Uncle" was the one we were[...]

Taking a look at IDW's April 2020, launching Stephen King & Owen King's Sleeping Beauties as a comic by Rio Youers and Alison Sampson Five issues of Star Wars Adventures: Clone Wars in one month A new Star Trek: Deep Space 9 comic And the return of Simon Furman to Transformers in Transformers: Secrets And[...]

As the "Stephen King-ification" of the world rolls along to our total and utter liking, HBO's adaptation of the author's bestselling supernatural novel The Outsider finally reached its January 12, 2020, premiere date – and what a two-episode premiere ("Fish in a Barrel"/"Roanoke") it was! Making it a point of not spoiling it for myself[...]

Senior Vice President of Originals Craig Erwich took some time to offer a few updates on the futures of Castle Rock and The Orville, as well as his thoughts on Veronica Mars and that ending. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGr1Mnsua5EVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Castle Rock – Season 2 Trailer #2 (Official) • A Hulu Original (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGr1Mnsua5E) "Castle[...]

Earlier this week, it was announced that Amazon Studios was passing on the series pilot for Stephen King's The Dark Tower series of novels, with initial reports being that Amazon executives did not feel it was as strong as other big-ticket pilots that were given greelights like Wheel Of Time and The Lord Of the Rings[...]

Such is the case with the proposed series adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower series of novels, with Amazon Studios announcing that the streaming service is passing on the pilot. According to initial reporting from Deadline Hollywood, Amazon executives did not feel that the pilot as strong as the ones that were given greelights (with[...]

CBS All Access' 10-episode limited event series adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand spent a good chunk of the end of 2019 filling out its cast with some major names from television film, and now we're learning when viewers will be able to feast their eyeballs on all of their hard work Over this past[...]

As the "Stephen King-ification" of the world rolls along to our total and utter liking, HBO's adaptation of the author's bestselling supernatural novel The Outsider has finally reached its January 12, 2020, premiere date To get fans ready, the cable network spoke with director and executive producer Jason Bateman about his approach to adapting the[...]