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Update from Mike Flanagan About The Dark Tower

Posted: July 26, 2024, 05:43
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The podcast Talking Scared talked to Mike Flanagan and here’s what he had to say about the potential of The Exorcist getting in the way of The Dark Tower:

“Oh, it’s not in the way. They coexist very well. I think the trick with The Dark Tower is just it still just takes an enormous amount of time to get going. But we’re further along than the last time we spoke. It seems to be moving on its own momentum. There’s so much logistical, boring, legal stuff that we have to kind of machete our way through to get that thing moving. But yeah, it has not at all stalled and none of the other work that’s that’s kind of emerged has in any way taken away from it.”

“It became so clear to me that that kind of oil tanker of a project was just gonna be moving along. It’s perfectly feasible for me to be working on other things at the same time. And I wish that wasn’t the case. And there’s gonna be a point hopefully soon where that project needs to knock everything else outta the way, where Tower has to kind of assert itself … I couldn’t make that the case now if I wanted to. There’s just too much we’re still having to kind of get through to get it up.”

Read more here

Casting News For The Long Walk

Posted: July 25, 2024, 10:10
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Deadline reports that seven new castmembers have been added to The Long Walk:

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has commenced production on The Long Walk, its adaptation of the 1979 novel from Stephen King, starring Cooper Hoffman and David Jonsson, adding seven to the cast.

The newcomers are Garrett Wareing (Ransom Canyon), Tut Nyuot (The Witcher: Blood Origin), Charlie Plummer (National Anthem), Ben Wang (American Born Chinese), Jordan Gonzalez (Pretty Little Liars: Summer School), Joshua Odjick (Welcome to Derry), and Roman Griffin Davis (Jojo Rabbit). Details as to their roles are under wraps.

Derry Monthly: Lilja’s Column At Dread Central

Posted: July 25, 2024, 04:10
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It’s with pleasure I finally can reveal that I will be writing a monthly column for the great horror site DREAD CENTRAL. If you are at all interested in what’s happening in the world of horror you have probably been to their site and from now you will find my column there. I will write about what’s happening in the world of Stephen King and let you know what I think about it.

The first column is now out and that is more of an introduction to who I am. Check it out here.

Italian Limited Edition Of Stephen King: Stories From Five Decades of Storytelling

Posted: July 22, 2024, 19:01
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Independent Legions announced the Italian limited edition of Stephen King: Stories From Five Decades of Storytelling. Cover art and illustration by artist Alessandro Amoruso.

The Italian limited and numbered edition of Stephen King: Stories from Five Decades of Storytelling will be released in December 2024 in only 199 numbered copies, available for pre-orders on the Publisher online store: www.independentlegions.com/store/p620/5decennidiscrittura.html.

It will be followed by a standard edition, with a different cover art and without Lilja's photo’s.

The Long Walk Starts Filming Next Week

Posted: July 20, 2024, 18:49
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The Long Walk starts filming in Birds Hill Provincial Park next week.

A new movie being shot in Birds Hill Provincial Park next week means people will need to use an alternate entrance to get in.

The province announced Thursday that the west gate entrance on Provincial Trunk Highway 59 will be closed from July 22 to July 26 as a film production is happening in the area.

Instead, people are being asked to use the east gate entrance on Provincial Road 206. For those coming from the north or south, detours will be in place.


There are opportunities for people to be part of a "major motion picture." MadLib Casting and Film Services has a casting call out for several different background roles in La Riviere and the surrounding area for the movie "The Long Walk" which is an adaptation of the Stephen King book of the same name.

They are looking for a male farmer role who appears 35 or older, a woman to play a farmer's wife who appears 30 or older and someone to play a farmer's daughter who is between the age of 13 and 17.
All those positions need to be available for Aug. 7.

They are also looking for people to sit on chairs, kids between the ages of six and 10 to play on a porch and a man to drive a pickup truck. They need to be available for Aug. 12 and 13.

They are paid roles and people can find more details online.

Read more here.

Thanks to Brent

King Noir; new book about The Crime Fiction of Stephen King

Posted: July 19, 2024, 06:55
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King Noir, new book about The Crime Fiction of Stephen King by Tony Magistrale and Michael J. Blouin with contributions by Stephen King, and Charles Ardai. Released in hardback and paperback in April 2025.


Description

Over the past thirty years, Stephen King has received enormous attention from both the popular press as well as academics seeking to explain the unique phenomenon of his success. Books on King explore his canon in religious contexts, in political and historical contexts, in mythic—specifically Jungian—contexts, in Gothic/horror (especially American literary) contexts, and in a wide variety of other contexts appropriate to a writer who, over the past half century, has become “America’s Storyteller.” Beginning with a never-published chapter authored by Stephen King himself on the influence of the genre on his own writing, King Noir makes an invaluable contribution to King scholarship by placing King’s works in conversation with American crime fiction.

The Shining Lands Surprise Documentary

Posted: July 19, 2024, 04:55
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Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining Lands Surprise Documentary from His Estate: ‘A Holy Grail of Film History’.

The just-announced documentary, titled “Shine On – The Forgotten ‘Shining’ Location,” will premiere on the official Stanley Kubrick YouTube channel on Friday, July 26 at 11 a.m. PST/2 p.m. EST to commemorate the late filmmaker’s birthday. The feature captures the location scouting and making of the art direction for the Overlook Hotel at Elstree Studios.

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The Running Man About To Start Filming

Posted: July 19, 2024, 00:57
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In an interview with Indie Wire Glen Powell mentions that he is about to start filming Edgar Wright’s The Running Man, a much closer adaptation to King’s book than the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie.

Speaking of “The Running Man,” how did that happen?

It was so fun for me because I searched “Edgar Wright” in my email the other day, writing “Edgar.” We’ve been going back and forth on script stuff, and it’s so fun. The world that Edgar’s developed on this thing is just outrageous. It’s so good. And really, we’re just both such big fans of the Stephen King book, and it’s going to be a great character. I’m so fired up about it. But I searched my email, and I searched Edgar Wright in my email, and it came up: I had a wish list of directors that I wanted to work with in 2008 when I moved out to LA that I sent my agent at the time — and Edgar Wright is literally number one. I’m such an Edgar Wright man. And so, the fact that I get to work with him right now is just so damn cool.

Thanks to Herbert West

Italian Edition Of Stories From Five Decades Of Storytelling

Posted: July 12, 2024, 09:23
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An Italian edition of Stephen King: Stories From Five Decades of Storytelling will be released by Independent Legions who has already released my books Shining in the Dark and Stephen King: Not Just Horror in Italy.

The book will be available in two editions. One limited and numbered edition that will contain a series of photos of my trip to Bangor and my meetings with King, in London and New York and one trade edition.

The release of the Italian editions (Trade and Limited) is scheduled for December 2024 and will be approximately 200 pages.

Always Holly: New Book, Talisman 3 & The Dark Tower

Posted: July 10, 2024, 11:17
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King was just interviewed in the podcast Talking Scared and here are some of the things he said:

He talks about the new book, You Like It Darker and mentions that he totally forgot about The Music Room but that it probably will be in the paperback edition.

His next book will be called Always Holly and in it we will see Holly as a bodyguard for a woman being stalked. Not sure if this os the book previous known as We Think Not.

He has read The Talisman and will read Black House and then see if that leads to him writing The Talisman 3.

He also says that Roland’s main story is done. Might mean we won’t get any more Dark Tower books/stories but then you never know with King.

Listen to the full pod where you usually find your pods.

10 New Actors Arrives In Derry

Posted: June 28, 2024, 09:57
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Alixandra Fuchs (Hatfields & McCoys), Kimberly Guerrero (The English), Dorian Grey (Transplant, Star Trek: Discovery), Thomas Mitchell (Gangland Undercover, Spiral), BJ Harrison (Family Law, Maid), Peter Outerbridge (Batwoman, Saw VI), Shane Marriott (Fargo, Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent), Chad Rook (Joe Pickett, Billy the Kid), Joshua Odjick (Little Bird, Wildhood) and Morningstar Angeline (Echo, Westworld) have all signed on for roles in Welcome to Derry that will air on MAX next year. No word on who either of them will play yet.

The Institute To Be An 8 Episode Series

Posted: June 13, 2024, 21:04
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MGM+ has given a series order to The Institute. Ben Barnes (Shadow and Bone) plays former police officer Tim Jamieson and Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds) play Ms. Sigsby. Director/executive producer is Jack Bender (Mr. Mercedes). Production is slated to begin in Nova Scotia later this year and the plan is an eight episodes series.

From the press release

”I’m delighted and excited at the prospect of The Institute, with its high-intensity suspense, being filmed as a series,” said Stephen King. ”The combination of Jack Bender and Ben Cavell guarantees that the results will be terrific.”


Thanks to Alex Maidy.

New Paperback Editions Coming

Posted: June 10, 2024, 11:24
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In October Simon & Schuster will release a stand alone edition of The Shawshank Redemption to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Best Picture Academy Award nominee.

Random House will release a new paperback edition of Salem's Lot released at the end of December.

Skarsgård Welcomes You To Derry

Posted: May 31, 2024, 06:35
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Deadline reports that Bill Skarsgård will return as Pennywise in the upcoming Welcome to Derry.

A familiar face is coming back to terrorize the children of Derry, Maine. Bill Skarsgård is set to star in and executive produce the Max It prequel series Welcome To Derry (working title), He will be reprising his title role as It/Pennywise from the hit 2017 New Line movie It and its sequel, It Chapter Two.

The Long Walk Starts Filming July 22

Posted: May 30, 2024, 12:01
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This past week casting calls for The Long Walk has been seen online and it has now been confirmed that the movie will start shooting on July 22.

No word yet on cast or release date but we’ll keep you updated.

Thanks to Herbert West

Confirmed: Salem's Lot Heading To Max

Posted: May 23, 2024, 16:45
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Finally, we have confirmation on what’s happening with the remake of Salem’s Lot. Here is a press release from MAX confirming that it will be available for streaming in 2024. We did have rumors that this was the case but now it’s confirmed. No date has been revealed yet but again, rumors, say October / November.

You Like It Darker Narrators

Posted: May 22, 2024, 08:39
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Here is an excerpt from the audiobook edition of You Like It Darker

Here is also info about who narrates what in the book. Not sure why King didn't narrate the afterword himself.

"Two Talented Bastids" (Will Patton)
"The Fifth Step" (Will Patton)
"Willie the Weirdo" (Will Patton)
"Danny Coughlin's Bad Dream" (Will Patton)
"Finn" (Will Patton)
"On Slide Inn Road" (Will Patton)
"Red Screen" (Will Patton)
"The Turbulence Expert" (Stephen King)
"Laurie" (Stephen King)
"Rattlesnakes" (Will Patton)
"The Dreamers" (Will Patton)
"The Answer Man" (Will Patton)
Afterword (Sean Patrick Hopkins)

My thoughts On You Like It Darker

Posted: May 21, 2024, 13:27
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Here is my thoughts about King's new collection You Like It Darker. It contains minor SPOILERS so be aware.

As a whole You Like It Darker is a solid collection. Not his best and I would have appreciated a bigger variation between the (new) stories but it’s a nice read. My favorites are "The Fifth Step", "The Turbulence Expert" and the new “The Answer Man”.

Welcome To Scary Derry

Posted: May 18, 2024, 09:46
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In an interview with Screen Rant director Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour talked briefly about Welcome to Derry

The television medium allowed for the show to focus more about the characters, it's very, very character-driven. I've enjoyed preparing for that show, and I think audiences will be as scared as they are in the original movies, and Andy Muschietti's handprints are all over this series. So, I think people will be very excited for the series.

Read more here.

Salem’s Lot Remake: What Happened

Posted: May 11, 2024, 09:32
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Youtube channel The Kingdom Channel reveals why the new Salem’s Lot movie has been dealyed.

Per the email, the new Salem’s Lot was initially like three different movies of different genres thrown together, but feedback from “several test screenings” helped WB edit it into the best version of itself, apparently.

Read the entire story here.

Lionsgate To Launch Sales Of The Long Walk

Posted: May 8, 2024, 23:59
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Looks like things might be moving forward for The Long Walk.

Lionsgate International will launch sales in Cannes next week on Stephen King adaptation The Long Walk, which The Hunger Games franchise director Francis Lawrence will develop, direct, and produce.

Genre maestro Roy Lee will produce with Lawrence and the latter’s about:blank producing partner Cameron MacConomy, and Steven Schneider.

Lionsgate picked up the project late last year after it had been at New Line. JT Mollner is adapting the screenplay based on the 1979 novel published under King’s pseudonym Richard Bachman.

Visiting Kingsize pod

Posted: April 29, 2024, 11:24
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I joined Kingsize podcast recently and now the episode is live.

NEW EPISODE !! OUT NOW WHEREVER YOU MAY POD.

Our castaway this episode is none other than Hans-Åke Lilja, the curator of Lilja's Library - the Go To resource for all things King. This man is an absolute fountain of knowledge; has spoken to The King not just once but twice, and has more scoops than Brady when he masquerades as an ice cream van man in Mr Mercedes. Jump into the waves and join us !

Listen here

Amazing artwork thanks to Stacey


David Dastmalchian Talks The Life of Chuck

Posted: April 23, 2024, 00:12
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David Dastmalchian discusses his experience working with Mike Flanagan on The Life of Chuck and it’s good things he has to say…

Getting to work with Mike Flanagan on Life of Chuck was A) an honor because I just adore his work. I think he’s such a talented storyteller. B) he’s a close friend of mine. So it’s fun when your friends with someone, for example, James Gunn, we were friends a long time before I ever got to be directed by the guy. You know, like. So with Mike, when he said ‘do you want to come play on Life of Chuck?’ and he told me about the character and I got to read his script, and I was so moved.

And you know, it’s beautiful, it’s based off the Stephen King story. You think, Mike Flanagan, Stephen King, this thing’s going to just be the most horrifying, terrifying, thing you’ve ever seen. It is so beautifully rendered, heartfelt, the drama, the performances, they’re all across the board. The cast in this is deep. Matt Lillard has a moment in this film that just breaks my heart. Karen Gillan, another one who I think rides that incredible ski slope between her small indie art films and then big studio budgeted things. One of the best actors in Hollywood right now. Kate Siegel, I mean there’s so much great people! Ah, what a joy.

A Look At Stephen King’s Maine: A History & Guide

Posted: April 11, 2024, 16:30
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I’ve read the book Stephen King’s Maine: A History & Guide

Now it’s somewhere in between. King fans will read it and wonder why there wasn't more King stuff in it and historians might skip it thinking there is only King stuff in it. And that is sad because it is a good book for the right reader. After all, I did learn what the right size for a grave is and I’m sure I’ll get to use that sometime, somewhere…

Deleted Scenes From Stand By Me (With New Actor)

Posted: April 5, 2024, 10:34
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Here are some deleted scenes from Stand by me. There is also a different actor playing the writer in the end.

Director Rob Reiner had trouble casting the role of "The Writer," first casting David Dukes, then going to Michael McKean, among others, before finally settling on high school friend Richard Dreyfuss. Here we see David Dukes, who passed away in 2000. His last role was in Rose Red.


Thanks to Anders Jakobson.

Carrie, 50 Years Today!

Posted: April 4, 2024, 09:02
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Today we celebrate that it’s 50 years since Carrie was released and King became a published author. Today he has published a total of 88 books during 50 years. That is an average of 1,76 books a year, every year, for 50 years. Very impressive if you ask me.

Personally, I want to take this opportunity to thank Steve for all the stories and hopefully there are many more to come. Thanks Steve and congratulations on 50 great years!

Now something might be thinking "Didn't I read somewhere that Carrie was released on April 5, 1974?". Well, you might. Some online sources list the release date for the book as April 5th, others as April 4th. It’s up to each and every one to decide what date you want to see as the release date (it’s hard to know for sure with such an old book) but what makes me believe that April 4 is the correct date is that King himself says so in the invitation to the book's 25th anniversary party.

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Stephen King: Not Just Horror (German ed.)
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Stephen King: Not Just Horror (Greek ed.)
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Salem’s Lot
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Stephen King: Stories From Five Decades of Storytelling (US edition)
September:
The Life of Chuck (movie)
February 21, 2025:
The Monkey (movie)
2025:
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