King on Colbert
Posted: December 18, 2009, 23:20
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NEWS -
Big update on Ghost Brothers...
Posted: December 15, 2009, 21:42
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John Mellencamp has virtually completed recording and “assembling” the “Ghost Brothers of Darkland County” musical theater collaboration with Stephen King.
John and King have edited the initial three-hour program down to two hours and 10 minutes—with a bit more editing still to come before producer T-Bone Burnett completes the tracks. When finished, the recording will be available in a novel book package containing the full text, two discs featuring the entire production of the spoken word script and songs performed by the cast, and a third CD of the songs only.
The story involves domestic turmoil, and is played by a stellar cast led by Kris Kristofferson, in the role of Joe, the father, and Elvis Costello, as the satanic character The Shape. Rosanne Cash plays Monique, the mother, with the sons enacted by Will Daily (Frank), Dave Alvin (Jack), Alvin’s real-life brother Phil Alvin (Andy) and John (Drake).
Sheryl Crow stars as Jenna and Neko Case is Anna, with boxing legend Joe Frazier playing caretaker Dan Coker and Stephen King himself in the role of Uncle Steve. The narrator is “24” star Glenn Morshower.
John stressed that the three-disc package is not a traditional audio book, but offers an experience more akin to listening to an old radio show with music; he further emphasized the challenge inherent in making such a project work.
And this was added (together with the text abow) on John's official site.
“It’s hard enough to make a play with music work—even when you can see the actors singing,” he said. “But here we have something that’s become way out of fashion: An audio program that allows the listener the opportunity to use his or her imagination! We live in the video world now, where everything is spoonfed for us and shown to us—so that it’s become quite an effort to fully involve the listener. So we’ve tried to make the listeners part of the process: Their imagination comes into play in the same way they read a book—or the way they listened to records before music videos came along. That’s what makes this so different—holding the listener’s attention while the songs are being sung, while engaging them with the story and dialog. It’s very complicated.”
John characterized the music as “down-home,” with the earthiness and feeling of the acoustic folk-country blues of the 1930s. He hopes to have the book/CD set out before the musical opens next September at Atlanta’s Alliance Theater.
Eyes of the Dragon photos
Posted: December 15, 2009, 00:32
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Thanks to Herbert West
King helps the troops
Posted: December 15, 2009, 00:23
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Read more about it here.
Thanks to everyone that told me aobut this...and you where many.
More Under the Dome
Posted: December 10, 2009, 22:37
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Under the Dome has been out for a while but it’s not forgotten. I have finished the audio version of it and you can read my thoughts about it here . I also got to do an interview with its narrator Raúl Esparza and you can read that one here .Also, if you haven’t already bought the book on audio, you can do that by following these links:
Audio CD
MP3
If you prefer to download it you can so that as well. Some of the places you can go to do that is itunes and Audible.com
My review of Knowing Darkness
Posted: December 9, 2009, 11:43
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Here are my review of Knowing Darkness - Artists Inspired by Stephen King , the biggest book I have ever seen.King interview
Posted: December 8, 2009, 00:25
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Thanks to George Beahm
And the BIG winner is...
Posted: December 8, 2009, 00:22
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Discordia goes live today
Posted: December 8, 2009, 00:12
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Discordia Goes Live
Posted on: 12.7.09
Chapter One of Discordia is now available on StephenKing.com! Be sure to check out the much anticipated Interactive Experience based on the Dark Tower Series.
With detailed 3D artwork by Brian Stark,, fantastic illustrations by Michael Whelan and retrospective text by Robin Furth, Discordia is sure to please both the die hard DT fans as well as the uninitiated. Cheers! And happy holidays from StephenKing.com.
Launch Discordia.
Preview of issue #1 of The Battle of Jericho Hill
Posted: December 7, 2009, 23:05
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Thanks to Sebastian Rahm
No King on Colbert today
Posted: December 7, 2009, 23:03
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As mentioned, the scheduling is subject to change and we've been informed that Stephen's appearance will not be airing tonight but we don't yet have an alternate air date. As soon as we do, we will be sure to post it.
King and Colbert
Posted: December 3, 2009, 23:51
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Thanks to Bev Vincent
Two Talisman covers
Posted: December 3, 2009, 23:47
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Here are the covers for issue #3 and #4 for The Roads of Trails
Thanks to Herbert West
13 episodes of Haven ordered
Posted: December 1, 2009, 07:56
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Haven centers on a spooky town in Maine where cursed folk live normal lives in exile. When those curses start returning, FBI agent Audrey Parker is brought in to keep supernatural forces at bay—while trying to unravel the mysteries of Haven.
Scott Shepherd is the show runner and serves as executive producer along with Lloyd Segan and Shawn Piller. All were producers of USA's much-loved and much-missed The Dead Zone, which ran for six seasons and went off the air in 2008.
Sam Ernst and Jim Dunn are writing the pilot and will also serve as executive producers.
The show will air sometime next year.
Below is the full announcement:
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Thanks to Al Mattice
Vote for the next book
Posted: December 1, 2009, 07:51
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Steve has asked for your input as to what book he should write next. To cast your vote for either a new Dark Tower book or a sequel to The Shining, please visit this thread and our home page.
Steve asked me to post this message:
Hey, you guys--I saw a lot of you Constant Readers while I was touring for Under the Dome, and I must say you're looking good. Thanks for turning out in such numbers, and thanks for all the nice things you've said about Under the Dome. There'll be another book next year. It's a good one, I think, but that's not why I'm writing. I mentioned two potential projects while I was on the road, one a new Mid-World book (not directly about Roland Deschain, but yes, he and his friend Cuthbert are in it, hunting a skin-man, which are what werewolves are called in that lost kingdom) and a sequel to The Shining called Doctor Sleep. Are you interested in reading either of these? If so, which one turns your dials more? Ms. Mod will be counting your votes (and of course it all means nothing if the muse doesn't speak). Meanwhile, thanks again for 2009.
Talk about a hard decision to make! However, which ever book you want, make sure to cast your vote.
Thanks to John Hanic
Second trailer for Discordia
Posted: November 30, 2009, 23:57
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Thanks to Ari
UK limited Under the Dome
Posted: November 30, 2009, 13:35
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Here are some photos of the UK collector's set of Under The Dome. And to quote from the slipcase "Limited edition book signed by the author with deluxe binding, slipcase. coloured endpapers and a set of 27 trading cards."
The prize is £100 and it is limited to 500 copies reference Hatchards in London.
Thanks to John Ransome
And the winners are...
Posted: November 29, 2009, 21:47
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Interview and preview
Posted: November 26, 2009, 16:24
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Thanks to Sebastian Rahm
Segan talks Haven
Posted: November 26, 2009, 16:18
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Thanks to Ed.
King does rumor control
Posted: November 26, 2009, 16:16
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Stephen King on proposed 'Shining' sequel: 'People shouldn't hold their breath'
by Kristen Baldwin
On the heels of the news that best-selling horror master (and EW columnist) told the audience at a Toronto book signing that he was considering writing a sequel to The Shining, King tells EW.com that he’s got no immediate plans to revisit the character of Danny Torrance. “It’s a great idea, and I just can’t seem to get down to it,” says the author in an e-mail. “People shouldn’t hold their breath. I know it would be cool, though. I want to write it just for the title, Dr. Sleep. I even told them [at the book signing], ‘It will probably never happen.’” Still, King — whose most recent novel is this month’s Under the Dome — can’t quite shut the door on the Shining sequel, adding, “But ‘probably’ isn’t ‘positively,’ so maybe.”
Thanks to Al Mattice
Battle of Jericho Hill covers
Posted: November 25, 2009, 01:41
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Here are the regular cover for issue #1 and issue #4 of The Battle of Jericho Hill.Fall of Gilead covers
Posted: November 25, 2009, 01:35
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Here are the regular and sketch cover for issue #6 of Fall of Gilead.Thanks to Sebastian Rahm
Soul Survivors covers
Posted: November 25, 2009, 00:37
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Here are the varian cover for issue #2 and the regular cover for issue #4 of Soul Survivor.More Dr. Sleep
Posted: November 25, 2009, 00:34
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Last night at Toronto’s packed Canon Theatre, fans of Stephen King were treated to a 15-minute reading from the author’s new novel, Under the Dome, and nearly an hour’s worth of typically funny anecdotes and keen observations during an on-stage interview with director David Cronenberg. Then King dropped a fan bombshell on the crowd by casually describing a novel idea he began working on last summer. Seems King was wondering whatever happened to Danny Torrance of The Shining, who when readers last saw him was recovering from his ordeal at the Overlook Hotel at a resort in Maine with fellow survivors Wendy Torrance and chef Dick Halloran (who dies in the Kubrick film version). King remarked that though he ended his 1977 novel on a positive note, the Overlook was bound to have left young Danny with a lifetime’s worth of emotional scars. What Danny made of those traumatic experiences, and with the psychic powers that saved him from his father at the Overlook, is a question that King believes might make a damn fine sequel.
So what would a sequel to one of King’s most beloved novels look like? In King’s still tentative plan for the novel, Danny is now 40 years old and living in upstate New York, where he works as the equivalent of an orderly at a hospice for the terminally ill. Danny’s real job is to visit with patients who are just about to pass on to the other side, and to help them make that journey with the aid of his mysterious powers. Danny also has a sideline in betting on the horses, a trick he learned from his buddy Dick Hallorann.
The title for King’s proposed sequel? Doctor Sleep.
Perhaps sensing that he’d let the cat out of the plot bag a little early, King then told Cronenberg and the audience that he wasn’t completely committed to the new novel, going so far as to say, “Maybe if I keep talking about it I won’t have to write it.”
Thanks to Al Mattice
Kev's review
Posted: November 24, 2009, 01:19
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New column
Posted: November 24, 2009, 00:58
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Thanks to Sonia Rodríguez Riveiro
King's review of...
Posted: November 20, 2009, 20:28
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Thanks to Bev Vincent
Dr Sleep?
Posted: November 20, 2009, 20:25
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He talked about it again in Toronto: "He also mentioned that he wanted to, or already had begun work on a sequel to The Shining. Danny Torrance is now 40 years old and is an orderly of sorts in a retirement home and he uses his 'shine' to help the dying. Something along those lines. He even asked what the audience thought of a title..Dr Sleep."
King on The Hour
Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:42
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King and Spielberg
Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:10
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Steven Spielberg and Stephen King are joining forces to develop a limited series based on King's just-released supernatural thriller "Under the Dome." DreamWorks TV has optioned the book and is looking to set it up as an event series, likely for cable.
DreamWorks principal Stacey Snider was key in bringing the project to the company. Spielberg, King and Snider will exec produce along with DreamWorks TV chiefs Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey.Book, which has earned strong reviews as a return to form for the prolific author, revolves around the drama that unfolds after an invisible force field suddenly descends on a small vacation town in Maine. As the locals fight for their survival, the town descends into warring factions led by enigmatic characters.
DreamWorks is starting to meet with writers for the project. The plan is to set a writer before shopping the skein to prospective buyers.
Thanks to Anders Jakobson and Marco Lammers.
Photos of Artists Inspired by Stephen King
Posted: November 19, 2009, 19:44
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John Picacio signs a copy of Knowing Darkness
Don Maitz holds slipcase with his Desperatino artwork
Here are info about the different editions:
The limited edition of 1500 copies (not numbered or signed) is slipcased and is called "THE SLIPCASED EDITION" by the publisher. This currently retails for $295.
The edition of 300 copies (numbered and signed) is traycased and is called "THE TRAYCASED EDITION" by the publisher. The extra book is only in the TRAYCASED EDITION. It is 13-x19 inches and consists of artwork from the book, bound into the oversized hardback that is laid into the traycase with the art book itself. This currently retails for $995.
King in Minneapolis
Posted: November 19, 2009, 14:55
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StarTribune.com
TwinCities.com
And there were also an update on where Danny Torrence is today:
King elaborated on his idea about where Danny Torrence is today. He said Danny's working in a hospice, taking care of the dying. He has an idea for a novel with Danny and also a title--Dr. Sleep--but also said he thinks the idea has gone beyond its sell by date and that the time for writing such a book has passed.
Thanks to Bev Vincent
Win Under the Dome
Posted: November 18, 2009, 18:16
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King's Holiday movie
Posted: November 18, 2009, 18:04
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Q&A with King
Posted: November 18, 2009, 16:40
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Q What's on the stereo today?
A I'm listening to a lot of alt-country -- Ray Wylie Hubbard, Robbie Fulks. I've really gotten into that; it sounds like the rock I grew up with.
Q Any books you'd like to revisit?
A I'd like to go back to "Firestarter." She was 9 or 10 at the end of the book; she's probably in her 40s now. I'm always curious about Danny Torrance in "The Shining," what it was like to grow up with psychic talent, in an abusive family. I'd like to see them meet."
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Thanks to Bev Vincent
Talisman review
Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:45
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Today the first issue of The Talisman comic is released and here you can see what I think of it.King in McSweeney's
Posted: November 17, 2009, 19:47
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Thanks to Larry Fire
Kris Kristofferson in Ghost Brother
Posted: November 17, 2009, 19:16
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Thanks to Bev Vincent
Captain Trips in hardback
Posted: November 17, 2009, 18:25
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When Marvel released the hardback version of Captain Trips it was only sold online. Next year they will release a new version that you will be able to buy in any bookstore that wants to carry it. Today I got a copy and the cover looks really, really nice.Stephen King chats with Robin
Posted: November 17, 2009, 18:20
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Thanks to Bev Vincent
Carrie: The Musical
Posted: November 17, 2009, 18:15
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Last month we got wind that a new production of Carrie: The Musical was headed to Broadway with producers Jeffrey Seller and Kevin McCollum (of Rent, Avenue Q, West Side Story) spearheading the project. Now, Playbill has announced the complete cast for the musical based upon Stephen King's novel and it looks like we have ourselves a new Carrie.
Stafford Arima will direct the 29-hour Equity reading that will take place in Manhattan Nov. 20. The cast will feature Sutton Foster as gym teacher Ms. Gardner, Marin Mazzie as Margaret White, Molly Ranson as Carrie (pictured left) and Jennifer Damiano as Sue.
Also revealed in the cast are "American Idol" finalist Diana DeGarmo (Hairspray, The Toxic Avenger) as Chris, Matt Doyle as Tommy and John Arthur Greene as Billy.
The Carrie ensemble includes Corey Boardman, Lilli Cooper, Katrina Rose Dideriksen, Benjamin Eakeley, Emily Ferranti, Kyle Harris, Philip Hoffman, Kaitlin Kiyan, Max Kumangai, Mackenzie Mauzy, Preston Sadleir, Jonathan Schwartz, Bud Weber and Sasha Weiss.
Producer Seller has reunited composer Michael Gore, lyricist Dean Pitchford and book writer Lawrence D. Cohen, whom took a crack at the stage show back in 1988 to reprise their roles for this update.
You can actually check out an official Carrie: The Musical website with plenty of tid-bits on the original show, as well as info on the new one right here.
Thanks to Bev Vincent
King in Sarasota
Posted: November 17, 2009, 18:01
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1. He re-confirmed Wind through the Keyhole as another Dark Tower novel that he will be working on.
2. He re-confirmed that he and Straub will be doing another Talisman / Black House novel to make it a trilogy for Jack Sawyer.
3. One of the scariest scenes for him personally that he's had to write was the bathtub scene in The Shining.
4. He believes he's seen one ghost in his life. It was at a party that he went to when going to retrieve he and Tabitha's coats before leaving. He saw a man sitting in the bedroom where the coats were being kept out of the corner of his eye. There were so many coats that Steve thought the man might think he was stealing and was about to tell the man that wasn't true when he looked up there was no man actually in the room. He described the man as bald, wearing glasses, in a brown suit.
5. He was presented The Key to the City of Sarasota at the end of the evening by the Mayor.
Here are more links to articles about the event, including a blog of the interviewer Susan Rife.
Thanks to Gordon W. Olson and Bev Vincent
And the winners are…
Posted: November 16, 2009, 22:07
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Matt Venne to adapt BoB
Posted: November 16, 2009, 13:25
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We’ve discovered that Matt is currently working on adapting Stephen King’s Bag of Bones for Mick Garris (The Stand, The Shining, Desperation) to direct.
Matt is Matt Venne and you can read more here (scroll down a bit).
Thanks to Rocky Wood
New column
Posted: November 16, 2009, 13:00
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This column notes that it essentially takes the place of a 2009 Best Music column, because King simply hasn't heard enough new music to write one. There will be a Best TV column this year, though.
Thanks to willowlove
King on The Hour
Posted: November 16, 2009, 12:58
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Stephen will be on the Canadian news magazine The Hour on Thursday November 19th to talk about Under the Dome. Acclaimed Director, David Cronenberg will also join the conversation. We will post this video to the multimedia section as soon as it becomes available.
King on Ghost Brothers
Posted: November 15, 2009, 23:33
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"It's there ... it's in the editing studio right now. We've got a lot of people from the music world who agreed to do parts – Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, Roseanne Cash ... it should be like an old-time radio show and then it's scheduled to go on stage in Atlanta next fall."
Thanks to Bev Vincent
Wolf Blitzer in Under the Dome
Posted: November 15, 2009, 23:27
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King on The View
Posted: November 15, 2009, 23:17
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