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1408 on DVD i the US

Posted: July 13, 2007, 20:53

The US DVD release of 1408 will be on October 2nd.

Here is a new DVD edition of Misery. It’s being released on October 2nd in the US and the special features includes the following:

- Widescreen Feature Film
- Feature Commentary by Director Rob Reiner
- Feature Commentary by screenwriter William Goldman
- Featurette: Misery Loves Company
- Featurette: Marc Shaiman's Musical Misery Tour
- Featurette: Diagnosing Annie Wilkes
- Featurette: Advice for the Stalked
- Featurette: Profile of a Stalker
- Featurette: Celebrity Stalkers
- Featurette: Anti?Stalking Laws
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Original Theatrical Teaser

Thanks to Dean Jones

Forigne Lisey's

Posted: July 13, 2007, 19:55

Here are two forigne editions of Lisey’s Story. The French (to the left) Histoire De Lisey will be released on September 2nd and the South Korea edition (to the right) Lisey Iyagi will be released in July.

Thanks to Herbert West and Je-Hyong Jo

Shawshank on YouTube

Posted: July 13, 2007, 19:46

Here is a YouTube link to some deleted scenes from Shawshank Redemption.

Thanks to Louis Sytsma

The Pop of King: Goodbye, Harry

Posted: July 6, 2007, 23:26

Here is King's latest column. It's called Goodbye, Harry and can be found in the July 13th issue.

Thanks to Paul Poroshin

New Gunslinger covers

Posted: July 6, 2007, 09:08

Here is the cover of the 3rd printing of issue #1 (it’s done by Jae Lee), the cover of the 3rd printing of issue #2 (also done by Jae Lee) and the cover of the 2nd printing of issue #3 (done by John Romita Jr) of Gunslinger Born.

Thanks to Hubert Spandowski

Cujo DVD cover

Posted: July 6, 2007, 09:07

Here is the cover of the new DVD edition of Cujo.

Thanks to Hubert Spandowski

No Guidebook released yet.

Posted: July 5, 2007, 23:22

In issue #6 of Gunslinger Born there is an ad saying that The Gunslinger Guidebook now is out. That is not the case. The book moved after the ad was printed. The Gunslinger Guidebook is released on August 1st.

No Cell in October

Posted: July 5, 2007, 23:21

~ ~ Correction ~ ~

The Cell info from yesterday was not correct. No date for when Cell will start shooting has been set yet. Eli Roth said the following to Movieweb.com.

"Right now, I literally, this weekend, I just got back from Europe doing International Press for Hostel: Part II. That was on Saturday that I landed. Cell is a little bit away. I'm gonna have to take some time and decompress and just unwind a little bit and start some time in, probably, 2008."

Cell to start shooting in October

Posted: July 3, 2007, 18:40

I just found out (from my mole in the studio) that Cell starts shooting in October this year. More info to come...

My review of issue #6

Posted: July 3, 2007, 00:01

Here is my review of issue #6 of Gunslinger Born.

Duma Key to be 592 pages long

Posted: July 2, 2007, 21:54

Scribner confirmed today that the tentative page count for Duma Key is 592. It's still subject to change though but that is what they are aiming for.

Clive Barker speaks

Posted: July 2, 2007, 21:52

Here is the full text of Clive Barker's speech from when The Canadian Booksellers Association presented King with their Lifetime Achievement Award.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

King narrates Duma Key

Posted: July 2, 2007, 18:07

It's now confirmed that King will narrate the audio edition of Duma Key himself. You can pre-order the US edition here.

Insomnia: The Motion Picture

Posted: July 2, 2007, 13:09

Insomnia announced at Fangoria Weekend.

It was announced at Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors that Rob Schmidt, director of Wrong Turn, will direct a big screen adaptation of Insomnia.

When asked how he was going to handle bringing such a long story to theatres, Schmidt related that he'll be focusing a lot on the town itself.

Ralph and Lois open the story as older folks who get younger. In order to achieve this, Schmidt revealed that young actors in their thirties will be playing the roles in age make-up that will be removed progressively to give that fountain of youth effect, courtesy of another Wrong Turn alumnus, Stan Winston.

"I'm doing the film mainly because King was such a big fan of Wrong Turn!" says director Schmidt.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

New DVD

Posted: July 2, 2007, 13:05

Paramount Home Entertainment is packing The Stand, The Langoliers and The Golden Years together as a single release. This will be a 5-DVD gift set and you can pre-order your copy here for $35.99. The release date is September 25th.

Thanks to Paul Poroshin

Gingerbread Girl excerpt

Posted: June 27, 2007, 17:21

Here is a rather long excerpt from The Gingerbread Girl.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

The Gingerbread Girl review

Posted: June 25, 2007, 12:30

Here is my review of The Gingerbread Girl.

And the winners are...

Posted: June 24, 2007, 23:51

Here are the correct answers to the 1408 contest as well as the winners.

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Cujo on DVD

Posted: June 24, 2007, 01:37

A new DVD edition of Cujo will be released on September 25th. Here are the bonus material you'll find on it:

- Commentary by director Lewis Teague
- A three-part biography featuring brand-new interviews with Dee Wallace, Robert Singer, King biographer Douglas E. Winter...

..and more!

Thanks to Paul Poroshin

The Pop of King: Uncle Stevie's Gotta Have It!

Posted: June 24, 2007, 01:35

King has a new column in the 6/29-7/6 issue of Entertainment Weekly called Uncle Stevie's Gotta Have It! . You can read it here.

Thanks to willowlove

King in Hollywood

Posted: June 21, 2007, 13:00

Here is an article about King in Hollywood from USA Today.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

King on torture porn

Posted: June 21, 2007, 09:21

Here are King's thoughts on the artistic merits of torture porn.

Thanks to Miss X

Interview with Håfström

Posted: June 21, 2007, 09:20

Here is an interview with Mikael Håfström, director of 1408.

Thanks to Ari

Another review

Posted: June 20, 2007, 08:27

Here is another review of 1408.

King's best rock songs

Posted: June 20, 2007, 08:25

Here is a video version of King's best rock songs column, hosted by the man himself.

Thanks to Willowlove

The Mist in 3D

Posted: June 20, 2007, 08:14

Simon & Schuster will re-release the 3D sound edition of The Mist in October. Read more here.

Authors photo

Posted: June 20, 2007, 00:27

Here is the authors photo for Duma Key.

Early review of 1408

Posted: June 19, 2007, 23:47

Here is an early review of 1408.

Thanks to Lou

King about 1408

Posted: June 19, 2007, 16:49

A message from Stephen regarding 1408

It's a pleasure to be able to recommend 1408, the Dimension Pictures adaptation of my story. It stars John Cusack and opens this Friday. This is a genuinely disquieting movie--the damn thing gets under your skin and just CRAWLS there. For one thing, what could be more terrifying than a man haunted by The Carpenters' "We've Only Just Begun?" I doubt if you'll hear much screaming in the theater (I could be wrong about that), but a lot of people are going to be sleeping with the lights on when it's over.

-Steve

False site

Posted: June 19, 2007, 15:04

I just got confirmation from King’s office that the site claiming filming of The Dark Tower will start on Friday is false.

1408 interview

Posted: June 18, 2007, 22:30

Here is an interview with John Cusack and Samuel Jackson about 1408.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

New interview

Posted: June 18, 2007, 22:26

Here is a new interview with King from NYDaily News.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

King's pics

Posted: June 18, 2007, 08:30

Here are King's pics for the week starting with June 11:

Stephen is reading: The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer
Stephen is listening to: Brick House by Joan Osborne
Stephen is watching: Black Snake Moan
There are no comments regarding this week's picks.

Thanks to willowlove

No Cell any time soon

Posted: June 18, 2007, 08:29

Eli Roth provides an update on his adaptation of Cell, which was supposed to be his next big project.

“I am not directing CELL any time soon, and I most likely will take the rest of the year to write my other projects. Which means I wouldn't shoot until the spring, and you wouldn't see a film directed by me in the cinemas until at least next fall (2008)."

Thanks to Bev Vincent

And the winnser are...

Posted: June 18, 2007, 00:10

OK, all 32 winners has been drawn but before I reveal their names I want to give you all the right answers:

Read the complete text

Dead Zone season 6

Posted: June 15, 2007, 13:00

On Sunday The Dead Zone returns with season 6. Here is an ad for it.

1408 premier

Posted: June 14, 2007, 15:16

Here is a photo from the premier of 1408 Westwood, California.

Thanks to Ari

King on The Hour

Posted: June 14, 2007, 13:18

George Stroumboulopoulos interview with King from Canadian late-night TV show 'The Hour' is now online.

Thanks to Louis Sytsma and Rick Matthews

Interview with Philippa Pride

Posted: June 12, 2007, 23:57

Philippa Pride is Stephen King’s UK editor and she was kind to take time of in her busy schedule to talk to me about life as an editor to one of the biggest authors alive today. Here is what she had to say…

Preview from issue #6

Posted: June 12, 2007, 15:26

Here are some previews from issue #6 of Gunslinger Born.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

More about 1408

Posted: June 12, 2007, 09:14

Here are more 1408 news and clips.

3 clips from the movie

What Happened to Roth's 1408?

The making of 1408

The title is Ayana

Posted: June 11, 2007, 21:54

I just got confirmation from King's office that the title of the new story mentioned when King was in Canada is Ayana .

The Gingerbread Girl

Posted: June 11, 2007, 20:36

Here are more info about The Gingerbread Girl from Associated Press:

NEW YORK - A new Stephen King thriller will be published in its entirely in the July issue of Esquire. "The Gingerbread Girl," a 21,000-word novella covering 23 pages, will arrive at newsstands Tuesday.

"Over the last year, we've been trying to breathe life back into magazine fiction," Esquire Editor-in-Chief David Granger said Monday in a statement. "The best way to do that is to publish nothing other than event fiction-stories that have something in addition to their literary merit to call attention to themselves."

Esquire has a long history of publishing original fiction, including Truman Capote's "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and Norman Mailer's "An American Dream." King, too, has released works through other media. In 2000, he serialized an original novel, "The Plant," from his Web site.

According to Esquire, "The Gingerbread Girl" tells "the story of Emily, who flees to the secluded Vermillion Key off of Florida's coast after the death of her infant child. Her new neighbor also enjoys the privacy of the key, but the women he brings with him never return home. Emily's curiosity leads her right into the hands of the madman, but it's her legs that are her only hope for survival."

Thanks to willowlove

Clips from 1408

Posted: June 11, 2007, 15:18

Here you can check out 8 clips from 1408.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

Alternate ending and DVD

Posted: June 11, 2007, 15:16

Bloody-Disgusting has some news about the eniding and DVD edition of 1408:

Star Mary McCormack spilled the beans to Bloody-Disgusting that there were two ending shot for 1408, one that spells out a different fate for John Cusack's character Mike Enslin, who finds himself trapped in a haunted hotel room with the clock counting down from 60:00.

Director Mikael Håfström, who tells us is a big fan of Bloody-Disgusting, confirmed the news also adding that the other ending was too much of a "downer". He also tells us that the DVD will contain numerous deleted scenes.

Thanks to SLL

Cover for Esquire

Posted: June 11, 2007, 09:05

Here is the cover for the July issues of Esquire with King’s The Gingerbread Girl.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

Clips from Canada

Posted: June 11, 2007, 08:56

Here are videos from the Toronto event:

King's Acceptance Speech

Part of Chuck Klosterman Interview with King

Thanks to Louis Sytsma

Hafstrom talks 1408

Posted: June 11, 2007, 08:56

Cinemablend has a podcast with Mikael Hafstrom, director of 1408.

Thanks to Louis Sytsma

Lilja’s Library Blaze Week

Posted: June 10, 2007, 23:59

Welcome to Lilja’s Library Blaze Week. As you all know Blaze is released this week and I think that is something that needs to be celebrated. So this week I’ll have the following prepared for you all:

Monday:
My review of Blaze

Monday – Wednesday:
Contest with UK editions of the book as prizes.

Wednesday:
Interview with King's UK editor Philippa Pride

Thursday – Sunday:
Contest with US editions of the book as prizes.

Enjoy!
Lilja

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