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Robin Furth on The Dark Tower

Posted: January 23, 2007, 09:01

Here is an interview with Robin Furth about The Dark Tower comic.

Ehren Kruger talks about The Talisman

Posted: January 22, 2007, 12:59

Ehren Kruger discusses The Talisman:

CS: How have things been going on "The Talisman"? Have you actually been working with Stephen King or Peter Straub on that at all?
Kruger: I haven't worked with those guys, the authors. I've worked heavily with Steven Spielberg and Katherine Kennedy, who are the producers on the project, so we've had years of creative meetings on it. Now it's moving ahead in a mini-series version, since we're having trouble getting the feature off the ground. So I'm working on that now, and the good news about having six hours to tell the story instead of two is there's a lot more of the book that can now be part of the movie.

CS: Did you have a script for a two-hour movie at one point that you're embellishing with four more hours of story?
Kruger: We're using some of the elements of the feature script and then, there's a lot to add and expand. The core structure of the feature was always that of the novel, but there was just no way we could include a lot of what's in the novel, so now we're able to go back and cherry-pick the best sequences and plotlines and subplots of the novel again.

CS: Have you found a director for that and will it be the same director for the whole thing?
Kruger: I don't know. Probably will be one director for the whole thing, but we'll have more of a sense of that later in the spring.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

King at the Comic Con

Posted: January 22, 2007, 10:10

As reported earlier King will be at Comic Con in NY this February. The moderator on King's board has now confirmed that he will be there on February 24th and probably at 12 or 1 PM.

The Dark Tower comic in Daily Bugle

Posted: January 22, 2007, 10:08

The Dark Tower comic is on the front cover of Marvel's "Daily Bugle".
Inside, there's a full page story with some quotes and some basic info on
the series. It's the Wednesday, January 24, 2007 edition and it's $.25 and
available at most comic book stores.

Thanks to Jenny Goguen

Lilja interviews King

Posted: January 19, 2007, 23:53

All three parts of my interview with King is now online.

PART 1 - Fan sites, Blaze and The Haven Foundation

PART 2 – Duma Key, Jack Sawyer and The Gingerbread Girl

PART 3 – Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, books in cellphones and limited editions

Enjoy! / Lilja

The Pop of King: Television Impaired

Posted: January 19, 2007, 21:23

A new Entertainment Weekly column is out and it's called Television Impaired. You can read it here.

Thanks to Javi Martos

1408 pushed back

Posted: January 19, 2007, 21:16

Movies Online reports that Dimension has pushed 1408 back to July 13th.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

Lilja interviews King part 3

Posted: January 18, 2007, 08:46

The third and last part of my interview with Stephen King is now available. I call it PART 3 – Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, books in cellphones and limited editions and you can read it here.

Enjoy! / Lilja

Duma Key gets a release date

Posted: January 18, 2007, 00:19

Today I got confirmation from Scribner that they are going to release Duma Key in January 2008.

New Dark Tower comic column out

Posted: January 17, 2007, 23:28

A new Dark Tower comic column by Nicole Boose is now online. This one is called The Error That Almost Was and you can read it here.

Lilja interviews King part 2

Posted: January 17, 2007, 08:27

The second part of my interview with Stephen King is now available. I call it
PART 2 – Duma Key, Jack Sawyer and The Gingerbread Girl and you can
read
it here.

Part 3 will follow tomorrow.

Enjoy! / Lilja

Lilja interviews King part 1

Posted: January 16, 2007, 08:39

The first part of my interview with Stephen King is now available. I call it
PART 1 - Fan sites, Blaze and The Haven Foundation and you can read
it here.

Part 2 will follow tomorrow and part 3 the day after that.

Enjoy! / Lilja

Dark Tower: Gunslinger's Guidebook

Posted: January 15, 2007, 20:05

More Dark Tower...

DARK TOWER: GUNSLINGER’S GUIDEBOOK
Written by ANTHONY FLAMINI
Cover by JAE LEE & RICHARD ISANOVE
May luck rise to meet you, sai. Dark days have befallen the once powerful Affiliation. As the Good Man’s revolutionaries continue their assault on the civilizations of the Inner Baronies, young Gunslinger Roland Deschain of Gilead and his loyal ka-tet embark eastward on an undercover mission to the distant Outer Barony of Mejis on behalf of the Affiliation. The Gunslinger Guidebook serves as your essential guide for Gilead to Mejis and all points in between – featuring profiles on the Big Coffin Hunters, Sheemie Ruiz, and Rhea of the Coos.
48 PGS./CARDSTOCK COVER/Parental Advisory …$3.99
©2007 Stephen King. All rights reserved.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

New King story

Posted: January 15, 2007, 20:05

King has a new story in PS Publishing’s upcoming 10th issue of Postscripts that’s being released in the spring. The title is Graduation Afternoon and you can find more info here.

Thanks to Miss X

More on my interview with King

Posted: January 12, 2007, 21:10

Here are some info about my interview with King from his official site

Interview for Lilja's Library fan site

Lilja at Lilja’s Library will be posting a 3-part interview with Stephen on his site beginning Tuesday, January 16th. Among the many topics in the interview, they will be discussing DUMA KEY and BLAZE as well as plans for the follow up with Peter Straub to BLACK HOUSE.

Dimension and Darkwood Productions doing The Mist

Posted: January 12, 2007, 21:09

Update about The Mist from King's site:

We have received news from Frank Darabont's office that Dimension will be producing The Mist along with Darkwood Productions. Shooting is scheduled to begin February 20th in Shreveport, LA. Casting choices will be announced soon.

More Dark Tower interviews

Posted: January 12, 2007, 01:52

Part three in the interview series about The Dark Tower comic is out. Now it's Richard Isanove's turn. Read what he has to say here.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

Lilja interviews King

Posted: January 10, 2007, 18:23

I just got of the phone with Stephen King after a 45 minute long chat. The interview will be published here on the site as soon as I have typed it out and then probably in several parts since it’s so long. So, keep checking back…

I must admit it was very exiting to pick up the phone and hear "Hello Hans? Steve King...".

Haven Foundation Book Store

Posted: January 9, 2007, 22:18

This report is from King's official site:

The Haven Foundation will be offering a very limited supply of signed books by Stephen King each month. The January selection is Secret Window. This was published as an exclusive Book-of-the-Month Club anthology of hard-to-find non-fiction pieces, little-known interviews, short stories, and articles, with an Introduction by Peter Straub. It was intended as a companion to Stephen’s book On Writing.
Copies will go on sale at 12 PM on Monday, January 15th and will be on an “as supplies last” basis. They may be purchased at: http://www.thehavenfdn.org/store

Unsigned hardcover copies of other Stephen King titles will also be available for purchase at the original cover price plus shipping. Many of these are now out-of-print in the hardcover edition. New titles will be added as they become available, so check back often for current inventory.

Signed Gunslinger Born comics

Posted: January 8, 2007, 23:27

Richard Isanove, the digital painter and colorist on The Gunslinger Born comic has offered to sign a limited amount of all seven issues for fans who visit The Signed Page. The price is $11 + shipping for each issue.

The Pop of King: '24': So Good It's Scary

Posted: January 5, 2007, 08:59

A new Entertainment Weekly column is out and it's called '24': So Good It's Scary. You can read it here.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

Dark Tower screensaver

Posted: January 4, 2007, 22:21

Over at Marvel.com there is now a screensaver for The Dark Tower comic that you can download.

More in The Dark Tower Blog

Posted: January 4, 2007, 22:18

Here is a new entry in the The Dark Tower blog on Marvel.com. This time we get to see some cool maps of New Canaan.

The Mist start shooting on February 20

Posted: January 3, 2007, 22:15

According to this report Frank Darabont will start filming The Mist on February 20, with a tentative Nov 21 release date. Lets hope that the dates are correct this time.

Thanks to Rocky Wood

Peter David on The Dark Tower

Posted: January 3, 2007, 11:25

Here is an article about how Peter David feels about him writing the scripts for The Dark Tower comic.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

Limited Green Mile

Posted: January 1, 2007, 23:57

Subterranean Press reports that their edition of The Green Mile (limited and trade) are finished, and that they're just waiting on the slipcases (which they should have in about three weeks). At that point, the shipping marathon will commence.

Dark Tower Blog

Posted: December 29, 2006, 21:06

Here is a link to The Dark Tower blog on Marvel.com. The latest posting details the initial stages of putting together The Dark Tower comic.

Thanks to Ryan Penagos

Secretary of Dreams vol. 2

Posted: December 22, 2006, 23:53

Today it was reported on King's official board that volume 2 of Secretary of Dreams will include the following stories:

The Monkey
Gray Matter
Nona
Strawberry Spring
One for the Road
In the Deathroom

Thanks to John Hanic

The Mist start shooting in February

Posted: December 21, 2006, 00:19

Here is an interview with Thomas Jane in which he is talking about The Mist and that shooting is planed to start in late February. Thomas plays David Drayton.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

Gunslinger trailer

Posted: December 19, 2006, 22:51

Here is a trailer for The Dark Tower comic. I must say that it's one of the coolest I have seen.

Thanks to Borg SPeon

Read the first two chapters of Blaze today

Posted: December 19, 2006, 22:14

King gives ut the first two chapters from Blaze.

Blaze excerpt now available

Dear Constant Readers,

I have found a novel by the late Richard Bachman written in 1972/73, that I thought was lost. I found it—or rather, Ms. Mod found it—and I am hoping to publish it in 2007, with royalties going to The Haven Foundation. To whet your appetite, here are the first two chapters.

Steve

King to attend the New York Comic Con

Posted: December 18, 2006, 22:59

With only about 50 days left until issue #1 of The Dark Tower comic is to be released Marvel now has an official site for the comic. One of the first news reported on the site is that King himself will attend the New York Comic Con taking place February 23-25, 2007. You can read the press release here.

Thanks to Rocky Wood

The Pop of King: 2006: My Top 10 Movies

Posted: December 18, 2006, 21:17

A new Entertainment Weekly column is out and it's called 2006: My Top 10 Movies. You can read it here

Ehren Kruger talks Talisman

Posted: December 15, 2006, 11:17

Ehren Kruger spoke to Fangoria about The Talisman, here is what he said:

Ehren Kruger talks TNT’s TALISMAN

Fango recently spoke to screenwriter Ehren Kruger about his script for TNT’s six-hour miniseries based on THE TALISMAN, the 1984 horror/fantasy novel by Stephen King and Peter Straub. Steven Spielberg serves as an executive producer on the project, which is expected to air in 2008, and Kruger (whose credits include the RING films and the upcoming BLOOD & CHOCOLATE) has been involved with a Spielberg-produced film adaptation of THE TALISMAN for several years, though initial drafts envisioned the end result as a theatrical feature. However, like all previous attempts to bring the book to the screen (film versions have been announced since its initial printing), Kruger says that the two-hour version he was involved with “didn’t quite get its act together with actor and budget. But Steven Spielberg and [fellow executive producer] Kathleen Kennedy really wanted to take another crack at the project, so we held some meetings to sit down and take another look at the material.”

The creative team discovered that the best approach for the book’s vast storyscape—which concerns a boy’s epic journey to a parallel world in order to retrieve the title object, which will heal his dying mother—was to expand the production to a miniseries. In doing so, Kruger says that he “was able to put a lot of the scenes from the source material back into the story, and that’s all for the good.” Kruger adds that the project is “still in the scripting phase—we’re not there yet in terms of director or cast.” We’ll be keeping you posted as THE TALISMAN gets closer to rolling.

Thanks to joshxrt22

The Dark Tower comic promo items is here

Posted: December 14, 2006, 23:33

Here is a photo of the Sketchbook, the door poster (rolled up), a Marvel preview and a promotional postcard.

Thanks to Ari

Letter by King reproduced

Posted: December 14, 2006, 23:32

Falling Angel is a book by William Hjortsberg and it has an original letter that Stephen King wrote Hjortsberg's agent back in 1978 -- reproduced in its entirety in this new edition, for the first time anywhere.

The book is $65 as a signed hardcover (just signed by William Hjortsberg, not anyone else) and a $14 trade paperback, and a $250 leatherbound deluxe edition.

Read more here.

Thanks to Jon Sheard and Jerad Walters.

New books

Posted: December 13, 2006, 21:22

The Secretary of Dreams is now out. Amazon.com will have copies of the gift edition for sale on December 30 for $47.50. You can pre-order here today though.

You can also order the paperback edition of Cell or Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance.

Thanks to Ari

The Pop of King: 2006: My Top 10 Books

Posted: December 13, 2006, 21:16

A new Entertainment Weekly column is out and it's called 2006: My Top 10 Books. You can read it here

Thanks to willowlove

King praises Meg Gardiner

Posted: December 12, 2006, 23:43

King has write a letter in which he praises of fellow author Meg Gardiner. You can find the full letter here.

Thanks to willowlove

Carrie: A Period Piece

Posted: December 12, 2006, 15:24

Here is a review of the new stage adaptation of Carrie, called Carrie: A Period Piece.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

More Colorado Kid illustrations

Posted: December 8, 2006, 08:43

Here are two more illustrations from the limited Colorado Kid. The one to the left is by J.K. Potter and the one to the right is by Edward Miller. The one in the middle is by Glenn Chadbourne.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

Thomas Jane about The Mist

Posted: December 8, 2006, 08:42

Here is the latest on the movie version of The Mist:

Thomas Jane, best known to comic fans as The Punisher, is set to star in the film adaptation of Stephen King's The Mist. King expert Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile) is directing the film.

"I have an e-mail from Frank right here," Jane told UGO this week. "Why don't we open it and see what's going on with The Mist? He says that he just heard my deal closed today and he's happy and looking forward to working with me."

Thanks to Bev Vincent

Secretary of Dreams released on Monday

Posted: December 7, 2006, 22:58

I just got some info from Cemetery Dance about The Secretary of Dreams and it seems that the official release date is on Monday, December 11. Here's more:

We'll begin shipping The Secretary of Dreams by Stephen King to our customers in the next couple of days so this is your last chance to preorder the first Limited Edition graphic collection of King's work! With a trimsize of 9 X 12 this is our largest book ever, and we think it's going to make an impressive addition to your collection. We've taken a picture of The Secretary of Dreams Gift Edition next to a copy of The Colorado Kid so you can get a feel for the size. You can find this picture in the special artwork and photo section for The Secretary of Dreams in our website's Photo Section.

PLEASE NOTE: Everyone on our staff is going to be working in the warehouse to ship this title, along with the additional staff we've hired just to work on this project, so there might be a delay in responding to emails and phone calls. Please do not call or email asking when your copy will ship. We're going to be working hard to ship the thousands of preorders as fast as possible. Thanks for your patience!

The Talisman heads to TNT

Posted: December 5, 2006, 22:26

Today it was announced that TNT will develop The Talisman into a 6 hour series that will premier in the summer of 2008. TNT is teaming once again with DreamWorks Television and executive producer Steven Spielberg for this series. Frequent Spielberg partner Kathleen Kennedy will join him in executive-producing along with Ehren Kruger who will adapt the novel. The Talisman will be co-executive produced by Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey. You can read the full press release here.

The 2007 Overlook Connection Catalog

Posted: December 5, 2006, 22:25

I got an email from Overlook Connection today telling me about their new website and catalog going up and out. The catalog will hit in January, featuring Ellen Datlow, Bev Vincent, Ketchum, Garris and Rob Zombie! And most importantly, it features a HUGE Stephen King section with over 1,300 related King items - from signed limiteds, first editions to rare magazine appearances and special signed videos by Frank Darabont and Mick Garris (Free autograhs with purchase!). Thoroughly illustrated and featuring fiction, interviews, and books coming in 2007.

As an incentive for the readers of Lilja’s Library (if you put in the coupon code LiljaSentMe) they'll will give you $5 off on your purchase (of a $9.95 catalog or the $19.95 hardcover edition). On top of that you will receive $10.00 off purchases so it makes the trade paperback Free!

So, head over to their new site now and order.

Duma Key 835 pages long

Posted: December 5, 2006, 01:09

The moderator of King's official message board said that the first draft of Duma Key is 835 manuscript pages long and that King began writing it in February and finished in October '06.

Thanks to Grzesiek

The Pop of King: 2006: My Top 10 in Music

Posted: December 4, 2006, 22:20

King's latest column 2006: My Top 10 in Music is out in the December 8 issue of Entertainment Weekly and you can also read it here. The online title is The A-List.

Thanks to chaos-consultants

Very Fine Books new name

Posted: December 4, 2006, 22:19

The Very Fine Books contest ended some time ago and now the new name has been decided. The winning contribution is The Bookslinger and the one that suggested that was (and gets a signed copy of Stephen King Uncollected/Unpublished in reward) Charles C. Turner in the US. The new address is http://www.thebookslinger.com.