A small number of UK proof for Lisey's Story released
Posted: September 11, 2006, 23:59
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Contest winner
Posted: September 11, 2006, 00:10
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Q1: Fill in the blank (video question from the American Express card commercial) "Instead of saying I wrote Carrie, _____________________"
A1: I carry the American express card.
Q2: In 1975, The Japan 1st edition of Carrie was published. It was published by arrangement with Doubleday & Company, New York by whom?
A2: Charles E. Tuttle Inc, Tokyo
Q3: Name the year and name of the car in the book Christine.
A3: 1958 Plymouth Fury.
And the winner is; Christopher Fowler from the US!
Yet another Dollar Baby
Posted: September 10, 2006, 23:32
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King's UK tour
Posted: September 6, 2006, 21:45
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Tuesday 7th November
l.00-2.00
Book signing at Borders Books and Music, Oxford Street, London
Wednesday 8th November
Time & Venue to come
Book signing
Thursday 9th November
5.00-6.00
Book signing at Asda supermarket in Watford
Friday 10th November
Time & Venue to come
Book signing
Source: King's official site.
Stephen's Picks for the week of September 4, 2006
Posted: September 6, 2006, 21:44
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* Stephen is reading Last Seen Leaving by Kelly Braffet (out in November) - Excellent suspense novel about a mother searching for her daughter. Lots of hard edges.
* Stephen is also reading One Mississippi by Mark Childress - Funniest novel I have read in 10 years! If you buy hardcover fiction, make this your next one. If you loved The Lovely Bones or Water for Elephants, you’ll love this one.
* In theaters, Steve warns you against Crank. - If your movie money were speaking personally, it would say it would rather be eaten alive by rabid weasels. I do not say this lightly!
* He is listening to Last Man Standing - Rock & Roll Duets with Jerry Lee Lewis, John Foggerty, Bruce Springsteen and others...Great rock & roll record!
Two new Dollar Babies
Posted: September 4, 2006, 23:18
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The other one is called Shalt Thou Shew Wonders to the Dead? and is a 20 minute gothic nightmare inspired by King’s short story Nona.
Thanks to Bernd Lautenslager and Ari
Short interview with King
Posted: September 4, 2006, 14:18
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King and Grisham on September 24
Posted: August 30, 2006, 23:58
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Novelists Stephen King and John Grisham plan to appear at a Sept. 24 fundraiser for fellow writer Jim Webb's Democratic U.S. Senate campaign.
King, a Maine resident who wrote "Carrie," "Misery" and "The Green Mile" among other novels, short stories and nonfiction books, and Albemarle County's own Grisham, author of 18 novels including "The Firm" and other legal thrillers, plan to read from their works at the 7 p.m. event at the 1,000-seat Paramount Theater in Charlottesville, VA.
"It will be a lot of fun," Grisham said of the event at which Webb will speak and also read from some of his works. Grisham said he will talk for a few minutes about the campaign and politics before reading from his new nonfiction book, "An Innocent Man," due out in October.
Tickets for the Webb fundraiser will be tiered at $100, $500 and $2,100, Grisham said.
Webb is challenging U.S. Sen. George Allen, R-Va., in the November election. thingy
Wadhams, Allen's campaign manager, disparaged the Webb event, saying, "Since his whole campaign is based on fiction, having two fellow fiction novelists campaign for him is not a surprise."
Thanks to Bev Vincent.
The Pop of King: Setting Off a 'Wire' Alarm
Posted: August 29, 2006, 22:56
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King has a new column out in the September 1 issue of Entertainment Weekly. It's called Setting Off a 'Wire' Alarm and you can read it here.Thanks to Paul Poroshin
Michael J. Fox in The Talisman?
Posted: August 24, 2006, 23:40
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A big, no make that giant, rumor has surfaced this morning over at Cinescape online as they've reported some really amazing news (if it's true). According to their sources the great Michael J. Fox is up for a role in DreamWorks' long-delayed The Talisman, which is based on a Stephen King story. The story concerns a 12-year-old boy who goes on a supernatural journey in order to find the talisman that can save his dying mother. Watch for more news as confirmation comes in.
Thanks to Bloody Disgusting
Masters of Horror review 2
Posted: August 24, 2006, 15:45
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My review of yet another four Master of Horror episodes is now online for you to check out.King nominated for Quills Awards
Posted: August 24, 2006, 14:13
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Stephen King, Doris Kearns Goodwin and former Vice President Al Gore were among the nominees announced Tuesday for the second annual Quills Awards — people's choice prizes trying to catch on with the public.
The awards will be handed out at an Oct. 10 ceremony, hosted by NBC anchor Lester Holt, at the American Museum of Natural History. Admission will range from $1,000 for a single ticket to $75,000 for a "Platinum Sponsorship."
Starting Tuesday and through Sept. 30, voters can make their picks online at http://www.quillsvote.com and at http://www.quills.msnbc.com.
King was nominated in the science fiction/fantasy/horror category for his novel, "The Cell."
Thanks to Bev Vincent
Secretary of Dreams ARCs
Posted: August 22, 2006, 22:58
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Extra material on N&D
Posted: August 22, 2006, 19:33
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Finalized specs have finally arrived for Warner Home Video's release of the Stephen King anthology Nightmares & Dreamscapes (review). Due on October 24th, the TNT mini-series arrives as a three-disc set with 1.78 anamorphic widescreen transfers and a Dolby Digital 5.1 track. Bonus materials will include Interviews With the Series Stars, "Behind the Drama of Nightmares & Dreamscapes from the Stories of Stephen King," "From the Mind of Stephen King," "Page To Picture," "The Inside Look" and "Battleground: Special Effects" making-of featurettes, according to Davis DVD. Retail will be $39.92.
Dolores Claibourne on the stage
Posted: August 22, 2006, 10:08
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Finally someone is adapting something else for the stage then Misery. It's director David Joss Buckley that is putting Dolores Claibourne on the stage. Well done!The event will run between the 22nd and the 29th of September, 2006. You can read more here.
Thanks to Herbert West
New stage adaptation of Carrie
Posted: August 18, 2006, 08:50
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It's not exactly what you'd call a charmed title.
In 1988, a musical named Carrie, based of the famous horror novel by Stephen King, opened on Broadway to appalling reviews and closed three days later.
Undaunted, Theatre Couture and its leader Eric Jackson have created another stage piece based on the work. Called Carrie: A Period Piece, it will bow Off-Broadway at P.S. 122 on Dec. 6 and run through Dec. 30.
Drag performer and Downtown theatre legend Sherry Vine will star and Basil Twist (Symphonie Fantastique) will create special puppets.
"Carrie," one of King's best known and most enduring works, is about the vengeful adventures of an ostracized teenage girl, tormented at school and at home, who finds she has telekinetic powers. As anyone with even a passing interest in Broadway's most infamous fiascos knows, the novel was transformed by composer Michael Gore, lyricist Dean Pitchford and librettist Lawrence D. Cohen into a musical. The show, directed by Terry Hands, starred Linzi Hateley as Carrie and Betty Buckley as her religious fanatic mother. The title has since become something of a catchword for "flop."
"It will definitely be very black comedy," Eric Jackson previously told Playbill.com. "But that's inherent in the novel. It's a very serious take on the pressures and pain of adolescence. But 'Carrie' is also so well known in our culture; we all know the story. Everybody feels it's their story. Because of that collective unconscious, there's a way to have fun with the story. There will be comedy and camp, and some horror, and maybe a little blood."
Past Theatre Couture projects—such as Doll and the 1997 Off-Broadway transfer Tell Tale—have also played P.S. 122.
Somewhat incredibly, Jackson's first wish was to restage the Broadway musical. However, he found the creative team less than excited about the idea. "We talked to them at one point," said Jackson. "We had a meeting. But they are interested in having that production vindicated. They don't want someone to make fun of it. We wanted to celebrate it, but also lampoon it."
Thus rejected, Jackson, taking a different tack, decided to adapt King's novel from scratch. He began by writing the author's lawyer. "We got an immediate response back," he recalled. "He wrote, 'Are you out of your mind?' But, at the bottom of the letter, I noticed the lawyer had cc'd Stephen King."
Rebuffed a second time, Jackson was ready to abandon "Carrie."
"I had given up," he said. "I was angry that they hadn't read my letter more closely. I was done."
Then two weeks after the initial correspondence, Jackson received a second letter from King's lawyer, saying "King had asked him to pursue the matter."
Jackson quickly pounded out an exuberant six-page letter to King, explaining why he wanted to adapt "Carrie" and the approach the theatre company would take to the material, mailing it off with a stash of Theatre Couture clippings. Finally, King's lawyer replied, granting the troupe the rights to the book. "I just flipped," said Jackson.
Thanks to Rocky Wood and Bev Vincent
1408 now filming...
Posted: August 16, 2006, 15:04
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In an interview this week, Samuel L. Jackson sez:
What are you doing next?
I’m heading to London on Sunday to do 1408. Stephen King short story. Horror film. With John Cusack. I’ll be done with that in a couple of weeks.
Thanks to Bev Vincent
Mary checks in and Kate checks out
Posted: August 14, 2006, 15:49
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Mary McCormack has checked into Dimension Films' Stephen King adaptation "1408," about a haunted hotel.
"Grey's Anatomy" star Kate Walsh has exited due to skedding conflicts with her ABC/Touchstone TV skein. Touchstone had warned her that the series schedule would have to take precedence over any outside role, but the actress accepted the film hoping that something could be worked out.
"1408" is set to shoot in mid-July in the U.K.
John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson topline the pic about a debunker of paranormal occurrences who encounters real terror when he checks into the notorious room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel.
Walsh was to play Cusack's ex-wife.
McCormack's credits include "The West Wing" and "ER." She's also appearing in Lionsgate's upcoming dirty-bomb thriller "Right at Your Door."
Thanks to Bev Vincent.
See An Evening with Harry, Carrie & Garp online
Posted: August 10, 2006, 20:50
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Here you can see the event An Evening with Harry, Carrie & Garp but hurry. It will only be online until tomorrow night.
Thanks to Bev Vincent
The Dead Zone season 5, ep. 7-9 review
Posted: August 8, 2006, 23:58
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Children of the Corn...again?
Posted: August 8, 2006, 22:43
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I don't have any other information for you guys other than that a remake of Fritz Kiersch's classic 1984 film, Children of the Corn, is in the works. I'm going to try and find out more information on the film, like who owns the rights and who's writing the script, but talk has begun to circulate heavily around the industry this past week. Adapted from a Stephen King story, the pic follows a young couple who wander into a mid-western town where all the adults are apparently dead and the children participate in a cult that worships a malevolent force in the corn fields.
Illustrations from the limited Green Mile
Posted: August 4, 2006, 23:53
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Reports from An Evening with Harry, Carrie & Garp
Posted: August 4, 2006, 00:39
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As most of you know King participated in the event An Evening with Harry, Carrie & Garp at New York's Radio City Music Hall on August 1 and 2. Well, now there are some reports about it online. Here are a few:Earthtimes.org
WCFCourier.com
During the event King also talked about an idea he had that might turn into a book in the future.
Well, it's one of those idea germs that could end up as something completely different when it gets written. He said he had a flash about a character meeting a woman he or she hasn't seen in 20 years and she looks EXACTLY THE SAME as she used to look back then, except she's gotten a lot larger (he wasn't specific about this. He didn't say fat or tall, just larger). His mind is cogitating over what might give rise to such a thing.
Thanks to Bev Vincent
Suffer the Little Children (The Bathroom Scene)
Posted: August 4, 2006, 00:33
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Ryan Hannigan has done a Dollar Baby called Suffer the Little Children (The Bathroom Scene) that you can see hereThe Green Mile on DVD
Posted: August 3, 2006, 23:51
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Thanks to Lou Sytsma and Paul Poroshin.
George Clooney in Pet Sematary...or not?
Posted: August 3, 2006, 23:49
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Today though they had the following to report:
Although our source was very secure (and double checked), George Clooney's publicist tells us that he will not be in Paramount's remake of Pet Sematary. We're going to look further into this story as it appears that they are beginning to cast the film.
More info to come…
The Dead Zone season 4, DVD review
Posted: August 2, 2006, 00:36
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A Harry, Carrie & Garp news conference
Posted: August 1, 2006, 21:20
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Here is a report from a news conference for the event An Evening with Harry, Carrie & Garp at New York's Radio City Music Hall.
My N&D review part 4
Posted: August 1, 2006, 20:29
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Lisey's Story Book Tour - Fall '06
Posted: July 31, 2006, 22:10
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King's official site now has a listing for where King will appear on his Lisey's Story Book Tour - Fall '06. So far there are 3 event's listed.NEW YORK CITY:
October 24th
SAN FRANCISCO:
October 30th
SEATTLE:
November 1st
The Dead Zone season 5, ep. 6 review
Posted: July 31, 2006, 00:23
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The Pop of King: The Terror Diet
Posted: July 30, 2006, 00:33
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The new Pop of King column, titled The Terror Diet, is in the August 4 (#889) Entertainment Weekly and here is an article by one of his co-workers. Thanks to Jonathan Reitan and Paul Poroshin.
My N&D review part 3
Posted: July 26, 2006, 13:42
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Pre-order Desperation and Nightmares & Dreamscapes today
Posted: July 25, 2006, 00:07
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Now you can pre-order the DVD editions of both Desperation (August 29) and Nightmares & Dreamscapes (October 24).Desperation
Nightmares & Dreamscapes
The Dead Zone season 5, ep. 3-5 review
Posted: July 19, 2006, 00:19
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Stephen King won't go to (Veronica) Mars
Posted: July 18, 2006, 16:41
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Veronica Mars' creator, Rob Thomas, said that next season there will be three mysteries, which will be broken up into nine, seven, and six episodes respectively. He also revealed that he offered EW columnist Stephen King the chance to guest-star on an upcoming episode as a kooky sociology professor. Unfortunately, King was busy.
Thanks to Bev Vincent
More promo clips
Posted: July 18, 2006, 16:40
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Thanks to Bev Vincent
My N&D review part 2
Posted: July 18, 2006, 16:31
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Make-up effects for Battleground
Posted: July 16, 2006, 01:10
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Los Angeles, Ca—Creature and Character artist Lee Romaire of Romaire Studios recently completed special make-up effects for the premier installment of NIGHTMARES AND DREAMSCAPES, a TNT television mini-series adapted from Stephen King’s collection of short stories.
Read the complete text
Good ratings for Nightmares & Dreamscapes
Posted: July 14, 2006, 22:55
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The TNT anthology "Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King" scared up strong ratings in its Wednesday debut, finishing No. 1 and No. 2 in basic cable for the night with back-to-back episodes.
The first installment of the anthology, the William Hurt-starring "Battleground," drew 5.2 million total viewers at 9 p.m. More importantly, its 18-49 and 25-54 demo totals were the highest a scripted cable series has seen year-to-date, topping a mark set last week by the new USA Network drama "Psych."
A second "Nightmares" episode at 10 p.m., "The Crouch End," reached 4.8 million.
Mare Winningham to narrate Lisey's Story
Posted: July 12, 2006, 23:19
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Kate Walsh in 1408
Posted: July 12, 2006, 21:06
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"Grey's Anatomy" star Kate Walsh has signed on to star opposite John Cusack in Dimension Films' bigscreen Stephen King adaptation 1408, according to Variety. The film, which goes before the cameras this summer in the U.K., also will star Samuel L. Jackson. Cusack plays a debunker of paranormal occurrences who encounters real terror when he checks into the notorious Room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel. Walsh plays his ex-wife and mother of his young daughter. Mikael Hafstrom ("Derailed") is helming the pic, penned by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski. Matt Greenberg wrote the original script. Lorenzo Di Bonaventura is producing. King's "1408" short story originally was part of an audio book and was subsequently published in the collection "Everything's Eventual."
Limited ed. of The Colorado Kid
Posted: July 12, 2006, 01:18
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I recently talked to Pete at PS Publishing, he let me know that Glenn Chadbourne will be the final illustrator for the upcoming Colorado Kid. There's some other changes as well, including the addition of extra traycased editions. Read more here.
Thanks to Tomas Krynsky
Nightmares & Dreamscapes on DVD
Posted: July 12, 2006, 01:11
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Warner Home Video plan to release Nightmares & Dreamscapes on October 24th, just in time for Halloween. An exclusive found on this 3-DVD set is an unaired extended episode starring William H. Macy. You'll also find commentary tracks with the cast and crew, along with exclusive documentaries. The cost is $39.92 SRP. Here's an early look at the cover art:
Thanks to TVShowsOnDVD, Bev Vincent, Paul Poroshin and Ari
My N&D review part 1
Posted: July 12, 2006, 01:10
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Latest column online
Posted: July 12, 2006, 00:58
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King's latest column (The Princess and the Paparazzi) is now online.Thanks to Paul Poroshin
More clips from Nightmares & Dreamscapes
Posted: July 12, 2006, 00:26
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King reading in Portland
Posted: July 9, 2006, 00:19
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No word on reception or signing yet.
Thanks to Jonathan Reitan
The Pop of King: The Princess and the Paparazzi
Posted: July 8, 2006, 00:57
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Thanks to Jonathan Reitan
N&D previews
Posted: July 8, 2006, 00:56
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- Trailer (the same one we have seen earlier)
- A preview of night 1 showing clips and interviews with the cast of Battleground and Crouch End
- An interview with William Hurt (Battleground)
- An interview with Jeremy Sisto (The Fifth Quarter)
- An interview with Richard Thomas (Autopsy Room 4)
- An interview with Steven Weber (You Know They Got a Hell of a Band)
- An interview with Eion Bailey (Crouch End)
- An interview with Tom Berenger (The Road Virus Heads North)
- An interview with Ron Livingston (End of the Whole Mess)
- An interview with William H. Macy (Umney's Last Case)
- Preview of N&D - Page to Picture
Don't miss this!
Thanks to MG
