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Suffer the Little Children (The Bathroom Scene)

Posted: August 4, 2006, 00:33

Ryan Hannigan has done a Dollar Baby called Suffer the Little Children (The Bathroom Scene) that you can see here

The Green Mile on DVD

Posted: August 3, 2006, 23:51

There is a new The Green Mile DVD being released on 14th November with a lot of interesting material on it. Read more here.

Thanks to Lou Sytsma and Paul Poroshin.

George Clooney in Pet Sematary...or not?

Posted: August 3, 2006, 23:49

Yesterday Bloody Disgusting reported that George Clooney is in talks to play a role in Paramount Pictures' remake of Pet Sematary. They didn’t know how big of a role he would have though. The script for the remake is written by Dave Kajganich, Mike Werb and Michael Colleary.

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

Now you can also check out my review for the DVD release of Season 4 of The Dead Zone.

A Harry, Carrie & Garp news conference

Posted: August 1, 2006, 21:20

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

My review of episode 7 & 8 (the last two) of Nightmares & Dreamscapes (Autopsy Room Four and You Know They Got A Hell of a Band) are now online.

Lisey's Story Book Tour - Fall '06

Posted: July 31, 2006, 22:10

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

Here are my thoughts on episode 6 of season 5 of The Dead Zone.

The Pop of King: The Terror Diet

Posted: July 30, 2006, 00:33

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

My review of episode 5 & 6 of Nightmares & Dreamscapes (The Road Virus Heads North and The Fifth Quarter) are now online.

Pre-order Desperation and Nightmares & Dreamscapes today

Posted: July 25, 2006, 00:07

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

Here are my thoughts on episode 3, 4 & 5 of season 5 of The Dead Zone.

Stephen King won't go to (Veronica) Mars

Posted: July 18, 2006, 16:41

Bev Vincent reports the following in his forum:

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

More promo clips for Nightmares & Dreamscapes are available here.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

My N&D review part 2

Posted: July 18, 2006, 16:31

My review of episode 3 & 4 of Nightmares & Dreamscapes (Umney's Last Case and The End of the Whole Mess) are now online.

Make-up effects for Battleground

Posted: July 16, 2006, 01:10

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

Nightmares & Dreamscapes got a strong start.

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

The narrator for Lisey's Story has been chosen and she is...Mare Winningham. She has been seen in such things as Grey's Anatomy, Six Feet Under and ER.

Kate Walsh in 1408

Posted: July 12, 2006, 21:06

Bloody Disgusting reports that Kate Walsh joins Cusack and Jackson in 1408.

"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

I just got an email from Tomas Krynsky and he had some really interesting news about the upcoming limited edition of The Colorado Kid:

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

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

My review of the first two episodes in Nightmares & Dreamscapes (Crouch End and Battleground) are now online.

Latest column online

Posted: July 12, 2006, 00:58

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

Here are a lot of short clips from the 4 first episodes of Nightmares & Dreamscapes.

King reading in Portland

Posted: July 9, 2006, 00:19

King will be doing a reading/lecture at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, Oregon on Nov. 2 as part of the Portland Arts & Lectures program. Tickets range from $30-60 and can be bought at www.literary-arts.org

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

King has a new column with the title The Princess and the Paparazzi in the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly (July 14, #886 issue).

Thanks to Jonathan Reitan

N&D previews

Posted: July 8, 2006, 00:56

With only 5 days left until the premier of Nightmares & Dreamscapes TNT has added the following videos to the official site. Here is what you can see:

- 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

2 Emmy nominations for Desperation

Posted: July 7, 2006, 00:12

The Emmy nominations are out and Desperation got two:

Art Direction for a Miniseries, or Movie: "Bleak House (Masterpiece Theatre),'' PBS; "Elizabeth I,'' HBO; "The Girl in the Cafe,'' HBO; "Into the West,'' TNT; "Stephen King's Desperation,'' ABC.

Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special: "Category 7: The End of the World: Night 1,'' CBS; "Flight 93,'' A&E; "Into the West: Manifest Destiny,'' TNT; "Sleeper Cell: Youmud-Din,'' Showtime; "Stephen King's Desperation,'' ABC.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

Listen to WKIT online...again

Posted: July 6, 2006, 15:38

Finally King's radio station WKIT is back on the net... They have always been there with their site but it's been a while since you could listen to them online. I know I for one have missed them. So, support them so we get to keep them online.

Rob Bowman discusses N&D

Posted: July 6, 2006, 15:37

Director Rob Bowman discusses Umney's Last Case and The Fifth Quarter in this interview.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

Weber talks Sci-Fi...

Posted: July 6, 2006, 12:56

Here is an interview with Steven Weber in which he talks about his part in You Know They Got a Hell of a Band and his interest for Sci-Fi.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

Cell being done next year

Posted: July 5, 2006, 21:51

Eli Roth confirmed last weekend that he will direct Cell "in spring of next year."

Thanks to Bev Vincent

Nightmares & Dreamscapes 2-page pull-out, pop-up ad

Posted: July 5, 2006, 13:16

Many of you have mailed me about a 2-page pull-out, pop-up advertisement for Nightmares & Dreamscapes. There has been some questions about what this is (and many have been having problems finding it) so now I'm happy to be able to show you a picture of it.

The pop-up is a house of cards revealing the primary characters in the miniseries. It's basically the same image that can be seen on the official site.

The pop-up ad was in some editions of the latest double issue of EW (Jessica Alba on the cover).

Marsha Mason talks about virus...

Posted: July 5, 2006, 13:14

Here is an interview with Marsha Mason in which she talks about her part in The Road Virus Heads North.

Thanks to Bev Vincent.

King interview...

Posted: July 5, 2006, 08:28

The interview with King in Parade Magazine is now online and can be read here.

King's short story Memory out now

Posted: July 3, 2006, 08:19

Back in February when King did a public reading at FSU in Florida he read a new short story called Memory and since the story has stayed upublished…until now that is.

In the new Tinhouse (Vol. 7, No. 4, issue #28; entitled "Summer Reading") the story can be found. It is called Memory here as well and is approximately 18 pages long.

Here is a quote from Tinhouse website:

When I say I was confused, I mean that at first I didn’t know who people were, or what had happened, or why I was in such awful pain.

Thanks to John Zulovitz.

New King interview on Wednesday

Posted: July 2, 2006, 23:52

In today's Parade Magazine (inserted in many Sunday newspapers in the US) there is a full-page feature/interview with King. Starting Wednesday, the full text will be online here.

Thanks to Bev Vincent

Interview with Lawrence Cohen

Posted: June 29, 2006, 08:21

Here is an interview with Lawrence Cohen about his upcoming episode of Nightmares & Dreamscapes, The End of the Whole Mess.

Thanks to Ari

The Family

Posted: June 28, 2006, 08:28

As we all know it’s not only Stephen who is a writer in the King family. Tabitha has just recently released a book (that she wrote with the now deceased Michael McDowell) called Candles Burning.

The book looks very promising and now finally she has also gotten her own website. So go check it out now!

Best American Short Stories

Posted: June 28, 2006, 08:24

King keeps busy. In his column The Summer Book Awards he has the following to say:

The truth is I haven’t read as many books as usual, because I’m editing next year’s Best American Short Stories.

Thanks to Anders Jakobson

The Dead Zone season 5, ep. 2 review

Posted: June 27, 2006, 23:26

Here are my thoughts about episode 2 of season 5 of The Dead Zone

New N&D site on King's official site

Posted: June 27, 2006, 08:58

Check out a new Nightmares & Dreamscapes site on King's official site.

12 different limited editions of The Colorado Kid...

Posted: June 20, 2006, 14:59

12 different limited editions of The Colorado Kid is being released by PS Publishing next year. Read all about it here.

King reviews The Ruins

Posted: June 18, 2006, 21:11

Here (scroll down a bit) is a review of The Ruins by Scott Smith that King has written.

Thanks to lestat

The Secretary of Dreams update

Posted: June 17, 2006, 00:11

This was sent out from Cemetery Dance today:

While The Secretary of Dreams by Stephen King is going through the last round of proofreading, Glenn Chadbourne has updated and modified a number of pages of the artwork, fixing small errors and making them even more detailed than before! Those of you who have seen his work in our other books (The Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book, Cold River, Bedbugs, plus the endpapers for The Road to the Dark Tower and Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished, just to name a few!) know the level of detail we're talking about. There are items hidden in the artwork that you'll be finding years after you read it for the first time! To fully display the details of Chadbourne's amazing artwork, we decided on a 9 X 12 trim size for the book. This will be our tallest and widest book ever, and the final page count has come in at 281 pages. The Secretary of Dreams will be headed to the printer this month and we'll post a firm publication date once they're rolling and they give us a delivery date!

Limited ed. of The Green Mile

Posted: June 16, 2006, 21:00

Subterranean Press will release a limited edition of The Green Mile. The book will be released in three different stages and the price will range between $150 and $2,500…in other words. A pretty expensive book. More info can be found here.

Thanks to Ari and Jdamen

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