King working on a new novel
Posted: June 20, 2004, 00:00
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Thanks to Joseph Altomere.
Thanks to Joseph Altomere.
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Thanks to Joseph Altomere.
All that you love x3
Posted: June 19, 2004, 00:00
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It seems there are no less then 3 Dollar Babies in the making (or done) based on King's short story All That You Love Will Be Carried Away.One is by James Renner and this one I have already told you about. Now it has come to my attention that there is also one done by Scott Albanese. You can soon read more about this one at http://www.allthatyoulove.com.
Then there is a third with the title The Secret Transit Codes of America's Highways (see image) by Brian Berkowitz.
Thanks to Scott Albanese.
Song of Susannah s/l
Posted: June 17, 2004, 00:00
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Here are some pictures of the Signed/Limited of Song of Susannah. This edition has a slightly different dustjacket artwork than the Artist Edition. The S/L has the three pictures from the back of the Artist edition, but they're pushed to the left and compacted to take up only half of the picture. The right half is a picture of two of the towers from the fortress with a moon in the background surrounded by clouds. The actual book covers themselves have white boards (just like all of the others) and in the middle of the front board there's a picture of either the fortress or the Dark Tower (I couldn't really tell which) stamped on in black.Check the Song of Susannah page for more images.
Kingdom Hospital DVD
Posted: June 10, 2004, 00:00
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You can pre-order it here. Remember though that this is the region 2 DVD. The region 1 DVD is still scheduled for October as far as I know.
Interview with King
Posted: June 9, 2004, 00:00
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Thanks to Rocky Wood.
Anthony Michael Hall (Johnny Smith), John L. Adams (Bruce Lewis) or Chris Bruno (Sheriff Walt Bannerman) of The Dead Zone will be appearing tomorrow, Thursday, June 10, at the new Gateway Center Best Buy store on La Brea Avenue just south of Santa Monica Boulevard. The 3 actors will be doing a DVD signing from 3 to 5 PM.
Song of Susannah released
Posted: June 8, 2004, 00:00
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Today Song of Susannah is released.Also released today is the DVD box with season 2 of The Dead Zone. You can get that one here: Amazon.com
Anthony Michael Hall will be on the Jimmy Kimmel Live Show on June 11th/June12th at 12:36AM (start times vary) to promote the new season of The Dead Zone. Its on channel 7 [WJLA].
Riding the Bullet images
Posted: June 7, 2004, 00:00
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Here are some images from the upcoming film version of Riding the Bullet.
David Arquette plays George Staub and Jonathan Jackson Alan Parker.
The Moderator of King's official site says that she believe King has done a commentary for the DVD edition of Kingdom Hospital.
Yesterday was the premier of season 3 of The Dead Zone. On the official site you can now get all the info about episode 1.
CD/DVD/CD-ROM news
Posted: June 4, 2004, 00:00
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Simon & Schuster Audio will release King's National Book Foundation Speech on Compact Disk. The CD is still untitled but it will be release in August 2004 and cost $12.00.The new issue of Entertainment Weekly (#769, June 11, 2004 with Harry Potter on the cover) contains a new Pop of King column titled Lines To Live By in which King discusses famous movie lines.
Thanks to Jonathan Reitan.
Retail sources are confirming the planned October timeframe for the release of Kingdom Hospital on DVD. No specific date has been made available yet though. They were told, however, to expect the video format to be in widescreen, that it would be a multi disc set of "the entire mini-series", in an elaborate package and at an eye-catching price.
The CD-ROM version of Stephen King Collectables may be manufactured on DVD. This way it could contain six times the storage capacity of the CD-ROM. Read more at George Beahm's site.
There is now an interview with Anthony Michael Hall from The Dead Zone up at Ain't It Cool News.
New covers
Posted: June 2, 2004, 00:00
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Some new covers where released today. To the right are the US and UK edition of Stephen King's The Dark Tower Concordance vol. 2 as well as the UK trade paperback of Wolves of the Calla and the galley of The Road to The Dark Tower.
Reviews and more
Posted: June 1, 2004, 00:00
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Here are my reviews of Song of Susannah (that will hit bookstores on June 8) and the remake of 'Salem's Lot.Jerad over at Centipede Press has recently announced that the new Signed/Limited of Salem's Lot is now officially SOLD OUT. He also says that he will continue to take names to add to the waiting list of those who cancel or default on their orders.
Thanks to Thomas K.
On Oct. 1-16 Misery will be preformed on stage in Cincinnatiarts. Read more at Cincinnatiarts.com and get your tickets here.
Thanks to Rocky Wood.
The Talisman pushed back.
Posted: May 27, 2004, 23:22
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Thanks to Anders and David Sjödin.
Full Susannah sleeve and remake of IT details
Posted: May 19, 2004, 00:00
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Yesterday I got a copy of the finished UK edition of Song of Susannah (you can see the cover above) and after watching the illustrations I can only say Wow. They are a bit different from earlier once but they sure are nice!
The cover for the artist edition of Song of Susannah and a screensaver has been released.The remake of IT will be done from Beverly Marsh's point of view acording to Peter Filardi.
Bev Vincent, Julie Sands and Peter Schink have written the script for a Dollar Baby version of King's story Lunch at the Gotham Cafe. They are calling it just Gotham Cafe though to make it a little flashier. Here are the (present) cast:Steve: Ingo Rademacher
Diane: Julie Sands
Guy: Cullen Douglas
Humboldt: Charles Carroll
Director: Peter Schink
Script: Bev Vincent, Julie Sands and Peter Schink
According to AdWeek, ABC has not officially announced that Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital will not be back for a new season.
Now you can see the Dollar Baby The Last Rung on the Ladder online.
Salem's Lot remake and limited edition
Posted: May 18, 2004, 00:00
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Brian Freeman will run an exclusive interview with Jerad Walters of Centipede Press in this week's CD Weekly Newsletter. Jerad Walters is the man behind the new limited edition of Salem's Lot.
The King's lined up as judges
Posted: May 17, 2004, 00:00
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LEWISTON (AP) -- High school juniors in Maine looking to make their names as writers will have a chance to get their work read by some of the state's better-known authors.
Novelists Stephen King, Tabitha King and Richard Russo are lined up to serve as judges in a new contest spearheaded by the Maine Community College System.
Gov. Baldacci is set to announce the contest details on Monday.
Stephen King made plans two years ago to teach writing to Maine middle schoolers through the state's laptop program. But last year he said he was too busy to make good on the offer.
Thanks to Rocky Wood.
The Talisman starts shooting in July
Posted: May 15, 2004, 23:21
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The Talisman start shooting in July. It will be shoot in Vancouver and Ain't it Cool News has a link to the BC Film Commission's PDF filiming schedules (see image) where it's listed.Thanks to David Sjödin.
Limited edition of 'Salem's Lot
Posted: May 15, 2004, 00:00
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Thanks to Thomas Teigen.
The May 21 (#766) issue of Entertainment Weekly, with "Reality TV Nation, Why we love it! Hate it!" on the cover, contains the new Pop of King column by King titled It's Alive! Alive! where King discusses three great books he's read lately.
Thanks to Jonathan Reitan.
The last four episodes of Kingdom Hospital have been pushed forward to June 24.
New book: Faithful
Posted: May 11, 2004, 00:00
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The book will be released in December 2004 and have 384 pages. You should probably not take the page count to seriously since the book isn't done yet. It will also be out as an unabridged audio book, no reader has been confirmed yet though.
Amazon.co.uk now has a synopsis for The Dark Tower VII but as usual you read it at you own risk.
Kristen Dalton's character (Dana Bright) won't appear in season 3 of The Dead Zone. The reason is budget constraints, but the producers have not ruled out using her character in future episodes.
Ed Zwick takes over The Talisman
Posted: May 9, 2004, 23:19
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Thanks to David Sjödin.
First look: The Road Virus Heads North
Posted: May 9, 2004, 00:00
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Check out the first image and the poster from The Road Virus Heads North.Ed Zwick has taken over the director's chair for The Talisman.
Casting for The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Posted: May 7, 2004, 23:21
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The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon has gotten it's leading lady. Dakota Fanning, already a screen veteran with the likes of TAKEN and the current actioner MAN ON FIRE under her belt, will play the title role, and Laura Dern will also be part of the cast. Read more here.Thanks to Jonathan Reitan.
Salem's Lot writer working on It
Posted: May 7, 2004, 00:00
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In the press material for Salem's Lot from TNT they state that Peter Filardi (writer) currently is working on a remake of IT for Warner...
Thanks to Creature Corner.
Perelman leaving The Talisman...
Posted: May 3, 2004, 23:18
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Thanks to Bev Vincent.
Dollar Baby: The Road Virus Heads North
Posted: May 1, 2004, 00:00
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Kingdom Hospital premiers in the UK on BBC Three tomorrow night at 10pm, check out the BBC mini site.
Thanks to UK SKEMERs.
According to King's message board, the show is on break until May 20th. It's best to keep an eye on the schedule in case that changes. ABC's info to King's office hasn't been completely accurate up to now...
Thanks to Bev Vincent.
He wrote The Journals of Eleanor Druse
Posted: April 29, 2004, 00:00
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It has now been revealed on King's official site who wrote The Journals of Eleanor Druse: My Investigation of the Kingdom Hospital Incident. Here is what's said in the Kingdom Hospital FAQ:
Who wrote The Journals of Eleanor Druse?
It was written by author, Rick Dooling, who also wrote episodes 6, 7, 8 and 11 as well as co-writing episode 5 of Kingdom Hospital. Rick also served as a technical advisor and producer for the series. He is the author of White Man's Grave and Brain Storm.
There you have it, the secret is out.
Popup cover and more
Posted: April 20, 2004, 00:00
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Here is the cover for the pop-up edition of The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon.King's official site has set up an FAQ about Kingdom Hospital.
A new Dollar Baby is in the making, this time it's All That You Love Will Be Carried Away.I have 8 new promo shoots from Salem's Lot, including what will become the poster art.
Here is the cover of the UK ARC of Song of Susannah.
King has a new column out in Entertainment Weekly. It's called Pop of King: Head-Bangor's Ball and can be found in issue #762/763 with Spiderman on the cover.
Thanks to Jonathan Reitan.
Dolan to starts shooting in June
Posted: April 19, 2004, 20:57
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Thanks to Bev Vincent.
Pictures from The Man Who Loved Flowers
Posted: April 13, 2004, 13:14
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Here are two preproduction photos from The Man Who Loved Flowers. There is also an interview with its maker, Justin Zimmerman, online.Movie and stage news
Posted: April 13, 2004, 00:00
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Here are two preproduction photos from The Man Who Loved Flowers. There is also an interview with its maker, Justin Zimmerman, online.
The Dollar Baby Here there be Tygers has now been released on the net.Misery is on stage in Chicago from 7-11 July.
Thanks to Rocky Wood
Interview with Marsha DeFilippo
Posted: April 12, 2004, 00:00
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The Talisman is set to start shooting in August.
Posted: April 10, 2004, 23:17
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AT LONG LAST: After 20 some years in development hell, Stephen King's "The Talisman" is finally set to start shooting in August. Now the search is on for the crucial lead character, a young boy named Jack who travels to a parallel universe known as the Territories to find the talisman that will save his dying mother.
Universal originally bought the rights to King's novel for Steven Spielberg, who first became enamored with the project in 1984. When Spielberg's interest in directing the project waned, it stayed in limbo for several years until he and producer Kathleen Kennedy resurrected "The Talisman" as a miniseries for ABC, but it stalled.
Now the third time seems to be the charm for "The Talisman." Spielberg's DreamWorks is producing the project. Vadim Perelman, who helmed the company's recent Ben Kingsley starrer "House of Sand and Fog" is on board to direct. The good thing about the length of time it's taken to bring the popular novel to life is that in the interim, King and co-writer Peter Straub wrote a best-selling follow-up to the first tome called "Black House," which will make a perfect big-screen sequel to "The Talisman."
Thanks to Bev Vincent.
Sly and Bacon out and Byrne and Prinze JR in
Posted: April 10, 2004, 20:55
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Thanks to endymion.
Mick Garris moving ahead with Desperation
Posted: April 9, 2004, 23:39
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Garris told Creature Corner "We're working from King's feature script. "Though I'm putting it into the television 'acts' format. But very little is being changed."
Thanks to Mike Cahill.
Book news
Posted: April 9, 2004, 00:00
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Stephen King's The Dark Tower Concordance vol. 2 will be 320 pages long.
A new article that has quotes from Stewart O'Nan about the upcoming book about The Red Sox is now online. He talks about the format of the book more, and how they came up with the idea.
Thanks to Matt Neal.
Unfortunately there will be no second season of Kingdom Hospital.
Kingdom Hospital moves and a review
Posted: April 4, 2004, 00:00
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Dear Kingdom Hospital Viewers,
ABC may understand what they are doing with the schedule for Kingdom Hospital; I do not. All I can tell you for sure is that we will be telecasting new episodes 6-13 starting next Thursday, April 8th at 9 E/PT, 8 CT (check your local listings).
Best wishes,Stephen King
Posted 2 April 2004
Here is my review of The Devil's Wine.
Audio cameo and more
Posted: April 2, 2004, 00:00
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Here are the titles of the last episodes:
#6 is THE YOUNG AND THE HEADLESS
#7 is BLACK NOISE
#8 is HEARTLESS
#9 is BUTTERFINGERS
#10 is ON THE THIRD DAY
#11 is SEIZURE DAY
#12 is SHOULDA STOOD IN BED
#13 is FINALE (2 hours)
King's column, Pop of King, returns in the April 9, 2004 (#759 with Bart Simpson on the cover) issue of Entertainment Weekly. In this one, titled Enquiring Minds, King explains why America is obsessed with celebrity affairs in National Enquirer magazine.
Thanks to Jonathan Reitan.
Michael Connelly's Award winning novel The Poet is now available in a Limited Edition with a new introduction by Stephen King. Read more here.
Thanks to Jonathan Reitan.
King is collected in Larry King's new book Remember Me When I Gone. It is what he would have written on his epitaph and also contains a sketch by King. Very short contribution though, only 1 or 2 lines. You can order it here.
Thanks to Brent Phillips.
Details about the Secret Window's DVD is now out. The DVD extra will include an audio commentary with director/screenwriter David Koepp, a collection of deleted scenes, CG storyboard animatics, a behind-the-scenes featurette and a few special effects featurettes. It will be released later this summer.
Thanks to DavisDVD.
Here is all you need if you're taking a vacation in Bangor, Maine.
Thanks to Brent.
The Dark Tower VII spoilers and more
Posted: April 1, 2004, 00:00
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I have also found some info about the pop-up edition of The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (October) and Stephen King's The Dark Tower: A Concordance volume 2 (by Robin Furth) (November).
Cemetery Dance will release a limited edition of Bev Vincent's book The Road to The Dark Tower later this year. Here is what King had to say about it:
"Wonderful... opens doors to Roland's world that not even I knew existed. If you like the Dark Tower books, you'll like this one. Enthusiastically recommended." -- Stephen King
Grant's flyer for Song of Susannah
Posted: March 31, 2004, 00:00
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Here is Grant's flyer for Song of Susannah.
Now you can order Grant's editions of Song of Susannah. I have also gotten a list of the contents of the book from one of the people who have received an ARC of the book. As usual you read at your own risk...there may be spoilers.
Territories discount
Posted: March 30, 2004, 00:00
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Kingdom Hospital has moved from Wednesdays to Thursdays starting this week. That actually means we will get the same episode twice this week. Hook's Kingdom will first air on Wednesday March 31st and then REBROADCAST on Thursday April 1st. After that it's Thursdays that is Kingdom day!Now I'm happy to be able to give all you loyal readers the chance to order the Dark Tower inspired CD Territories at a 25% discount. You only pay $9.95 instead of $12.95. The offer is valid between March 30 and April 15 2004. Don't forget to check out my review of the CD.
The remake of Salem's Lot will air on June 20 and June 21 2004 on TNT.
Kingdom Hospital: Hook's Kingdom
Posted: March 25, 2004, 00:00
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's Kingdom (airs on March 31):The psychic Mrs. Druse is called to assist when the trapped evil spirit of a tortured teenaged boy wreaks havoc on the staff, patients and innocent spirits inhabiting Kingdom Hospital. Meanwhile Dr. Hook forges a relationship of the mortal variety.
Now you can check out the cover for Bev Vincent's book The Road to The Dark Tower.
A description of Song of Susannah is now up at Amazon.co.uk. Read it at your own risk...
A book about baseball
Posted: March 23, 2004, 00:00
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We have all asked the question. "What will be King's next book after The Dark Tower 7?" Well, guess what? It'll be a book about baseball!To the right is a scan of the cover of Stephen King's The Dark Tower: A Concordance, Volume II. Unfortunately there isn't a bigger one available at this time...
King will be doing a cameo in Kingdom Hospital
Posted: March 20, 2004, 00:00
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The moderator of King's message board has now confirmed that King will be doing a cameo in Kingdom Hospital. No specific episode was mentioned but it will air later in the season.
Thanks to Bev Vincent.
An unknown poem by King has appeared on eBay. It's a poem with the title Dino that was published in Salt Hill Journal in 1994. King apparently agreed to submit the poem to the magazine as a favor to his friend, former program director and writer Stephen Dobyns. The copy that is on sale at eBay is one of approximately 5 copies signed by King as part of a benefit auction for the magazine.
Please note thought that I haven't gotten confirmation that this info is correct yet.
Thanks to Bev Vincent.
Donald M. Grant reports that their flyer for Song of Susannah is at the printers and soon sent out. They have also updated their website and now has images of all the different editions of Wolves of the Calla.
Thanks to Ron Glenn.
Susannah ARC and The West Side of Midnight
Posted: March 19, 2004, 00:00
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OK, now it's theoretically possible to read Song of Susannah, the ARC's are starting to find their way out there. Here is the cover of the US ARC.Here is a description of episode 4 of Kingdom Hospital:
The West Side of Midnight
Peter channels questions and messages from Kingdom Hospital's nine-year-old spiritual prisoner, Mary, through to Dr. Hook and Mrs. Druse, while his psychotic roommate begins to carry out the evil intentions of Mary's very wicked nemesis, Paul. Meanwhile, the hospital staff witnesses the resurgence of some of Kingdom Hospital's darkest, most deeply buried secrets.
UK cover for The Dark Tower VII
Posted: March 18, 2004, 00:00
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Cover for The Dark Tower VII
Posted: March 17, 2004, 00:00
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OK, here is what you have been waiting for; here is the cover for The Dark Tower VII. This is the cover of the audio edition and please note that this is a draft but I doubt it will change much, though.
Remember where you saw it first...
The Passion of Alicia
Posted: March 16, 2004, 00:00
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Thanks to Bev Vincent
King is featured in the June 2004 Ellery Queen magazine. There is a reprint of The Wedding Gig and a new (short) interview with him about the magazine.
Thanks to Brent Phillips.
This is from the moderator of King's official site and explains what happened to the rebroadcast of episode 2 of Kingdom Hospital:
ABC originally intended to rebroadcast the second episode of Kingdom Hospital this past Saturday night. but did not do so because they had objections from the advertisers of America's Funniest Home Videos which was already slotted for that time period. We did not find out in time to notify you that ABC had changed their plans for the Saturday rebroadcast. We apologize for the inconvenience. They have told us they will rebroadcast this Saturday but we would suggest checking your local listings.
Remake of Pet Sematary
Posted: March 15, 2004, 00:00
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This "jump-out-of-your-cushion-seat do over" of the 1989 film will apparently concentrate on performances just as much as scares this time around. Why? The lead role - Paramount apparently wants George Clooney to play Dr. Creed. That may be the sole reason why the studio ultimately decided to go ahead and do a remake rather than a second sequel to the original film. No actual signings as yet though. The same writer of this version's script is also doing "Book of Skulls" about a transcript possessing powers of immortality - William Friedkin may have expressed interest.
Thanks to Anders.
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Kingdom Hospital: Goodbye Kiss
Posted: March 11, 2004, 00:00
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When a murderous convict draws out a new element of evil among the mortal and spiritual worlds at Kingdom Hospital, the trapped ghost of an innocent little girl uses Peter Rickman and a catatonic, pediatric patient to form an alliance with Hook and Mrs. Druse.
It's being reported that Face/Off scribes Mike Werb and Michael Colleary have been tapped to write Pet Sematary for Paramount Pictures, a remake of the classic Stephen King adaptation.
Thanks to Bloody Disgusting.
An interview with David Koepp, screenwriter/director of Secret Window as well as several reviews is now online.
John Turturro talks Secret Window
Posted: March 10, 2004, 00:00
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John Turturro talks about Secret Window in an online interview. And there is now a review of the movie online.Sony Pictures Kingdom Hospital site has gotten an update and now contains a lot more then it did before. There are also a lot of art from Kingdom Hospital by Jamie Wyeth for sale right now.
King posted the following
Posted: March 8, 2004, 00:00
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King posted the following in a mail to all the subscribers to his update mail:
Dear Constant Reader:
Thanks for making episode 1 an excellent success! The premiere of Kingdom Hospital did better than any ABC dramatic series in over 5 years! But we don't want to drop the ball now, so stick with us for episode 2 (Wed. March 10th at 10 PM). Remember that Kingdom Hospital is a 'novelization for television'. Like a novel, it will pay back dividends but you will have to give it a little bit of time.
Best wishes,
Stephen King
Image from Song of Susannah
Posted: March 6, 2004, 00:00
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Here is a new image from Song of Susannah by Darrel Anderson.
