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Adult Cast For The Losers Club: Update

Posted: June 12, 2018, 08:28
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Looks like the cast for IT: Chapter 2 is starting to come together. Here is what’s been confirmed so far.

- Pennywise – Bill Skarsgard (no surprise)
- James Ransone – Eddie (confirmed by himself on twitter)
- Jay Ryan – Ben (confirmed by Coming soon & Deadline)
- Isaiah Mustafa – Mike (confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter)
- Jessica Chastain – Beverly (confirmed by Sopia Lillis, young Beverly, on Instagram)
- Andy Bean – Stan (confirmed by Wyatt Oleff, young Stan, on Instagram)
- James McAvoy - Bill (in talks, probably official since the official IT Instagram follows him and they seems to only follow people involved with the movie)
- Bill Hader - Richie (in talks)

If someone has found confirmation for those not confirmed please let me know.

The Outsider Will Be A 10-Episode Limited Series

Posted: June 11, 2018, 22:05
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Deadline reports that Media Rights Capital plans a 10-episode limited series based on The Outsider.

Media Rights Capital is back in business with Stephen King, its partner on The Dark Tower. MRC has optioned the Stephen King bestselling novel The Outsider. MRC plans a 10-episode limited series adaptation, and they have secured Richard Price to write it. Jack Bender and Marty Bowen are exec producing with MRC. Bender and Bowen teamed on the series Mr. Mercedes, and Bender is a possible to direct the pilot for The Outsider. King has the option to join as executive producer. MRC will develop the show with Price writing the pilot before they set it at a network.

Adult Cast For The Losers Club

Posted: June 11, 2018, 09:22
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Looks like the cast for IT: Chapter 2 is starting to come together. Here is what’s been confirmed so far.

- Pennywise – Bill Skarsgard (no surprise)
- James Ransone – Eddie (confirmed by himself on twitter)
- Jay Ryan – Ben (confirmed by Coming soon & Deadline)
- Isaiah Mustafa – Mike (confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter)
- Bill Hader - Richie (in talks)
- James McAvoy - Bill (in talks)
- Jessica Chastain – Beverly (Not confirmed)
- Andy Bean – Stan (Not confirmed)

If someone has found confirmation for those not confirmed please let me know.

Updated Plot Description Of Elevation

Posted: June 7, 2018, 15:18
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Here is an updated plot description of Elevation.

From master storyteller Stephen King comes a timely, upbeat tale about finding common ground despite deep-rooted differences.

Castle Rock is a small town, where word gets around quickly. That’s why Scott Carey wants to confide only in his friend Doctor Bob Ellis about his strange condition: he’s losing weight, without getting thinner, and the scales register the same when he is in his clothes or out of them, however heavy they are.

Scott also has new neighbours, who have opened a 'fine dining experience' in town, although it's an experience being shunned by the locals; Deidre McComb and her wife Missy Donaldson don't exactly fit in with the community's expectations. And now Scott seems trapped in a feud with the couple over their dogs dropping their business on his lawn. Missy may be friendly, but Deidre is cold as ice.

As the town prepares for its annual Thanksgiving 12k run, Scott starts to understand the prejudices his neighbours face and he tries to help. Unlikely alliances form and the mystery of Scott's affliction brings out the best in people who have indulged the worst in themselves and others.

Brian Keene Badly Burned

Posted: June 6, 2018, 21:37
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I just found out that my friend Brian Keene was badly burned in an accident yesterday. He has first degree burns on his face and second degree burns on his body but is in good spirits.

Being a freelance author Brian does not have health insurance so friends of his has started a Go Found Me campaign to cover his hospital bills and I want to ask you to please help if you can.

American Master; New Book About Stephen King

Posted: May 30, 2018, 22:39
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Here is the cover for Stephen Spignesi's upcoming book about King called Stephen King, American Master. It provides a variety of interviews, essays (I have written one) and insights from the casual to the fanatical.

The book is scheduled to be published by Permuted Press in October 2018.

Grownup Ben Cast

Posted: May 23, 2018, 22:14
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Jay Ryan has been cast as the adult version of Ben Hanscom in the second IT movie. The younger version of this character was played by actor Jeremy Ray Taylor.


Thanks to Lou Sytsma

Today's Events

Posted: May 22, 2018, 10:30
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Don't forget today's events:

CBS This Morning
Stephen’s interview is expected to air at 8:40 am ET but this is a best guess and could be before or after that time. Check your local listings for information about when CBS This Morning airs in your area.

PEN America Literary Gala
Stephen will be conferred with the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award. PEN America’s Literary Gala will be livestreamed on their Facebook page from 8-10 PM ET here.

King Appearances

Posted: May 18, 2018, 12:08
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Here are the appearances King will do to promote The Outsider.

Upcoming Appearances and More

May 18th
Entertainment Weekly
The May 25th issue of Entertainment Weekly contains an excerpt from THE OUTSIDER, and it will be available May 18th. Read an excerpt of THE OUTSIDER online and in the magazine.

May 22nd
CBS This Morning
Stephen’s interview is expected to air at 8:40 am ET but this is a best guess and could be before or after that time. Check your local listings for information about when CBS This Morning airs in your area.

PEN America Literary Gala
Stephen will be conferred with the 2018PEN America Literary Service Award. PEN America’s Literary Gala will be livestreamed on their Facebook page from 8-10 PM ET here.

May 23rd
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Check your local listings for information about when The Late Show airs in your area.

Laurie: New Short Story

Posted: May 17, 2018, 19:09
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King's official site reports that King has written a new short story called Laurie that's now available for free exclusively on stephenking.com.


"You may download and/or print the story for yourself or to pass along to others, but may not charge any money to share it."

The Gingerbread Girl To Be Filmed

Posted: May 14, 2018, 10:19
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Bloody Disqusting reports that The Gingerbread Girl is the next King story to be filmed.

Stephen King‘s The Gingerbread Girl has been optioned by U.S. production and distribution outfit Brainstorm Media, which plans to distribute the film in North America, reports Deadline out of Cannes.

The good news here is that frequent Stephen King collaborator Craig R. Baxley will direct the film from a screenplay written by both King and Baxley.

“The story focuses on Emily, a woman recovering from a recent loss in a secluded house in the loneliest stretch of New England. She avoids contact with her husband and her father and channels her grief into a grueling daily running regimen. This is doing her all kinds of good, until one day she makes the mistake of looking into the driveway of a man named Pickering. Pickering also enjoys privacy, but the young women he brings to his home suffer the consequences of knowing him. The tension hinges on whether Em will be next.”

Mitchell Galin will produce. Casting is currently underway.

Thanks to Al Mattice

King Has Finished Yet Another Book

Posted: May 11, 2018, 23:56
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King has finished yet another book after The Outsider (and I don't mean Elevation). Here is what the moderator of King's official message board said:

Since he finished THE OUTSIDER (which was already in production behind the scenes when SLEEPING BEAUTIES came out), Stephen has written another book and a few short stories/novellas, one of which (ELEVATION) will be released in November.

UK Shining in the Dark Signed By 5 Authors!

Posted: May 10, 2018, 23:36
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Great news about the UK edition of Shining in the Dark. This edition (only released in 350 copies) will not only be signed by me and artist Francois Vaillancourt as first announced. Five of the authors (Stewart O’Nan, Brian Keene, Richard Chizmar, Ramsey Campbell and Brian James Freeman) have also signed the book!


If you haven't already, order your copy here.

Netflix Is Heading For The Tall Grass

Posted: May 9, 2018, 08:41
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The Cannes Film Festival has started and the first King news is that Netflix has closed a deal for In The Tall Grass by Stephen King and Joe Hill. James Marsden is in negotiations to star, and Vincenzo Natali is adapting to direct.

The film will begin production this summer in Toronto. The film will be produced by Splice‘s Steve Hoban, Jimmy Miller at Mosaic, and M. Riley.

Thanks to Lou Sytsma

Jeff Buhler About Pet Sematary

Posted: May 7, 2018, 08:42
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Dead Central talked to script writer Jeff Buhler about the new Pet Sematary.

When we first started our conversations, Dennis and Kevin and I really connected around the idea of bringing the story back to the source material, to find a modern telling of the book that really spoke to some of the big scenes and big moments that Stephen King had originally written.

All of that feels so poignant and universal. It’s our desire to really reconnect to those elements of the story and bring them into a world that speaks to the modern horror audience.”

There may be Victor, there may be some Zelda, and there will definitely be some Louis and Rachel and Gage and Ellie. I will say this, if you love the book, you’ll love this movie. (Directors) Dennis and Kevin are both such visionaries in terms of how they’ve approached it, from not only a horror standpoint but also a character standpoint.

What worries me a bit is that he says they are doing a modern version of the story. Makes me think that they have changed it a bit to make it more appealing to today’s moviegoers (i.e. a younger audience). Might just be me but I guess we’ll see on April 19, 2019 when the movie is set to premier.

Send Photos Of You And Shining In The Dark

Posted: May 4, 2018, 20:13
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Shining in the Dark is being released all over and you know what that means…

I want to put together a page with photos of you all and your copy of Shining in the Dark. All you need to do is send me a photo (this should open an email but if it doesn’t, send the photo to info[a]liljas-library.com) of yourself and the book (any edition or language) and I’ll post them here. If you don’t want to send it by email you can also post it on the facebook page and I’ll grab it there. I would also like to ask you to include your name and country so that I can list that with the photo. You can see what it will look like at the Mr Mercedes page, the Revival page, the Finders Keepers page, Bazzar of Bad Dreams page, End of Watch page, Charlie the Choo Choo page, Gwendy’s Button Box page or the Sleeping Beauties page.

Check out all the Shining in the Dark photos here.

Let's get those photos collected! Some of you are even on all pages, GOOD WORK!

Two Winners!

Posted: May 4, 2018, 19:55
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Two contests has ended and I have picked the winners.


The first one is for the giant moth that Hodder & Stoughton used to promote Sleeping Beauties. The winner or this one is…Carsten Lang in Germany.

The other contest is the one where you were supposed to show yourself with Lilja’s Library. And the winner here is…Brittany Overgaard (please send me your address). The motivation is as follow:


“This photo perfectly illustrate the joy I hope Lilja’s Library bring to all my readers and also the joy I feel when I work on the page and talk to other fans about King’s work”

Last 24 Hours!

Posted: May 1, 2018, 00:00
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We’re now only 24 hours away from finishing the Kickstarter for the Swedish edition of Shining in the Dark, Varsel i Mörkret. But fear not, there are still a few copies left if you haven’t gotten yours yet. Just head over to the Kickstarter and one of the 666 copies can be yours.

But remember, there are only 24 hours left. After that, if there are copies left, the prize will be higher.


Thanks!
Lilja

70 hours left!

Posted: April 29, 2018, 00:56
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The Kickstarter for the Swedish edition of Shining in the Dark, Varsel i Mörkret, only has 71 hours left. At the moment we have collected 141% of the money we need to do the book so the book will be released (in September). What we try to do now is collect 200% of the money. If we do we’ll be able to release the book in hardback and with a new wonderful cover done by Vincent Chong that did the original cover. Just that will be worth buying the book for.

The Swedish edition will also include a brand new Brian Keene story. One that is so new that it’s not even done yet. Brian is working on it as we speak and it won’t be released anywhere else until 2019 at the earliest.

Also, if you don’t live in Sweden and still want the book it’s no problem. The book can be bought from everywhere in the world from this url! It will be a nice collectable, only released in 666 copies.

Oh, and if you’re thinking about getting the book, do it now because if you want until after the Kickstarter has ended, if there are even any copies left, they will be more expensive than they are now.

So, please help me reach the 200% goal. If you have already bought the book, please spread the word about it.

Thanks!
Lilja

Seven King Films In One Box

Posted: April 26, 2018, 10:00
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On June 12 Paramount releases a Stephen King DVD Collection featuring seven films and miniseries for only $20.

The DVD set includes:
Mick Garris’ The Stand miniseries (1994)
Tom Holland’s The Longoliers miniseries (1995)
Golden Years miniseries (1995)
David Cronenberg’s The Dead Zone
Mary Lambert’s Pet Sematary
Dan Attias’s Silver Bullet
Ralph S. Singleton’s Graveyard Shift

Thanks to Lou Sytsma

IT: Chapter 2 Scarier & More Intense

Posted: April 26, 2018, 05:18
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Andy Muschietti teased a bit about IT: Chapter 2 at Warner Bros’ presentation at CinemaCon.

The sequel, appropriately titled IT: Chapter Two, will cover the second half of the novel, taking us back to Derry, 27 years after the events in the first film. Although we still have over a year to go before the release of the sequel, Muschietti is already preparing audiences for the tone the film will have.

Among the material shown (and teased) by Warner Bros. during their panel at Cinem Con was that of IT: Chapter 2, with Muschietti teasing it is “going to be scarier and more intense,” and even advising the audience to “bring your adult diapers.” The studio also teased the beginning of production this summer, but didn’t reveal any details.

The only names confirmed for the sequel are the young versions of the Losers Club, as the film will feature a few flashbacks and Skarsgård reprising his role as Pennywise.

Source: Screenrant.

Thanks to Lou Sytsma

The Long Walk To The Screen

Posted: April 26, 2018, 03:11
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Looks like The Long Walk has finally reached the big screen...

New Line Cinema, which made the big-screen version of Stephen King’s It, is staying in the King business, setting its sights on adapting his novel The Long Walk.

James Vanderbilt, who was behind the Robert Redford-Cate Blanchett drama Truth, has written the script to adapt the book, which King wrote under the pseudonym Richard Bachman.

Vanderbilt will also produce with Bradley Fischer and William Sherak. Mythology Entertainment is the company behind the project and the company's Tracey Nyberg will executive produce.

Source: THR.

Thanks to Lou Sytsma and Al Mattice

Shining In The Dark Is Heading For Sweden

Posted: April 24, 2018, 21:48
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The Kickstarter I’m running to release Shining in the Dark in Sweden just reached 100%. The book will be released in September and the title will be Varsel i Mörkret.

Thank you all who made this possible!

Those of you who haven’t bought the book yet can do that here.

But that is not all. To celebrate this I’m happy to announce that Brian Keene (who has already written An End To All Things for the book) is, as we speak, writing a new short story, so new it dosn’t even have a title yet, that will be included in the Swedish edition of the book. This story will not appear anywhere else until next year...at the earliest.

Ep. 87: Bev Vincent Flight Fright

Posted: April 22, 2018, 21:42
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Welcome to the Stephen King Podcast Constant and New Listeners!

Join your hosts - longtime Constant Readers - Hans Lilja of Lilja's Library and writer/podcaster - Lou W. Sytsma.

Welcome to Episode 87 of The Stephen King Podcast!

In this episode, writer & Stephen King expert, and previous podcast guest, Bev Vincent, returns. Bev has recently co-edited a horror anthology with Stephen King titled, Flight or Fright. This anthology gathers together a bunch of tales that have to do with flying. So buckle up, locate your airbag, barf bag, life preserver, and prepare for takeoff!

Plus our recap of the latest Stephen King news.

We hope you enjoy this episode and, as usual, we want to hear from you.
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4) 34:28 - Bev Vincent Interview - Flight or Fright Anthology
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