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Shining & IT Nods in The Dark Tower Trailer

Posted: May 3, 2017, 16:01

I heard this from a lot of fans who watched the trailer for The Dark Tower today and Dread Central posted the photos...

Did you catch the nods to The Shining and IT? Did you find others?

A framed photo of the Overlook Hotel from Jake's therapist’s office.

A weathered, broken down, dilapidated wagon that bears the name “Pennywise” and what looks like a few balloons.

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The Dark Tower: The Official Site

Posted: May 3, 2017, 11:29

The official Dark Tower website is now online. Check it out here.

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The Dark Tower Trailer Is Here!

Posted: May 3, 2017, 10:11

Here is the trailer for The Dark Tower. What do you think, comment below.

Thanks to Jimmie Rudolfsson

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Get Your The Nocturnal Reader's Box Now!

Posted: May 3, 2017, 07:23

Have you ordered you The Nocturnal Reader's Box yet? Well it will be packed with King stuff including exclusive items from The Dark Tower, Creepshow, Gwendy's Button Box, IT, and a few others Everything in this box is limited to this box and will not be sold anywhere else.! Here is the limited cover for Gwendy's Button Box.

Order here.

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Proof of Eyes Of The Dragon Art Portfolio

Posted: May 3, 2017, 06:15

Here is a really cool galley. It's a galley for something as unusual as art portfolio

I couldn't resist doing a proof for the portfolio. I had some fun with this. The proof is designed to look like the old-style proofs from back in the day. Right down to the stapled publisher slip, and spiral bound pages. And of course, the covers were made to look like they were all beat up with stains and folds.

At first I thought, how can you do a proof for an art portfolio, but there was a need for some sort of rough mockup so we could determine the best order for the content, and have something I could actually look at prior to publication. Aside from that, there was a need for what advance review copies are traditionally used for, to send to media/reviewers, etc. And of course, proofing.

I decided to also include swatches of the materials used in both editions. Right down to the paper, and the covering materials for the boxes. It also has some of the special translucent/vellum paper being used in the actual portfolios.

Place your order while ther eare stil som left.

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New Dark Tower Posters

Posted: May 2, 2017, 20:36

Here are two new posters for The Dark tower movie.

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Two Dark Tower Teasers

Posted: May 2, 2017, 19:40

Here are two teasers for The Dark Tower trailer, released tomorrow.

And online the fight goes on over at Twitter...

Thanks to Lou Sytsma

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Gwendy's Button Box To Be Release 2 Weeks Early

Posted: May 2, 2017, 15:24

Gwendy's Button Box has a new release date. The old one was May 30 but that has now changed and the book is set to be released on May 16, two weeks earlier. Thanks for that Cemetery Dance!

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The Dark Tower Trailer Confirmed For Tomorrow

Posted: May 2, 2017, 14:57

Sony Philippines has announced that The Dark Tower trailer is set to be released tomorrow and instead of the usual trailer tease they have released three motion posters featuring Idris Elba (Roland Deschain), Matthew McConaughey (The Man in Black) and Tom Taylor (Jake Chambers).

Thanks to Lou Sytsma

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Limited Signed Sleeping Beauties Announced

Posted: May 2, 2017, 09:13

Cemetery Dance Publications has announced a Deluxe Special Limited Edition of Stephen King and Owen King’s first collaborative novel, Sleeping Beauties

A Traycased Oversized Hardcover Signed Limited Edition will be printed in two colors with two-color hot foil stamping, a satin ribbon page marker and embossed endpapers, epic wrap-around cover artwork, nearly a dozen interior color paintings by Jana Heidersdorf, a signature sheet signed by Stephen King, Owen King, and Jana Heidersdorf, and the book will be housed in a custom-made traycase exclusive to this edition.

There is also an unsigned Oversized Slipcased Hardcover Gift Edition of only 1,750 illustrated copies that will be printed in two colors with two-color hot foil stamping, a fine binding, epic wrap-around cover artwork, nearly a dozen interior color paintings by Jana Heidersdorf, and it will be housed in a custom-made slipcase.

Order here but hurry, they will go fast.

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Ep. 72 - Lee Gambin Chases Cujo Tales

Posted: May 2, 2017, 09:12

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 72 of The Stephen King Podcast!

As always we bring you all the latest Stephen King news.

Plus this episode, Hans did an interview with Australia based Fangoria writer - Lee Gambin. Lee has written an in-depth history about the making of the Cujo movie titled - Nope, Nothing Wrong Here. As Hans discovered talking with Lee, the Cujo movie had a lot of problems.

Lee Gambin Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/lee.gambin.98
Cujo Movie Book can be found for preorder:
Bear Manor Mania - Nope, Nothing Wrong Here.

We hope you enjoy this episode and, as usual, we want to hear from you.
Good or bad, we want it all!
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2) 00:30 - Podcast Setup
3) 01:48 - News From The DeathRoom
4) 40:10 - NightShift Interview - Lee Gambin's Making Of Cujo
5) 1:06:52 - Podcast Signoff
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The Dark Tower Trailer

Posted: May 2, 2017, 08:44

According to a document sent out to movie theatres Sony didn't direct theaters to attach the The Dark Tower trailer to anything specific movie so keep your eyes open when you go to the movies this weekend.

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Under The Dome Complete Series On DVD

Posted: April 30, 2017, 12:15

For those of you that want to catch up on Under the Dome there will be a DVD with the entire series released on June 20. Pre-order here.

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King On IT And Pennywise

Posted: April 29, 2017, 13:55

King talks about IT and his inspiration for Pennywise.

Thanks to Lou Sytsma

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Dark Tower Trailer Approved

Posted: April 29, 2017, 01:23

Trailer might be close now...

Thanks to Tim

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Roland And Jake In New York

Posted: April 29, 2017, 01:03

Here is a new Dark Tower photo.

Thanks to Lou Sytsma

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Firestarter Remake Announced

Posted: April 28, 2017, 11:18

The fire will burn again. Jason Blum and Akiva Goldsman will do a remake of King's Firestarter.

After the opening night screening at the Overlook Film Festival tonight, Akiva Goldsman and Jason Blum announced that they would be teaming up once again to bring Stephen King’s classic pyrokinetic tale back to the big screen.

Scott Teems (Rectify) will co-write the new adaptation with the Academy Award-winning Goldsman. Blum will produce under Blumhouse, and Martha de Laurentiis, an associate produce from the original, will executive produce.

Thanks to Anders Jakobson

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I Give You Brady Hartsfield

Posted: April 28, 2017, 00:48

On this photo (to the left) we get a first look at Brady Hartsfield (played by Harry Treadaway) in Mr Mercedes.

What do you Think?

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Laura Innes Directing Mr Mercedes

Posted: April 27, 2017, 00:52

Laura Innes who played Kerry Weaver on ER is directing at least one episode of Mr Mercedes.

Thanks to ITtheMovie2017

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The Dead Zone Audio Excerpt

Posted: April 26, 2017, 11:32

The Dead Zone is now out on audio. It's narrated by James Franco and you can listen to an excerpt here.

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King Doing A Cameo In Mr Mercedes

Posted: April 25, 2017, 21:51

Looks like King will have a cameo in Mr Mercedes.

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Okezie Morro Doing ADR On The Mist

Posted: April 25, 2017, 13:55

Okezie Morro is putting some finishing touches with ADR on The Mist.

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Nope, Nothing Wrong Here: The Review

Posted: April 25, 2017, 08:53

Here is my review of Nope, Nothing Wrong Here: The Making of Cujo.

In other words; if you want to know everything there is to know about the movie version of Cujo and how it happened this is the book for you.

Release date for the book is July 4.

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Brendan Gleeson filming Mr Mercedes

Posted: April 24, 2017, 17:13

Here is a photo of Brendan Gleeson as Detective Bill Hodges filming Mr Mercedes.

Thanks to ITtheMovie2017

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The Dark Tower Movie Figures

Posted: April 24, 2017, 16:26

Here are some photos from the Diamond Select Toys booth at this weekend's C2E2 convention which is taking place in Chicago. It seems they are developing a few 7” figures for The Dark Tower movie. Please note that these figures are pending licensor approval so they could be changed in time for their release but should give you an idea of what to expect.

And here are more photos of the figures we saw earlier.

Thanks to Lou Sytsma

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Buntzen Lake Powerhouses; Pennywise lair

Posted: April 23, 2017, 14:36

Buntzen Lake Powerhouses is a Place you migh want to visit. It's the century-old plant that starred as the villainous clown's lair in the 1990 miniseries based on King's "IT.

Read more about it here.

Thanks to Drake Tungstenþ

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The New Pennywise; Bill Skarsgård

Posted: April 23, 2017, 05:52

Short clip about Bill Skarsgård who plays Pennywise in the upcoming IT movie.

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I Give You Holly Gibney

Posted: April 22, 2017, 21:40

Actress Justine Lupe is now a brunette for the role of Holly in Mr Mercedes.

Thanks to ITtheMovie2017

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King Related; Locke & Key Goes To Hulu

Posted: April 22, 2017, 11:40

Hulu has given a pilot order to Locke & Key, a one-hour horror/fantasy drama adaptation of the IDW comic by Joe Hill (The Fireman) and artist Gabriel Rodriguez (Little Nemo). The project comes from Hill, Carlton Cuse (Lost, Bates Motel, The Strain) and IDW Entertainment, with Doctor Strange helmer Scott Derrickson set to direct.

More info here.

Thanks to Lou Sytsma

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I Give You Bill Hodges

Posted: April 20, 2017, 14:19

So, what do you think of Brendan Gleeson as Detective Bill Hodges in Mr Mercedes?

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Amazing Flowchart

Posted: April 20, 2017, 08:42

How about this? I have never seen anything this detailed about all the connections in King's work. Amazing work by Gillian James and I can’t even imagine how many hours this has taken. So, hats off to Gillian James and if you like me love this, you can get your own here.

You need to frame it yourself though but that is a small price to pay for all this knowledge.

Thanks to everyone who sent me info about this.

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Dark Tower Trailer Coming Soon

Posted: April 19, 2017, 22:52

The Moderator of King's official board said this about The Dark Tower trailer today.

It will be coming very soon. I have that on good authority

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Behind The Scenes On IT

Posted: April 16, 2017, 00:15

Here are a couple of behind the scenes photos from the IT movie.

Thanks to Lou Sytsma

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The Nocturnal Reader's Box: All Hail The King

Posted: April 13, 2017, 23:27

Have you heard about The Nocturnal Reader's Box? Well I hadn’t until recently. The Nocturnal Reader's Box is a horror sci-fi subscription company and each month they send out a new secret box. Each box has a theme and in June the theme is: All Hail the King.

The Nocturnal Reader's Box has worked with Cemetery Dance to create an exclusive cover for Gwendy’s Button Box just for their subscribers and all items in the box will be Stephen King related and exclusive to this box. The price is only $35 + s/h and there will only be 1500 boxes so don’t wait to long to place your order (they start taking orders on May 1st) here.

Here is the announcement:

Hey Nocturnal Reader's, we are thrilled to announce that we have been working with Cemetery Dance to create an exclusive Nocturnal Reader's Box edition for Stephen King and Richard Chizmar's upcoming "Gwendy's Button Box".

This will be something that you will not be able to get anywhere else and we are very grateful to the team at Cemetery Dance, D&V agency, Richard Chizmar and of course Stephen King. Which brings us to the Theme of June: All Hail the King. We will have limited boxes and once they are sold, there will never be anymore printed. We will tease the new cover art soon! It's completely different from the trade edition cover.

It will be a highly collectible box with a very limited run on this cover. Everything in this box is limited to this box for this month On Sale May 1st. They will sell out!!! We can't save any for anyone, first come first serve.

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Bowers Gang

Posted: April 13, 2017, 11:10

Here’s a new picture showing the Bowers gang in the IT movie in full costume.

Thanks to Matty Jorissen & Lou Sytsma

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Trevor Macy Talks Gerald's Game

Posted: April 13, 2017, 01:11

Trevor Macy talks Gerald's Game in this interview.

Is it safe to say that even though it may not be a page-for-page adaptation, that it does keep that same tone from the book that worked so well?

Trevor Macy: It’s a very faithful adaptation in that way, it’s just that there’s a—I don’t mean to be too cryptic, but I don’t want to give it away [laughs]. There’s a storytelling device that we use that the book doesn’t. It’s really nice to get Stephen King’s support in doing that, even at the script stage, so he feels and we feel that it’s a very faithful adaptation.

Read the full interview here.

Thanks to Dimitris Tso

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The Mist: Different But Faithful

Posted: April 12, 2017, 15:01

Head over to Entertainment Weekly for loads of info about the upcoming The Mist TV series.

Here is how Christian Torpe sees it:

“I pitched it as ‘Ingmar Bergman’s Jaws,’”

“I wanted to be respectful to the source material, but my feeling was there was already a great adaptation out there by Frank Darabont. The novella is 200 pages and one location, and we needed to change that to make an ongoing series. But we wanted to remain faithful to the heart of the story,”

The TV series will be different compared to King’s story and Darabont’s film. It will be it’s own but at the same time remain faithful to the heart of King’s story.

While the series will try to establish a different story from the King novella and the Darabont movie, Torpe did hint at some possible crossover later in the show. “It’s a weird cousin to the original material,” he says. “It has a constant ebb and flow communication with the novella. But who knows? Maybe some of the original characters will make a cameo at some point.”
For him, The Mist serves as a chance to use a horror story to explore real life dynamics, much as The Twilight Zone did decades ago.

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Poster & Photos From The Mist

Posted: April 12, 2017, 01:11

Here are the poster for The Mist as well as a bunch of official photos. If you want to know more about it, check out my review with Christian Torpe, the shows creator, executive producer and showrunner here.

Read the complete text

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First Teaser For The Mist

Posted: April 12, 2017, 00:37

Here is a first teaser for Spike's The Mist.

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A Conversation Between King & Chizmar

Posted: April 10, 2017, 16:11

Here is the cover for the audio edition of Gwendy's Button Box. It also reveal that it will includ a conversation between Stephen King & Richard Chizmar.

Pre Order here.

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Georgie's Self-Portrait

Posted: April 10, 2017, 09:23

I don't know about you but I can't stop laughing about this class assignment to draw a self-portrait that Jackson Roberts who plays Georgie in the new IT did. Can you imagine the teachers reaction…

Thanks to Matty Jorissen

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King & Mother Hartsfield

Posted: April 9, 2017, 00:58

Here's King and Kelly Lynch who plays Deborah Hartsfield in Mr Mercedes.

Thanks to itthemovie2017 on Instagram

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New Dark Tower Figures

Posted: April 8, 2017, 23:51

Looks like more Dark Tower figures are coming.

The Dark Tower Movie Minimates Series 1 Box Set
The epic novels by Stephen King are now an epic feature film, and DST is epically excited about it! This all-new box set of four Minimates mini-figures features four characters from the upcoming film – Jake, the Gunslinger, the Man in Black, and one top-secret character – each with up to 14 points of articulation and fully interchangeable parts and accessories. All four figures come packaged on a full-color blister card. (Item # APR172628, SRP: $24.99)

What do you Think? Good or Bad? Will you get them?

Thanks to Lou Sytsma

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No One Sticks Up For A Clown

Posted: April 8, 2017, 19:00

Here is an entertaining article about how professional clowns are afraid that the new IT movie will put them out of business. Or as one clown puts it:

“No one sticks up for a clown. The only thing cooler to dislike is a mime.”

Thanks to Matty Jorissen

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Tobin Bell To Star In My Pretty Pony

Posted: April 8, 2017, 08:58

Tobin Bell, star of SAW movies will star in an adaptation of King's My Pretty Pony.

“Saw” star Tobin Bell and Noah Jupe are top-lining in the independent drama “My Pretty Pony,” based on the Stephen King short story.

Shooting is planned for Michigan this spring. The story follows an elderly man on his deathbed who gives his young grandson a pocket watch and warns the boy against the dangers of letting time slip away.

Luke Jaden is directing from a script he adapted based upon King’s story, first pubished in 1989.

Phil Wurtzel of Friel Films is producing. Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (“Loving” and “Midnight Special”) and Josh Boone (“The Fault in Our Stars”) are executive producing.

Thanks to Anders Jakobson, Douglas Dowie, Dimitris Tso and Lou Sytsma.

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Photo From Mr Mercedes

Posted: April 7, 2017, 18:15

Here is a photo from Mr Mercedes.

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Reading Stephen King: New Book About King

Posted: April 6, 2017, 21:03

This fall Cemetery Dance will release a book called Reading Stephen King with essays about why we love reading the works of Stephen King. The book is edited by Brian Freeman and illustrated by Ray Russotto.

Table of Contents:
- "Introduction" by Brian James Freeman
- "Sometimes You Go Back" by Stewart O'Nan
- "Christine" by Richard Chizmar
- "The Art of Stephen King" by Frank Darabont
- "Spock's Not The Only One Who Can Mind Meld: Stephen King and the Telepathy of Writing" by Stephen Spignesi
- "Disappearing Down That Rabbit Hole" by Justin Brooks
- "The Politics of Being Stephen King" by Tony Magistrale
- "The Adventure of Reading Stephen King" by Michael R. Collings
- "Reading the Lost Works of Stephen King" by Rocky Wood
- "Twins and Twining in Stephen King's Dark Tower Series" by Robin Furth
- "King Since Scribner" by Kevin Quigley
- "Being a Non-US Stephen King Fan" by Hans-Ake Lilja
- "The Role of Religion in Stephen King's Desperation" by Billy Chizmar
- "From A Buick 8" by Jack Ketchum
- "Living in a Web of Mystery" by Bev Vincent
- "The One That Got Away" by Mick Garris
- "My Accidental Obsession" by Jay Franco
- "Stephen King Celebration" by Clive Barker

Order your copy now from Cemetery Dance.

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More About King On Mr Mercedes Set

Posted: April 6, 2017, 00:38

Here are two photos from when King visited the set of Mr Mercedes.

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Dennis Lehane Wrote Four Episodes Of Mr Mercedes

Posted: April 5, 2017, 15:59

I just got confirmation that Dennis Lehane, who wrote for shows like Boardwalk Empire and The Wire wrote four episodes of Mr Mercedes

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King On The Set Of Mr Mercedes

Posted: April 5, 2017, 11:30

Rob Kyker who works on the set of Mr Mercedes shared these photos yesterday that indicates that King visited the set for Mr Mercedes. If that means he's doing a cameo was NOT mentioned.

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