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True Detective director Cary Fukunaga will reportedly direct adaptation of Stephen King's IT.
“… Cary Fukunaga is writing and directing Stephen King’s It for me, and I’m really excited for that. So I’m hoping that’ll be his next movie after the indie he’s shooting in Africa. So I love what he did with True Detective. I think it’s a great sample for Stephen King’s It. So I’m really excited about that.”
As usual, we bring you the latest Stephen King News.
With so much Stephen King material being adapted for TV, Hans and Lou go prospecting through his back catalogue to see if we can mine it for other possible TV series. The results may surprise you. Plus some of our listeners put forth their picks too.
We hope you enjoy this episode and, as usual, we want to hear from you.
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In this podcast:
1) 00:00 - Intro
2) 00:56 - Podcast Setup
2) 01:19 - From The Death Room - The Latest Stephen King News
3) 18:20 - Speculation Feature - Stephen King Short Stories That Could Be TV Series
4) 52:18 - Preview of Podcast 30 And Signoff
5) 54:20 - Outre
Podcast edited by Lou Sytsma
Intro Music - Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
King posted this on facebook.
Will Patton is back as the narrator for the MR. MERCEDES audiobook. Will narrated the audiobook edition of DOCTOR SLEEP to great acclaim: he’s nominated for an Audie Award for Best Male Solo Narration and the DOCTOR SLEEP audiobook was chosen as the 2013 Audiobook of the Year by Audible.com.
Press release on Under the Dome season 2.
CBS’S HIT SUMMER SERIES “UNDER THE DOME” BEGINS PRODUCTION ON SEASON TWO TODAY IN WILMINGTON, N.C.
Premiere Episode Written by Bestselling Author and Executive Producer Stephen King
March 3, 2014 – Production begins today in Wilmington, N.C. on the sophomore season of CBS’s hit summer series UNDER THE DOME. Executive producer Stephen King, the bestselling author of the novel the series is based on, wrote the first episode, which will be directed by executive producer Jack Bender.
The second season of UNDER THE DOME premieres Monday, June 30 (10:00 – 11:00 PM, ET/PT) on CBS. UNDER THE DOME was the #1 program last summer, with an average of 15.06 million viewers and 3.9/11 in adults 18-49, making it the most-watched scripted summer series in 21 years. UNDER THE DOME is licensed in 200 markets worldwide by CBS Studios International and is off to strong starts in countries where it has already premiered.
UNDER THE DOME is the story of a small town that is suddenly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by an enormous transparent dome. The town’s inhabitants must deal with surviving the post-apocalyptic conditions while searching for answers about the dome, where it came from and if and when it will go away.
UNDER THE DOME is produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Amblin Television. Steven Spielberg, Stephen King, Neal Baer, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Stacey Snider, Jack Bender and Brian K. Vaughan are executive producers.
Here is a summary of the upcoming Böser Kleiner Junge/Sale Gosse.
George Hallas is in prison. In one week, he is to be executed. He has remained silent for a long time, but now he opens up to his public defender, Leonard Bradley. He tells him how his dreadful deed came to pass. For Bradley, the confession will eventuelly have spooky consequences.
This was posted on King's site: Exclusive French and German release
February 28th, 2014 10:14:54 am
Stephen's visit in Germany and France last November was not only for his fans a very special event, but also for him. To thank all his German and French fans for their warm welcome he came up with a great idea: He wrote a story, "Bad Little Kid", which will be available in e-book format from 14th of March just in German (Böser kleiner Junge) and French (Sale Gosse).
King is releasing new story exclusively in French and German as a gift to the French and German fans, to thank them for the warm welcoming received during his visit in Europe in 2013. Here is what we know.
Synopsis:
« Remember, it comes back in the shape of a kid...»
A diabolical kid who cause the inevitable death of your relatives, a bad little kid who has led George Hallas, accountant, in the death row. And that may, one day, cross your path...
French edition: Title: Sale Gosse Release: March 14, 2014 Publisher: Albin Michel Format: eBook only
German edition: Title: Böser kleiner Junge Release: March 14, 2014 Publisher: Heyne Format: eBook only
English edition: Title: Bad Little Kid Release: Nothing planned at this time Publisher: Not published Format:No format
Here is an update on Mercy from Dead Central.
According to THR, the Stephen King adaptation Mercy, directed by Haunting in Connecticut's Peter Cornwell and starring Dylan McDermott, Frances O'Connor, Chandler Riggs, Joel Courtney, Shirley Knight, and Chris Browning, finished shooting a year ago and is among the Blumhouse films sitting on Universal’s shelf.
Studio chairman Donna Langley says the studio still is not counting it out. What does that mean exactly? Probably that they will just dump it on home video and move along.
The Stand seems to change directors more often than I change socks...
Josh Boone may be the next director to attempt to take on a feature version of Stephen King’s post-apocalyptic novel “The Stand” for Warner Bros. and CBS Films.
Boone is in early talks to helm the film, which previously had Scott Cooper, Ben Affleck and David Yates attached.
Boone directed Fox’s “The Fault In Our Stars,” which stars Shailene Woodley and will be released on June 6. He has a long relationship with King and his feature debut “Stuck in Love” included King’s voice.
"Discover a new hint regarding the gift that Stephen King wanted to offer to his French & German fans, to thank them for the warm welcoming recieved during his visit in Europe in 2013.
Come back on friday in order to get the full picture".
Something seems to be going on over in France. I got this from Club-StephenKing but I have no idea what it means...
"Here is an overview of the exclusive gift that Stephen King is holding up for you...
Will you guess what is behind that blurred picture?
Come back wednesday to discover more."
A new essay titled The Ring is being published in Tin House, Issue, 59, Volume 15, Number 3. The theme for that issue is Memory and Steve's essay (only 2 pages) is about their wedding rings and the day they got married.
Per TV Guide, Sherry Stringfield ("ER," "CSI") will play Pauline, a mysterious woman who may be connected to the origins of the dome. Previously the Guide teased the return of the eccentric Pauline Rennie, aka Junior's mom and Big Jim's presumed-dead wife, so you can see what we meant about shaking things up.
"I'm thrilled after all these years to be working again with Sherry Stringfield," said executive producer Neal Baer. "We had a blast on 'ER' together, and I know Sherry will bring the same grace, spirit, and intensity to her new, pivotal role on 'Under the Dome'."
Stringfield, who will recur in multiple episodes, joins previously announced Season 2 additions Eddie Cahill, Grace Victoria Cox, and Karla Crome.
"Under the Dome" returns on Monday, June 30th, and plans to kill off two "favorites" in its Stephen King-penned Season 2 premiere.
John Cusack in yet another King movie? If you ask the actor himself the answer is yes.
John Cusack has declared his interest in starring in a big screen adaptation of 'Doctor Sleep,' Stephen King's sequel to 'The Shining.'
While there has been no definite talk of a 'Doctor Sleep' movie, Cusack singled it out in a Reddit Ask Me Anything Q&A as a project that he would "accept in a heartbeat" if it was offered to him.
As usual, we bring you the latest Stephen King News.
We also crack open the King Crate and dust off the curiousity that was the short lived 1991 TV series - Golden Years.
An original work, created for television, by Stephen King who penned most of the episodes. It concerns a 70 year old Harlan Williams - a nod to Harlan Ellison perhaps? - who begins to age backwards and glow green at times - among other oddities. Is Golden Years the real deal or Fool's Gold? Or a mix of both? Listen to what we have to say. (Note - this segment runs in full SPOILER mode so if you have not seen the series as of yet and plan to do so, you may want to save this for later listening.)
Oh and we also announce the Audio Widget Contest Winner....
The prize is from Cemetery Dance and is a horror anthology with a new short story from Stephen King - Summer Thunder.
Besides Stephen King it has a stellar line up of authors. Table of Contents:
"Turn Down the Lights..." an introduction by Richard Chizmar
"Summer Thunder" by Stephen King
"Incarnadine" by Norman Partridge
"The Western Dead" by Jack Ketchum
"An Instant Eternity" by Brian James Freeman
"In the Room" by Bentley Little
"Flying Solo" by Ed Gorman
"The Outhouse" by Ronald Kelly
"Lookie Loo" by Steve Rasnic Tem
"Dollie" by Clive Barker
"The Collected Short Stories of Freddie Prothero" by Peter Straub
Afterword by Thomas F. Monteleone
So listen and find out if you won!!!!
Big thanks to Cemetery Dance for the prize.
We hope you enjoy this episode and, as usual, we want to hear from you.
Good or bad, we want it all!
You can leave us comments, questions, topic suggestions at:
2) Audio Message - Speak Pipe widget on the right hand of the podcast page (send voicemail)
In this podcast:
1) 00:00 - Intro
2) 00:56 - Podcast Setup
2) 01:19 - From The Death Room - The Latest Stephen King News
3) 18:20 - King Crate - Forgotten Items - 1991 Golden Years TV Series Review
4) 1:03:04 - Contest Winner Announcement
5) 1:03:50 - Preview of Podcast 29 And Signoff
6) 1:05:20 - Outre
Podcast edited by Lou Sytsma
Intro Music - Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
Dan Lin (producer for the upcoming IT remake) had this to say about it to Collider:
“My next hope movie I hope is The Brotherhood. It’s to be directed José Padilha, who directed Robocop. So we’re out to cast on that. It’s genre that I love — cops, gangsters. Based on true story, a mob/cop story in 1980s New York. So we hope to shoot that in the fall. Then Cary Fukunaga is writing and directing Stephen King’s It for me, and I’m really excited for that. So I’m hoping that’ll be his next movie after the indie he’s shooting in Africa. So I love what he did with True Detective. I think it’s a great sample for Stephen King’s It. So I’m really excited about that.”
Spoke to Tom Holland yesterday and he told me that Ten O'Clock People has a mid-June start shooting date in Montreal and that other casting is still pending.
Cell is now filming and here are the first photos.
Samuel L. Jackson and John Cusack are in Atlanta filming "Cell," a thriller based on a Stephen King novel. Cell phones transmit a mysterious virus that brings on the apocalypse. Neat!
The movie has been filming in downtown Atlanta this week, just a few blocks from where "Mockingjay" has been filming. It has since moved to a spot in east Cobb,
The movie, which also has filmed underneath a bridge at 85 and Mayson Drive and a Sandy Springs restaurant, needs some fleet-footed extras. Long-distance, marathon and trail runners are needed for scenes to be shot today and next Wednesday and Friday.
Isabelle Fuhrman (“The Hunger Games”) and Stacy Keach have come on board the movie version of Stephen King’s “Cell,” opposite John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson.
International Film Trust, the sales agency arm of Benaroya Pictures, is selling the apocalyptic thriller to buyers at the Berlin Film Market.
Tod “Kip” Williams is directing. Benaroya Pictures is financing the film, which recently began shooting in Atlanta.
Fuhrman plays a teenage neighbor of Cusack’s Clay Riddell character who joins him and Jackson’s Tom McCourt character on their journey to safety after a mysterious pulse spreads like a virus through the human population.
Keach (“Nebraska”) will play the headmaster of a prep school where the survivors stop along their way.
Producers are Richard Saperstein, Michael Benaroya, Brian Witten and Shara Kay. While president of Dimension Films, Saperstein oversaw the Stephen King adaptations “The Mist” and “1408,” which also starred Cusack and Jackson, and grossed over $130 million worldwide.
The screenplay for “Cell” was written by Stephen King, with revisions by Adam Alleca.
Spoiler TV reports that Grace Victoria Cox joins the cast of Under the Dome. Grace Victoria Cox to recur
The casting marks Cox's first screen credit.
The 18-year-old Cox will recur as the lithe, mysterious, beautiful and almost regal Melanie, who catches the eye of Joe (Colin Ford). Poised and ethereal, Melanie is from the right side of the tracks and is a clear contrast to Norrie (Mackenzie Lintz).
Deadline has some exclusive casting news for Cell:
EXCLUSIVE: Isabelle Fuhrman, who has played memorable baddies in both The Hunger Games and Orphan, has landed the female lead opposite Samuel L. Jackson and John Cusack in The Cell. The film is an adaptation of the Stephen King thriller novel about an apocalyptic event that amounts to a pitch heard by anyone on a cell phone at a certain moment in time, which turns them into zombified beings with a herd mentality. Fuhrman will play the lead role of Alice. Paranormal Activity 2 helmer Tod Williams is directing a script by King and Adam Alleca, the latter of whom scripted Last House On The Left.
King's short story Ayana is being done as a television drama by Universal.
Universal TV is currently developing an adaptation of Stephen King's short story, Ayana into a television drama. Ayana was written back in 2007 and was published in The Paris Review.
The story is set in a world of miracles, featuring a variety of themes including complex and powerful characters who interact with magic that leads to profound changes in their own lives.
Chris Sparling will be writing the upcoming project and Ben Haber will be a producer on the drama, Variety reported. Jordan Kerner will be the executive producer on the untitled show.
It has been reported that NBC is currently considering the project. However, if the network does not want the series, Universal TV is prepared to go to other networks.
The Hollywood Reporter reports that two new actors has been casted for season 2 of Under the Dome.
Under the Dome is adding two more series regulars for its upcoming sophomore season. CSI: NY's Eddie Cahill and Misfits grad Karla Crome have been tapped to be trapped under the mysterious dome.
Cahill is set to play Sam, Big Jim's (Dean Norris) brother-in-law. The character is described as a handsome recluse and former EMT who can hold his own against Big Jim and forms a deep connection with Julia (Rachelle Lefevre).
Cahill was a series regular for all 197 episodes of CSI: NY, where he played Detective Don Flack. His credits also include romancing Jennifer Aniston's Rachel on Friends, Glory Days and an episode of Dawson's Creek.
Crome, meanwhile, will make her U.S. TV debut as Rebecca, a beautiful teacher who is athletic, smart, tough and sexy.
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There you will find a lot of info about what's coming up next on the podcast. Plus what we have been, and will be, talking about in the world of Stephen King.
Stephen King has been interviewed for the PBS series Finding Your Roots, where "we trace people’s habitypes, which tell where your ancestors came from." The host is Dr. Henry Louis Gates, who can be seen here with King after their interview, which will air later this year.
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8 Dante Alighieri (96)
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Here is a description of Revival that's being released later this year.
From master storyteller Stephen King comes Revival, a spectacularly dark and riveting novel about addiction, religion, fanaticism, and what might exist on the other side of life.
In a small New England town more than half a century ago, a boy is playing with his new toy soldiers in the dirt in front of his house when a shadow falls over him. He looks up to see a striking man, the new minister, Jamie learns later, who with his beautiful wife, will transform the church and the town. The men and boys are a bit in love with Mrs. Jacobs; the women and girls, with the Reverend Jacobs — including Jamie’s sisters and mother. Then tragedy strikes, and this charismatic preacher curses God, and is banished from the shocked town.
Jamie has demons of his own. Wed to his guitar from age 13, he plays in bands across the country, running from his own family tragedies, losing one job after another when his addictions get the better of him. Decades later, sober and living a decent life, he and Reverend Charles Jacobs meet again in a pact beyond even the Devil’s devising, and the many terrifying meanings of Revival are revealed.
King imbues this spectacularly rich and dark novel with everything he knows about music, addiction, and religious fanaticism, and every nightmare we ever had about death. This is a masterpiece from King, in the great American tradition of Frank Norris, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Edgar Allan Poe.