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Cujo to return in 2013

Posted: April 12, 2013, 01:40
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Looks like Cujo will be back in 2013 just like Carrie...

SUNN CLASSIC ANNOUNCES CUJO FOR 2013

Lang Elliott, President & CEO of Sunn Classic Pictures, Inc., announced that Sunn plans to produce the remake of “CUJO” this year representing the 30th Anniversary since Sunn produced and distributed the original “CUJO” motion picture in l983, based upon Stephen King’s novel. The l983 version was highly successful at the worldwide box-office and, compared with today’s inflation and higher ticket prices, the box-office would be well over $225 million even without ancillary sales (i.e., DVD, cable, free television, pay-per-view, etc.).

“CUJO” is the story of a large, playful St. Bernard dog that is transformed into a hideous killing machine after being infected by rabies. Donna Trenton’s car is on the fritz, and she and her son take her ailing automobile to their mechanic. Upon their arrival, the car stalls and refuses to restart. The mechanic fails to appear so Donna searches for him. The transformed, maniacal “CUJO” reveals himself; he is highly agitated and very aggressive. Donna hardly recognizes this filthy, monstrous creature foaming at the mouth. Suddenly “CUJO” charges Donna, who barely makes it back into the car for protection. Trapped with her son and the windows rolled up, the sweltering heat begins to take its toll. “CUJO’s” powerful state of insanity and violence await.



Teaser

Glen Mazzara pens Overlook Hotel

Posted: April 11, 2013, 23:33
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Glen Mazzara, former showrunner of The Walking Dead is in negotiations to pen the screenplay to what is being called Overlook Hotel the prequel to Stephen King’s horror classic The Shining. My hope and guess is that it will be based on Before the Play.

Thanks to Ari


Thanks to Lou Sytsma

King book is 'a jumping off point'

Posted: April 2, 2013, 01:26
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Producers from CBS’s upcoming summer series Under the Dome took to the WonderCon stage Saturday night to give the crowd a taste of what to expect from the series, starring Mike Vogel, Dean Norris, and Rachelle Lefevre.

Read all about it here.

Thanks to Lou Sytsma

Under the Dome at WonderCon

Posted: March 27, 2013, 23:37
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King's official site reports about Under the Dome at WonderCon on March 30th.

UTD at WonderCon
Posted: March 27th, 2013 9:51:31 am EDT

Cast and crew members of the upcoming Under the Dome TV adaptation will be on hand at the Anaheim Convention Center for WonderCon 2013. (March 30th at 7pm.)

There will be Q&A discussion panel as well as a giveaway of an exclusive video clip from the pilot episode. Five lucky attendees will also receive a copy of Under the Dome signed by Stephen.

Stephen on Double Feature by Owen King

Posted: March 26, 2013, 09:10
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Stephen Comments on Double Feature by Owen King
March 25th, 2013 2:21:06 pm

"If you are in the mood to laugh your ass off, Double Feature will perform that surgery and painlessly. I am proud of my son, Owen, and in awe of his talent. The book might be a little difficult to locate at Barnes & Noble but if you seek, there or elsewhere, you will find it."

-Stephen King

Doctor Sleep press release

Posted: March 21, 2013, 15:55
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STEPHEN KING

DOCTOR SLEEP

STEPHEN KING to return to the characters and territory of one
of his most popular novels ever, The Shining, in 2013

‘Hugely anticipated’ – The Sunday Times

King says he wanted to know what happened to Danny Torrance, the boy at the heart of The Shining, after his terrible experience in the Overlook Hotel. The instantly riveting, stand-alone novel, Doctor Sleep picks up the story of the now middle-aged Dan.

On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless - mostly old, lots of polyester, and devoted to their comfortable Recreational Vehicles. But they live off the ‘steam’ that children with the ‘shining’ produce when they are slowly tortured to death.

Following a childhood haunted by the time he spent with his parents at the Overlook Hotel, Dan Torrance has been drifting for decades, desperate to shed his father's legacy of despair, alcoholism, and violence. Finally, he settles into a job at a nursing home in rural New Hampshire where his remnant ‘shining’ power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying.

Aided by a prescient cat, Dan becomes ‘Doctor Sleep’.

Then Dan meets the evanescent Abra Stone, and it is her spectacular gift, the brightest shining ever seen, that reignites Dan’s own demons and summons him to a battle for Abra’s soul and survival...

Publication of the hardcover, eBook and digital download will be September 24, 2013. And if you want a taster before then, check out the CD or digital download of The Wind through The Keyhole in which Stephen King reads the Prologue.

Bates Motel; Good or Bad?

Posted: March 21, 2013, 12:55
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Did anyone watch the first episode of Bates Motel? If so, what did you think?

NOS4A2 by Joe Hill

Posted: March 21, 2013, 11:48
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At last we're about to get a new novel Joe Hill. It's called NOS4A2 (pronounced "nosferatu") and it's being released on April 30. You can now see Hill himself talk about it in the clip below and read an excerpt here.

King to benefit Twain House

Posted: March 18, 2013, 00:20
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King will be in Hartford in July to benefit Twain House:

Stephen King, the author of horror books, mystery stories and essays, will engage in a conversation with WNPR radio host a Courant blogger Colin McEnroe, July 18, at The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts. The event is a benefit for the Mark Twain House.

Twain House members can reserve tickets on March 18. Become a member by calling 860-280-3112 or visiting www.marktwainhouse.org. Annual memberships begin at $35 for ages 39 and younger and $50 for other individuals.

Tickets go on sale to the general public March 21. Cost is $25 to $75. A $250 VIP ticket includes a reception with King and an autographed book.

Information: 860-987-5900 and www.bushnell.org.

Thanks to Ajazlou

NOS4A2

Posted: March 12, 2013, 13:57
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Do you enjoy Joe Hill's books? Well I do and right now I wish I lived in the US so that I could see him during his upcoming book tour for NOS4A2.



The book is released on April 30th.

Episode 15

Posted: March 11, 2013, 22:50
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Episode 15: Lilja & Lou & Tyson Take A Double Featured Trek Through A Storm Of The Century & Owen King's New Novel  - of the Lilja & Lou Podcast is now out.


We review the made for TV Mini-series: Storm Of The Century with special guest Tyson Blue - who recounts his set visit. We make mention of Carrie, The Stand, include Listener Feedback, and talk about the SOTC screenplay.


Plus Tyson gives a spoiler free preview of Owen King's upcoming novel - Double Feature - due for release on March 19th.


We hope you will all 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:


1) FaceBook - Lilja's Library


2) Twitter - @LiljaLouPodcast - please use the hashtag #LiljaLouPodcast


3) Audio Message - Speak Pipe widget on the right hand of the podcast page (send voicemail)



In this podcast:

1) 00:56 - Lilja and Lou Intro.


2) 01:13 - In The Death Room: Stephen King News


3) 21:48 -  Reviews from The Night Shift: Storm Of The Century


4) 01:16:00 - Spoiler Free Sneek Peek: Owen King's new novel - Double Feature


5) 50:42 - Preview for next podcast and Signoff


Intro Music - Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
Outro Music - Stand By Me - Ben E. King


Listen here or on iTunes.


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Guns at Audible.com

Posted: March 6, 2013, 00:27
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Don't forget that Guns now is out as an audio book from Audible.com. In the essay King talks about guns and why he pulled Rage from the shelves. Check it out.

Link to audiobook

Narrated by: Christian Rummel.
Audiobook length: 49 minutes.
Price: $0.99

Mercy synopsis

Posted: February 28, 2013, 21:45
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Here is the synopsis for the upcoming Mercy, based on Gramma.

Based on a short story by Stephen King, Mercy tells the tale of two young boys (The Walking Dead’s Chandler Riggs and Super 8’s Joel Courtney) who move with their mother to take care of their dying grandmother at her decrepit farmhouse. When they suspect that the elderly woman they love has encountered a dark spirit, they fear she might not be the only one who won’t make it through the summer alive.

Once George (Riggs) and Buddy McCoy (Courtney) arrive at their Gramma Mercy’s (Shirley Knight), what they find inside her 150-year-old home is nothing short of terrifying. As the brothers experience deeply disturbing phenomena they believe to be the work of an ancient witch, they must fight for their lives and overcome the evil forces threatening their family.

Directed by Peter Cornwell (The Haunting in Connecticut), Mercy is produced by Jason Blum of Blumhouse (Paranormal Activity, Insidious, Sinister), McG (Terminator Salvation, Charlie’s Angels) and Mary Viola (Brooklyn’s Finest, We Are Marshall) of Wonderland Sound and Vision.

Thanks to Herbert West

Under the Dome begins shooting pilot

Posted: February 26, 2013, 10:30
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The television adaptation of Under the Dome begins shooting its pilot episode at the end of the week. The director of the pilot episode is Niels Arden Oplev, the Danish director who helmed the original adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in 2009.

According to StephenKing.com "Steve's going to be on the set for Under the Dome most of this week"

Read more here and check out Chesters Mill's site here.

Thanks to Lou Sytsma

Rachelle Lefevre joins Under the Dome

Posted: February 20, 2013, 13:57
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Dread Central reports that former Twilight star Rachelle Lefevre has signed on for Under the Dome:

Another lead role has been filled for the CBS adaptation of Stephen King's "Under the Dome" as former Twilight star Rachelle Lefevre signs on to the miniseries, which will premiere in June.

Per THR, Lefevre will play Julia, an investigative reporter who just moved from Chicago to Chester's Mill with her husband, a doctor at the town's medical center. She's the editor of the town's local paper and is intrigued after learning of multiple deliveries of propane gas to a nearby warehouse. She's baffled by the appearance of the strange dome but more concerned with the whereabouts of her mysteriously missing husband.

Thanks to Lou Sytsma

Joyland in the UK

Posted: February 18, 2013, 10:17
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Who dares enter the King's funhouse of fear? Hodder & Stoughton will publish the audio digital download of King's Joyland. Here is the press release:

Hodder is proud to announce that they will publish the audio digital download of Stephen King’s JOYLAND on June 4, 2013. US imprint, Hard Case Crime, will publish the paperback original. Rights in the audio were acquired from Chuck Verrill at Darhansoff & Verrill for British Commonwealth, excluding
Canada .

‘I love crime, I love mysteries, and I love ghosts,’ says Stephen King who has combined these elements into a wonderful new novel.

JOYLAND is both a whodunit noir crime novel and a haunting ghost story set in the world of an amusement park. It tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a ‘carny’ in small-town North Carolina and has to confront the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the way both will change his life forever. It is also a wonderful coming-of-age novel about friendship, loss and your first heartbreak. As Devin reflects: 'That fall was the most beautiful of my life. Even forty years later I can say that. And I was never so unhappy, I can say that, too. People think first love is sweet, and never sweeter than when that first bond snaps.'

King's UK editor, Philippa Pride, says: ‘JOYLAND is a beautifully written, sometimes joyous, sometimes heartrending, always gripping story, the ending of which will move you to tears as you
listen. It is part of a bumper year for Stephen King and Hodder in 2013 in both audio and print form.’

February sees publication of the mass market paperback of The Wind through the Keyhole, the new Dark Tower novel which the Guardian describes as ‘a gem of a novel, enchanting and
enchanted’, cinema goers viewing the highly anticipated remake of Carrie in the autumn will be racing to buy a tie-in paperback edition and audio, and readers and listeners are already queuing for September’s giant hardcover, Doctor Sleep, in which King revisits the territory and characters of The Shining. Bag of Bones is due to be seen on UK television within the next year.

I couldn’t resist...

Posted: February 16, 2013, 00:55
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...telling you about this thing I found out today. Between 1993 and 2005 the TV series NYPD Blue" aired in the US. Along with "The Sopranos" this was the absolute best thing you could watch on TV. In 2003 the first two seasons were released on DVD, but then nothing happened. Not until 2006 when season three and four was released. And then again nothing... until now.

Today I saw that in England season 5 to 12 will be released on DVD within just over two months. Season 5 and 6 is being released on Monday February 18, season 7 and 7 on February 25, 9 and 10 on March 25 and season 11 and 12 on April 29. This means that me and every other fan of the show will finally be able to own all 12 seasons.



Covers for season five to ten.

Lilja at NerdCafe

Posted: February 14, 2013, 23:36
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Here is the video from me at NerdCafe. Unfortunately the sound didn't work all the time and it comes and goes but then most of you might not understand Swedish anyway right?

Lilja on the radio

Posted: February 14, 2013, 23:08
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Listen to Lilja on the radio. Earlier today I talked about my speach at the NerdCafe with Swedish radio and if you want to check it out you can do so here.

Scroll down to the link:
Lyssna på: 16.00 - 16.30 torsdag 14 feb 2013´

When the player starts you go to 21 min and there you'll find it.

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Interview with Stephen King 2007
Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3

Interview with Stephen King 2008
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Stephen King in London, UK 2006
Stephen King in London, UK 2006 (in Swedish)
Stephen King in Hamburg, Germany 2013
Stephen King in New York, USA 2017

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