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Blumhouse And Facebook Team Up For Series Adaptation “Sacred Lives”

Blumhouse Television and Facebook are for a new series, titled “Sacred Lives“, from the producers of “True Blood”, Scott Winant and Raelle Tucker. The eight-episode that will each run half an hour, will be a new twist on The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie Oakes, and the classic Grimm Brothers’ tale The Handless Maiden. The series centers on the story of Minnow Bly, a handless heroine who escapes a cult only to find herself imprisoned and suspected of knowing the identity of the person who murdered the leader of her cult, who will be played by Toby Huss (Halloween). Elena Kampouris, Kevin Carroll, Kiana Madeira and Ryan Robbins will co-star, Deadline reports. “Sacred Lives” centers on “A teenage cult survivor finally finds freedom, friendship and hope in juvenile detention where she is held as the FBI piece together the mystery behind the cult and its radical prophet’s death. Based on the novel by Stephanie Oakes, Sacred Lies is

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 23, 2018
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Syfy And Clive Barker Team Up For ‘Nightbreed’ Series

News has come today that Syfy has a new series that is currently in development, “Nightbreed“. Much like the 1990 film adaptation, “Nightbreed” is based on Clive Barker‘s short story collection titled Cabal. The project hails from Barker (Hellraiser, Candyman) and writer Josh Stolberg (Jigsaw, Piranha), along with Universal Cable Production, and Morgan Creek Entertainment who also produced the movie. Barker, David Robinson, James G. Robinson, and Barbra Wall for Morgan Creek, and Seraphim Films’ Mark Miller will be executive producing, according to Deadline. “Nightbreed” explores relations between humans and monsters. It centers on a group of underground monsters hunting for a new home after their refuge was destroyed. A reluctant hero, still adjusting to his new supernatural self and mourning his fiancée, rises to lead. Nightbreed (1990) Trailer

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 23, 2018
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First Art For Matt Shaw’s ‘Monster’ – Based On The Bestselling Book

Writer Matt Shaw is making his directorial debut with Monster, based on the bestselling book by the same name. The book, which topped Amazon’s horror charts, is one of 200 titles penned by Shaw. Today we have the film’s first poster. Being described as a cross between “The Texas Chainsaw and NaturalBorn Killers”, Monster stars Tracy Shaw (Coronation Street), Rod Glenn (American Assassins), Danielle Harold (EastEnders and Fanged Up), and Laura Ellen Wilson. In Monster, “Emily is tired of her life. In a dead-end job that she hates and an employer who takes advantage of her, she dreams of a life away from the daily grind. Her life will take an unexpected turn, however when she is snatched from work and bundled into a van. She awakes later in the isolated Remington home, a place of death and violence where depravity and horror are the norm. Led by the fearsome Richard, the undisputed head of the household, Emily discovers that

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 21, 2018
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Zombies Fill The Trailer For ‘The Night Eats The World’

Blue Fox Entertainment has unveiled the first poster and new images for The Night Eats the World ahead of its July release. The film centers on Sam who wakes up one morning to find himself living in a nightmare, an army of zombies have filled the streets of Paris and he the lone survivor. Or is he? This zombie flick, an adaptation of French author Pit Agarmen’s La Nuit a Dévoré le Monde, was directed by Dominique Rocher, who shot the film in both English and French. Rocher co-wrote the script with Jérémie Guez and Guillaume Lemans. Anders Danielsen Lie, Dennis Lavant, and Golshifteh Farahani star. The Night Eats the World arrives on VOD on July 13, 2018.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 20, 2018
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Gameplay Footage Of ‘World War Z’ Emerges

At the big electronics and gaming expo E3, fans and onlookers got a chance to watch gameplay footage from the upcoming “World War Z” game, which promises to be more like the book than the movie. One of the developers from Sabre Interactive was on hand to give more insight for what fans will be expecting to experience. The game will be a four player co-op where you can pick from four different characters specific to each of the three levels you’re playing on meaning there are twelve different individuals to play as. The three levels take place in New York, Moscow, and Jerusalem where players will be facing approximately 500 AI zombies at once! Each level has three chapters where players scavenge for items to use for making traps and barriers to hold off the hoards of the (still debatable) undead. Though the game and developers say the game is unique, many gamers have criticized the claim and drawn

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Capt McNeely
Jun 16, 2018
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Alexa And Google Assistants Can Now Recommend Stephen King Books

It’s hard to keep up with Stephen King‘s projects these days. Besides the multiple adaptations in the works, including It: Chapter Two, Doctor Sleep, Pet Sematary, and The Outsider, just to name a few, King regularly releases new books to add to the huge number of his works. Well, finding and picking out what King book to read next is about to get a lot easier for those who own Amazon Echos and Google Assistants. The two are now King experts. They can recommend a novel, but it’s not random. After asking either machine to “open the Stephen King Library” they ask a series of questions to help guide their recommendation which are voiced by Jeremy Bobb. Enjoy!

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 15, 2018
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Stephen King’s The Outsider Getting A Series Adaptation

Stephen King’s most recently released novel, The Outsider, which hit shelves on May 22nd, is getting a series adaptation. Media Rights Capital has optioned the book for a 10-episode limited series which will be penned by Richard Price (The Night Of). Jack Bender and Marty Bowen who teamed up for Hulu’s “Mr. Mercedes” series will be serving as executive producers. King will be executive producing as well. Deadline is reporting that Bender may also direct the pilot. About the book: “An unspeakable crime. A confounding investigation. At a time when the King brand has never been stronger, he has delivered one of his most unsettling and compulsively readable stories. An eleven-year-old boy’s violated corpse is found in a town park. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of Flint City’s most popular citizens. He is Terry Maitland, Little League coach, English teacher, husband, and father of two girls. Detective Ralph Anderson, whose son Maitland once coached, orders a quick and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 14, 2018
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Star Announced For Mike Flanagan’s ‘Doctor Sleep’ Adaptation

Mike Flanagan‘s adaptation of Stephen King‘s Doctor Sleep has announced its first cast member and its star, Ewan McGregor. What’s more, King himself has blessed the union. The sequel to King’s classic The Shining will have McGregor, who has starred in films like Moulin Rouge!, Trainspotting and T2 Trainspotting, playing Danny Torrence who has grown up. Flanagan, who was behind the King adaptation Gerald’s Game for Netflix, will also be producing along with his partner Trevor Macy and Vertigo Entertainment’s Jon Berg, Variety reports. “Doctor Sleep takes place years after the events at the Overlook Hotel and focuses on the now middle-aged Danny who is still traumatized. He’s followed in his father’s footsteps and has problems with anger management and alcoholism. He soon gives up drinking and settles in a small town in New Hampshire. While there, his psychic abilities start to resurface and he develops a psychic link with a 12-year-old girl named Abra Stone who he must save

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 13, 2018
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Stranger Things Getting New Book Series

Netflix and Random House are partnering up for a book deal based on the critically acclaimed original series “Stranger Things“. Set for a release this fall, the books will be a behind-the-scenes companion book titled “Stranger Things: World Turned Upside Down: The Official Behind-The-Scenes Companion” and a hardcover gift book yet to be named, Deadline reports. But that’s not all, next spring two prequel books will arrive from author Gwenda Bond about Eleven’s mysterious mother and the MKUltra Program. The “Stranger Things” books will initially release under the U.S. and British Commonwealth publishing teams of Del Rey Books, Random House Children’s Books, Cornerstone Publishing, and Penguin Random House Children’s UK, with additional territories to follow. Audiobook editions will be published by Penguin Random House Audio. Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp as Will Byers, Millie Bobby Brown, Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo, Cara Buono, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Dacre Montgomery, Priah Ferguson, and Sadie Sink will return

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 11, 2018
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Joe Hill’s Locke And Key Finds A Home At Netflix

Joe Hill‘s graphic novel Locke and Key has been picked up by Netflix. The new series adaptation from the son of Stephen King will be developed by the streaming giant after the pilot was failed to be ordered to series by Hulu. Featuring a new script, cast, and director, the series will be developed by Hill and showrunner Carlton Cuse. Andy Muschietti, who directed the pilot for Hulu will be an executive producer for the new series, THR reports. The series centers on “three siblings who, after the gruesome murder of their father move to their ancestral home in Maine only to find the house has magical keys that give them an array of powers. Little do they know, a devious demon also wants the keys and will stop at nothing to attain them.”

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 30, 2018

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Blumhouse And Facebook Team Up For Series Adaptation “Sacred Lives”

Blumhouse Television and Facebook are for a new series, titled “Sacred Lives“, from the producers of “True Blood”, Scott Winant and Raelle Tucker. The eight-episode that will each run half an hour, will be a new twist on The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie Oakes, and the classic Grimm Brothers’ tale The Handless Maiden. The series centers on the story of Minnow Bly, a handless heroine who escapes a cult only to find herself imprisoned and suspected of knowing the identity of the person who murdered the leader of her cult, who will be played by Toby Huss (Halloween). Elena Kampouris, Kevin Carroll, Kiana Madeira and Ryan Robbins will co-star, Deadline reports. “Sacred Lives” centers on “A teenage cult survivor finally finds freedom, friendship and hope in juvenile detention where she is held as the FBI piece together the mystery behind the cult and its radical prophet’s death. Based on the novel by Stephanie Oakes, Sacred Lies is

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 23, 2018
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Syfy And Clive Barker Team Up For ‘Nightbreed’ Series

News has come today that Syfy has a new series that is currently in development, “Nightbreed“. Much like the 1990 film adaptation, “Nightbreed” is based on Clive Barker‘s short story collection titled Cabal. The project hails from Barker (Hellraiser, Candyman) and writer Josh Stolberg (Jigsaw, Piranha), along with Universal Cable Production, and Morgan Creek Entertainment who also produced the movie. Barker, David Robinson, James G. Robinson, and Barbra Wall for Morgan Creek, and Seraphim Films’ Mark Miller will be executive producing, according to Deadline. “Nightbreed” explores relations between humans and monsters. It centers on a group of underground monsters hunting for a new home after their refuge was destroyed. A reluctant hero, still adjusting to his new supernatural self and mourning his fiancée, rises to lead. Nightbreed (1990) Trailer

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 23, 2018
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First Art For Matt Shaw’s ‘Monster’ – Based On The Bestselling Book

Writer Matt Shaw is making his directorial debut with Monster, based on the bestselling book by the same name. The book, which topped Amazon’s horror charts, is one of 200 titles penned by Shaw. Today we have the film’s first poster. Being described as a cross between “The Texas Chainsaw and NaturalBorn Killers”, Monster stars Tracy Shaw (Coronation Street), Rod Glenn (American Assassins), Danielle Harold (EastEnders and Fanged Up), and Laura Ellen Wilson. In Monster, “Emily is tired of her life. In a dead-end job that she hates and an employer who takes advantage of her, she dreams of a life away from the daily grind. Her life will take an unexpected turn, however when she is snatched from work and bundled into a van. She awakes later in the isolated Remington home, a place of death and violence where depravity and horror are the norm. Led by the fearsome Richard, the undisputed head of the household, Emily discovers that

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 21, 2018
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Zombies Fill The Trailer For ‘The Night Eats The World’

Blue Fox Entertainment has unveiled the first poster and new images for The Night Eats the World ahead of its July release. The film centers on Sam who wakes up one morning to find himself living in a nightmare, an army of zombies have filled the streets of Paris and he the lone survivor. Or is he? This zombie flick, an adaptation of French author Pit Agarmen’s La Nuit a Dévoré le Monde, was directed by Dominique Rocher, who shot the film in both English and French. Rocher co-wrote the script with Jérémie Guez and Guillaume Lemans. Anders Danielsen Lie, Dennis Lavant, and Golshifteh Farahani star. The Night Eats the World arrives on VOD on July 13, 2018.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 20, 2018
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Gameplay Footage Of ‘World War Z’ Emerges

At the big electronics and gaming expo E3, fans and onlookers got a chance to watch gameplay footage from the upcoming “World War Z” game, which promises to be more like the book than the movie. One of the developers from Sabre Interactive was on hand to give more insight for what fans will be expecting to experience. The game will be a four player co-op where you can pick from four different characters specific to each of the three levels you’re playing on meaning there are twelve different individuals to play as. The three levels take place in New York, Moscow, and Jerusalem where players will be facing approximately 500 AI zombies at once! Each level has three chapters where players scavenge for items to use for making traps and barriers to hold off the hoards of the (still debatable) undead. Though the game and developers say the game is unique, many gamers have criticized the claim and drawn

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jun 16, 2018
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Alexa And Google Assistants Can Now Recommend Stephen King Books

It’s hard to keep up with Stephen King‘s projects these days. Besides the multiple adaptations in the works, including It: Chapter Two, Doctor Sleep, Pet Sematary, and The Outsider, just to name a few, King regularly releases new books to add to the huge number of his works. Well, finding and picking out what King book to read next is about to get a lot easier for those who own Amazon Echos and Google Assistants. The two are now King experts. They can recommend a novel, but it’s not random. After asking either machine to “open the Stephen King Library” they ask a series of questions to help guide their recommendation which are voiced by Jeremy Bobb. Enjoy!

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 15, 2018
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Stephen King’s The Outsider Getting A Series Adaptation

Stephen King’s most recently released novel, The Outsider, which hit shelves on May 22nd, is getting a series adaptation. Media Rights Capital has optioned the book for a 10-episode limited series which will be penned by Richard Price (The Night Of). Jack Bender and Marty Bowen who teamed up for Hulu’s “Mr. Mercedes” series will be serving as executive producers. King will be executive producing as well. Deadline is reporting that Bender may also direct the pilot. About the book: “An unspeakable crime. A confounding investigation. At a time when the King brand has never been stronger, he has delivered one of his most unsettling and compulsively readable stories. An eleven-year-old boy’s violated corpse is found in a town park. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of Flint City’s most popular citizens. He is Terry Maitland, Little League coach, English teacher, husband, and father of two girls. Detective Ralph Anderson, whose son Maitland once coached, orders a quick and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 14, 2018
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Star Announced For Mike Flanagan’s ‘Doctor Sleep’ Adaptation

Mike Flanagan‘s adaptation of Stephen King‘s Doctor Sleep has announced its first cast member and its star, Ewan McGregor. What’s more, King himself has blessed the union. The sequel to King’s classic The Shining will have McGregor, who has starred in films like Moulin Rouge!, Trainspotting and T2 Trainspotting, playing Danny Torrence who has grown up. Flanagan, who was behind the King adaptation Gerald’s Game for Netflix, will also be producing along with his partner Trevor Macy and Vertigo Entertainment’s Jon Berg, Variety reports. “Doctor Sleep takes place years after the events at the Overlook Hotel and focuses on the now middle-aged Danny who is still traumatized. He’s followed in his father’s footsteps and has problems with anger management and alcoholism. He soon gives up drinking and settles in a small town in New Hampshire. While there, his psychic abilities start to resurface and he develops a psychic link with a 12-year-old girl named Abra Stone who he must save

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 13, 2018
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Stranger Things Getting New Book Series

Netflix and Random House are partnering up for a book deal based on the critically acclaimed original series “Stranger Things“. Set for a release this fall, the books will be a behind-the-scenes companion book titled “Stranger Things: World Turned Upside Down: The Official Behind-The-Scenes Companion” and a hardcover gift book yet to be named, Deadline reports. But that’s not all, next spring two prequel books will arrive from author Gwenda Bond about Eleven’s mysterious mother and the MKUltra Program. The “Stranger Things” books will initially release under the U.S. and British Commonwealth publishing teams of Del Rey Books, Random House Children’s Books, Cornerstone Publishing, and Penguin Random House Children’s UK, with additional territories to follow. Audiobook editions will be published by Penguin Random House Audio. Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp as Will Byers, Millie Bobby Brown, Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo, Cara Buono, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Dacre Montgomery, Priah Ferguson, and Sadie Sink will return

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 11, 2018
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Joe Hill’s Locke And Key Finds A Home At Netflix

Joe Hill‘s graphic novel Locke and Key has been picked up by Netflix. The new series adaptation from the son of Stephen King will be developed by the streaming giant after the pilot was failed to be ordered to series by Hulu. Featuring a new script, cast, and director, the series will be developed by Hill and showrunner Carlton Cuse. Andy Muschietti, who directed the pilot for Hulu will be an executive producer for the new series, THR reports. The series centers on “three siblings who, after the gruesome murder of their father move to their ancestral home in Maine only to find the house has magical keys that give them an array of powers. Little do they know, a devious demon also wants the keys and will stop at nothing to attain them.”

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 30, 2018
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