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The Series Adaptation Of Stephen King’s ‘The Stand’ Coming To CBS

It’s official, after years of development Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars) and Ben Cavell‘s (Justified) adaptation of Stephen King‘s 1978 novel The Stand is coming to TV. The ten-episode event will be featured on CBS’ streaming service All Access. The series’ synopsis is as follows: “The fate of mankind rests on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abagail and a handful of survivors. Their worst nightmares are embodied in a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg, the Dark Man.” The Stand, once adapted for a four-part miniseries in 1994, is one of King’s most popular novels, having sold over 400 million books worldwide. King already has several other adaptations on their way including the Pet Sematary reboot, Doctor Sleep, Joyland, the sequel to 2017’s blockbuster IT, as well as HBO’s “The Outsider“.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 30, 2019

BooksNews

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

From the Crypt

Hurricanes And Horror Movies: 3 Flicks That Take Place During Brutal Storms

Having just gone through one of the worst hurricanes Florida has experienced in decades, I got to thinking about some of the best horror films that have taken place during hurricanes. The list is surprisingly short. Hopefully, we’ve seen our last hurricane for the season, but for those of you that want to experience some hurricane-horror from the comfort of your own couch, here’s a short list of flicks that take place during some of the worst storms Mother Nature can throw at us. I Still Know What You Did Last Summer In this sequel to 1997’s I Know What You Did Last Summer, it’s one year after the killing of a crazy hit-and-run victim turned slasher Ben Willis and survivor girl Julie James (Jennifer Love Hewitt) has won a trip to the Bahamas with some of her new college friends. They arrive at a resort that’s operating with a skeleton crew, and apparently, none of them get the weather

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Capt McNeely

Sep 28, 2017