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Spike TV Orders The Series Adaption Of Stephen King’s The Mist

The television adaption of Stephen King’s 1980 novella The Mist has now gotten the go-ahead. Straight-to-series orders have been given from Spike TV, according to Deadline. The network ordered the pilot from Dimension Television for the series back in February and it sounds like they like what they’ve seen. The script for The Mist will be written by Christian Torpe, who will also serve as executive producer. The series will use both King’s novel and the 2007 film as inspiration. It will tell an original story about a mist, filled with otherworldly terrors, that takes over a small town. Tensions between neighbors escalates as the creatures in the mist draw closer, but they must find a way to band together to survive. The 2007 film adaption was written and directed by Frank Darabont and stars Thomas Jane, Laurie Holden, Sam Witwer and Melissa McBride. It was both terrifying and heart breaking. I look forward to seeing Spike TV’s version of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 15, 2016
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Warner Bros. Adapting Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep For A Feature Film

Warner Bros. is currently adapting Stephen King’s novel Doctor Sleep for a full length feature film. The Novel, is a sequel to King’s The Shining. Akiva Goldsman who wrote I Am Legend and the upcoming film Rings, and directed the series Fringe, has been tasked with penning the screenplay that features Danny (from The Shining) as an adult, working in a nursing home where he meets a group of people known as ‘The True Knot’. King himself will be serving as executive producer along side Jon Berg and Jon Gonda who will be supervising for Warner Bros. The novel follows a tribe of people called The True Knot, who are in search of sustenance. They look harmless – mostly old and married to their RVs. But Dan Torrance knows that The True Knot are quasi-immortal and live of the “steam” that children with the “shining” produce when they are tortured. Still haunted by his experience at The Overlook Hotel, Dan

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 1, 2016
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Stephen King Has Confirmed Elba, McConaughey And Lee Will Star In ‘The Dark Tower’

We have been following the new adaption of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower closely. Today, King himself confirmed that both Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey will indeed star in the film. After several delays The Dark Tower is now moving ahead and entering production with Nikolaj Arcel directing. Prometheus’s Idris Elba will be starring as Roland Deschain, “The Gunslinger”. McConaughey play the role of the “Man in Black” the film’s villain. The character Tirana will be played by Mad Max: Fury Road actress Abbey Lee. We will not have to wait long to see The Dark Tower, it is set to premiere in theaters on January 13th, 2017.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 1, 2016
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An Update Of The Adaptions Of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower, Revival & The Stand

The new adaptions of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower and The Stand have had many ups and downs over the past two years. Now, the remake of The Stand has been put on hold and the TV series has hit a dead end. The Gunslinger film is moving forward and a third King adaption, Revival, is in the works. “Right now it’s [The Stand] just in a holding pattern trying to figure out how to best make the movie because we’ve toyed with breaking it up into multiple movies, making it into one, making it into two. The latest draft, Josh Boone had written it and he was very anxious to make it but since then has written another script, Revival, which he’s gonna do beforehand, so were’ just waiting for that.” King’s Revival, starring Samuel L. Jackson, centers on a preacher who discovers the power to heal, but in true Stephen King fashion, the preacher unleashes a power he

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 21, 2016
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The King Has Spoken – Stephen King On The Choice To Cast Idris Elba As The Gunslinger

There have been a lot comments on the decision to cast Idris Elba as “The Gunslinger” in Nikolaj Arcel’s upcoming adaption of The Dark Tower. I’ve heard both positive and negative remarks. Some have an issues with the choice because the actor and the character (in the book) are different races. It’s true, Roland (The Gunslinger) is Caucasian in the books, but should that dictate who is cast in the film? Stephen King spoke out via Twitter on the decision. King created the character, so I think his verdict should be important and of course, King makes a great point. Elba is a talented actor. Personally I believe he’ll do a great job. Elba has appeared in a large array of films and genres, always leaving me impressed by his performances. Not only did he star in Prometheus, he also had roles in Pacific Rim, Thor: The Dark World, Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Unborn, and many other films and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 12, 2015
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Idris Elba To Star In The New Adaption Of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower

For a while now the franchise based on Stephen King’s novels has almost become a movie, a show, and back and forth, with no project actually seeing completion. We reported back in December of 2014 that the first ‘The Dark Tower’ Film was coming, but the cast and director has since changed. Now, once again, a Dark Tower film series is in the works. The project is being directed by Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’s Nikolaj Arcel, based on a script penned by Akiva Goldsman. The first film of the three film series will focus on King’s first book in the collection, The Gunslinger. We reported back in November that Matthew McConaughey may be signing on to the project, though at the time he was undecided which role to choose. Now, news has come that Prometheus actor Idris Elba has signed on to play the role of Roland Deschain, “The Gunslinger”, in The Dark Tower. This means that McConaughey has

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 10, 2015
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Series Based On Stephen King’s 11/22/63 Coming To Hulu

A new limited series, based on Stephen King’s 11/22/63, will be appearing on Hulu. The nine hour series will premier on February 15, 2016. 11/22/63 follows a high school history teacher, Jake Epping (James Franco) as he travels back in time to attempt to prevent the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Jake comes face to face with Lee Harvey Oswald and finally comes to the realization that the past does not want to be changed. Kevin McDonald directs the first segment of the series, with Stephen King, J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk and Bridget Carpenter serving as executive producers. The series will star Chris Cooper, Josh Duhamel, T.R. Knight, Cherry Jones, Lucy Fry, Sarah Gadon, Daniel Webber and George MacKay, along side Franco.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 19, 2015
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Obama To Present Stephen King With The National Medal Of Arts

On September 1oth Stephen King will be presented with the National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama. The award is the highest award given by the government to artists. The artists receiving the award are “deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to excellence, growth, support and availability of the arts in the United States”. King has made an incredible contribution to the world of literature. King has had over one hundred books published since his first novel People, Places and Things was published in 1960. Let’s not forget the fifty-plus movies and over twenty series based on adaptions of King’s novels and stories. His works are unforgettable and have left a mark on each of his fans and those who have seen the adaptions in the form of movies or shows. The award is well deserved. King announced receiving the medal via Twitter this past weekend. Past recipients of the Medal of Arts includes Maya

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 9, 2015
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The Remake Of Stephen King’s ‘Cujo’ Has New Title ‘C.U.J.O.’

Once again we have to report another classic horror film is getting a reboot, this time it’s Stephen King’s classic ‘Cujo’. Director/producer Lang Elliott will be directing, producing and distributing the ‘Cujo’ reboot through Sunn Classic Pictures. Elliott is set to film the reboot of the film under the new name ‘C.U.J.O.’ , which stands for “Canine Unit Joint Operations”. Actor/director/producer DJ Perry has signed on to star in ‘C.U.J.O. Perry, who is an actor, director and producer has appeared in such films as ‘Ashes of Eden’, ‘Blood Ties’ and 2002’s ‘Below’. ‘Cujo’, originally starred Dee Wallace, and was released in 1983. The original film follows a mother who takes her car to a mechanic’s remote house. Upon arriving Wallace’s character and her son are assaulted by a Saint Bernard with rabies. The two are stuck in the car, which will not start, as they are circled by the mad dog. It seems the rebooted version may have a military

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 7, 2015
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