New Exorcist Director Mike Flanagan Is 'Terrified' To Be Taking On The Horror Classic [Atx Festival]
Earlier this month, horror mastermind Mike Flanagan was announced as the new heir apparent to the "Exorcist" franchise, assuming the reins from David Gordon Green in what's being described as a "radical new take" on the truly scary source material. Little is known about the "Haunting of Hill House" and "Midnight Mass" creator's plans for the long-running property, but at the annual Atx festival in Austin today, Flanagan spoke frankly about the pressure of crafting a new story in the shadow of one of the most frightening tales ever told.
"For 'The Exorcist' specifically, I'm f**king terrified," Flanagan admitted at a panel attended by /Film's Ryan Scott. A spotlight on adaptations titled "From Book To Script To Screen," the event also featured a number of other panelists, including the executive producers behind AMC's "Interview with the Vampire," ABC's "Will Trent," Netflix's "Black Mirror," and the Apple TV+ series "Silo.
"For 'The Exorcist' specifically, I'm f**king terrified," Flanagan admitted at a panel attended by /Film's Ryan Scott. A spotlight on adaptations titled "From Book To Script To Screen," the event also featured a number of other panelists, including the executive producers behind AMC's "Interview with the Vampire," ABC's "Will Trent," Netflix's "Black Mirror," and the Apple TV+ series "Silo.
- 5/31/2024
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
There's been a lot of speculation surrounding who holds which rights to The Lord of the Rings franchise. Last year, New Line Cinema renewed its 25-year-old license with Middle-earth Enterprises, a company now owned by Embracer Group.
They immediately made plans to develop a new slate of movies, with the first of those recently confirmed to be Andy Serkis' The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum.
Amazon, on the other hand, negotiated directly with the Tolkien Estate for rights the family still held outside of anything New Line, Mee or Embracer, explaining why The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is a "prequel" to the movies released on streaming rather than in theaters.
Interestingly, both New Line and Amazon can now use the same characters...just at different times in their lives. Talking to Deadline (via SFFGazette.com), movie producer and writer Philippa Boyens addressed any...
They immediately made plans to develop a new slate of movies, with the first of those recently confirmed to be Andy Serkis' The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum.
Amazon, on the other hand, negotiated directly with the Tolkien Estate for rights the family still held outside of anything New Line, Mee or Embracer, explaining why The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is a "prequel" to the movies released on streaming rather than in theaters.
Interestingly, both New Line and Amazon can now use the same characters...just at different times in their lives. Talking to Deadline (via SFFGazette.com), movie producer and writer Philippa Boyens addressed any...
- 5/18/2024
- ComicBookMovie.com
“Prepare yourselves.”
That’s what a sword weilding Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) declares to Elrond (Robert Aramayo) and her other warrior companions in the just released teaser trailer for Season 2 of Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power – see below:
Season 2 of the J.R.R. Tolkien adaptation is coming on August 29, and “prepare yourselves” just might be an understatement.
One word: Sauron. Another word: Unleashed.
Much grittier and darker than most of Season 1, the just released peek at Season 2 also gives a brief look at the Charlie Vicker’s portrayed Mordor master’s Dark Tower. As well, there’s some new rings and their creation in there too, and one Hell of an explosion that could rival Mount Doom’s big blow-up in Season 1. Or, as Khazad-dûm Prince Durin (Owain Arthur) puts it in said minute-long teaser: “an evil, ancient and powerful has returned” — as you can see above.
That’s what a sword weilding Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) declares to Elrond (Robert Aramayo) and her other warrior companions in the just released teaser trailer for Season 2 of Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power – see below:
Season 2 of the J.R.R. Tolkien adaptation is coming on August 29, and “prepare yourselves” just might be an understatement.
One word: Sauron. Another word: Unleashed.
Much grittier and darker than most of Season 1, the just released peek at Season 2 also gives a brief look at the Charlie Vicker’s portrayed Mordor master’s Dark Tower. As well, there’s some new rings and their creation in there too, and one Hell of an explosion that could rival Mount Doom’s big blow-up in Season 1. Or, as Khazad-dûm Prince Durin (Owain Arthur) puts it in said minute-long teaser: “an evil, ancient and powerful has returned” — as you can see above.
- 5/14/2024
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
As Black artists’ roots in country music continue to be rediscovered following the release of Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, the founders of the upcoming I Made Rock ‘N’ Roll Festival — which Janelle Monáe will headline on Saturday — are hoping the event will have a similar effect in the rock genre.
“We’re really on a mission to showcase the authorship of the creatives that helped to build American culture,” says Alan Bacon, who cofounded Ganggang, the Indianapolis-based creative advocacy firm behind the festival, in partnership with Forty5, with his wife Malina Simone Bacon in 2020. “Rock ‘n’ roll is a big piece of that as one of America’s genres and Black creatives and artists have such a strong history in the creating of that genre.”
It was that mission that piqued Monáe’s interest in performing at the Black rock fest, she tells The Hollywood Reporter, noting the similarities between...
“We’re really on a mission to showcase the authorship of the creatives that helped to build American culture,” says Alan Bacon, who cofounded Ganggang, the Indianapolis-based creative advocacy firm behind the festival, in partnership with Forty5, with his wife Malina Simone Bacon in 2020. “Rock ‘n’ roll is a big piece of that as one of America’s genres and Black creatives and artists have such a strong history in the creating of that genre.”
It was that mission that piqued Monáe’s interest in performing at the Black rock fest, she tells The Hollywood Reporter, noting the similarities between...
- 5/13/2024
- by Brande Victorian
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In 2009, Stephen King asked his fans what they’d rather get first — a sequel to The Shining or a new Dark Tower book. They voted for Shining sequel, but the Dark Tower book came first anyway. That book? The Wind Through the Keyhole, a (relatively) trim tale that revisits our favorite gunslinger and his ka-tet in between the events of Wizard and Glass and Wolves of the Calla. In it, Roland spins an eerie tale from his youth over a roaring fire as a starkblast rages outside. As far as Dark Tower stories go, it’s a cozy one.
Join The Losers’ Club‘s Randall Colburn, Dan Caffrey, and Dan Pfleegor as they palaver about its nesting story structure, fairy tale detour, and emotional peek at a young gunslinger in the throes of grief. More importantly, was this book the one that best presaged King’s drift towards crime fiction?...
Join The Losers’ Club‘s Randall Colburn, Dan Caffrey, and Dan Pfleegor as they palaver about its nesting story structure, fairy tale detour, and emotional peek at a young gunslinger in the throes of grief. More importantly, was this book the one that best presaged King’s drift towards crime fiction?...
- 3/22/2024
- by Randall Colburn
- bloody-disgusting.com
“Question not my judgment, Malachai. I am the giver of His word.”
It’s the summer of 1984. The pavement is hot, the corn is high, and the eerie voices of children can be heard singing in a distant barn. Something sinister walks behind the rows. Is it a cult of killer children ripped from the Old Testament? Is a vengeful deity who demands human sacrifice? Is it a roving mound of dirt speeding through the corn or a loud little girl who draws in her sleep? In the latest episode of The Long Watch, The Losers’ Club will pick up their scythes and venture into the fragrant fields to unearth the secrets of Fritz Kiersch’s Children of the Corn.
Burt (Peter Horton) and Vicky (Linda Hamilton) are driving across the country when a detour off the main highway takes them straight through a never ending sea of corn. When...
It’s the summer of 1984. The pavement is hot, the corn is high, and the eerie voices of children can be heard singing in a distant barn. Something sinister walks behind the rows. Is it a cult of killer children ripped from the Old Testament? Is a vengeful deity who demands human sacrifice? Is it a roving mound of dirt speeding through the corn or a loud little girl who draws in her sleep? In the latest episode of The Long Watch, The Losers’ Club will pick up their scythes and venture into the fragrant fields to unearth the secrets of Fritz Kiersch’s Children of the Corn.
Burt (Peter Horton) and Vicky (Linda Hamilton) are driving across the country when a detour off the main highway takes them straight through a never ending sea of corn. When...
- 3/8/2024
- by Jenn Adams
- bloody-disgusting.com
Nearly three decades ago, Stephen King stumbled upon a copy of Lars von Trier‘s Danish miniseries The Kingdom in a dusty Colorado video store. Roughly seven years later, ABC premiered Kingdom Hospital, the author’s own take on von Trier’s haunted hospital. While conceived as a miniseries, King was so excited about the project — developed alongside his Storm of the Century and Rose Red collaborators — that he was ready to start work on a second season. The series premiered strong, but ratings dwindled and ABC pulled the plug just months later.
Join The Losers’ Club as they unpack both the 13-episode series and King’s candid thoughts about the adaptation and its swift cancellation, which he detailed in a 2004 EW column. Was it ahead of its time? Are the Twin Peaks comparisons warranted? And just how much did it inspire season 2 of American Horror Story? These questions and...
Join The Losers’ Club as they unpack both the 13-episode series and King’s candid thoughts about the adaptation and its swift cancellation, which he detailed in a 2004 EW column. Was it ahead of its time? Are the Twin Peaks comparisons warranted? And just how much did it inspire season 2 of American Horror Story? These questions and...
- 2/23/2024
- by Randall Colburn
- bloody-disgusting.com
The Losers return to a very familiar place: ‘Salem’s Lot. But things look a tad different in 2004.
Starring Rob Lowe, Donald Sutherland, Samantha Mathis, and the late and great Andre Braugher and Rutger Hauer, this TNT miniseries updated the 1975 novel by shifting the vampiric action into modern times. This affords the narrative a more topical lense, particularly the mutual feelings of a nation still reeling from 9/11 and the ensuing war overseas.
Join the Losers in the popular Stephen King town as they weigh in on the miniseries’ 2004 vibes, the eerie connection to Wolves of the Calla, the changes to the source material, and the phenomenal cast — particularly Sutherland and Brauer. They also debate whether it’s cynical or earnest, why all the characters are jerks, the edge lord vibe of it all, and its connection to a more recent miniseries cut from the same cloth: Chapelwaite.
Tune in and return...
Starring Rob Lowe, Donald Sutherland, Samantha Mathis, and the late and great Andre Braugher and Rutger Hauer, this TNT miniseries updated the 1975 novel by shifting the vampiric action into modern times. This affords the narrative a more topical lense, particularly the mutual feelings of a nation still reeling from 9/11 and the ensuing war overseas.
Join the Losers in the popular Stephen King town as they weigh in on the miniseries’ 2004 vibes, the eerie connection to Wolves of the Calla, the changes to the source material, and the phenomenal cast — particularly Sutherland and Brauer. They also debate whether it’s cynical or earnest, why all the characters are jerks, the edge lord vibe of it all, and its connection to a more recent miniseries cut from the same cloth: Chapelwaite.
Tune in and return...
- 2/16/2024
- by Michael Roffman
- bloody-disgusting.com
Since Valentine’s Day is next week, we thought we’d unlock a sweet treat for you: Our Valentine’s Day special from last year! We called it The Sweetest Slice, because in this episode, we played Kinky Cupid and tore out our favorite sex scenes from Stephen King’s works. So, if you want two hours of sensual smut, aka poundcake, stream below … with a cool glass of milk!
But, don’t forget to return next week as the Losers head to ‘Salem’s Lot circa 2004 with Rob Lowe, Donald Sutherland, Samantha Mathis, and the late and great Andre Braugher and Rutger Hauer. For further adventures, join the Losers’ Club over long days and pleasant nights via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Acast, Google Podcasts, and RSS.
You can also unlock hundreds upon hundreds of hours of exclusive content in The Barrens (Patreon) — from deep dives into uncollected King works to...
But, don’t forget to return next week as the Losers head to ‘Salem’s Lot circa 2004 with Rob Lowe, Donald Sutherland, Samantha Mathis, and the late and great Andre Braugher and Rutger Hauer. For further adventures, join the Losers’ Club over long days and pleasant nights via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Acast, Google Podcasts, and RSS.
You can also unlock hundreds upon hundreds of hours of exclusive content in The Barrens (Patreon) — from deep dives into uncollected King works to...
- 2/9/2024
- by Michael Roffman
- bloody-disgusting.com
This past December marked the 40th anniversary of John Carpenter‘s Christine. To celebrate, the Losers are revisiting the 1983 adaptation of Stephen King‘s 1983 novel — more on that later — with their first Long Watch movie review episode in over a year.
Join the Losers and special guest Kayleigh Jensen of the Glitter & Gore podcast as they chart the (very) short production history from page to screen, the iconography of the Plymouth Fury, the sounds of the film, and those timeless effects.
Stream the episode below. Then return next week when the Losers celebrate Valentine’s Day by getting steamy with Stephen King’s best sex scenes. Plenty of poundcake for everyone — don’t forget the milk! For further adventures, join the Losers’ Club over long days and pleasant nights via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Acast, Google Podcasts, and RSS.
You can also unlock hundreds upon hundreds of hours of exclusive...
Join the Losers and special guest Kayleigh Jensen of the Glitter & Gore podcast as they chart the (very) short production history from page to screen, the iconography of the Plymouth Fury, the sounds of the film, and those timeless effects.
Stream the episode below. Then return next week when the Losers celebrate Valentine’s Day by getting steamy with Stephen King’s best sex scenes. Plenty of poundcake for everyone — don’t forget the milk! For further adventures, join the Losers’ Club over long days and pleasant nights via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Acast, Google Podcasts, and RSS.
You can also unlock hundreds upon hundreds of hours of exclusive...
- 2/2/2024
- by Michael Roffman
- bloody-disgusting.com
The Losers’ Club returns to Lisbon Falls for one last ride: Hulu’s 11.22.63.
Produced by J.J. Abrams, Stephen King, Kevin Macdonald, Bryan Burk, and Bridget Carpenter, the 2016 miniseries stars James Franco as Jake Epping, Sarah Gadon as Sadie Dunhill, and Chris Cooper as Al Templeton. It was one of the first Hulu original series, but was it a hit? Did it just come and go? Was it the true origin of the King Renaissance? The Losers weigh in.
Stream the episode below. Then return next week when the Losers turn the key on John Carpenter’s Christine as they continue to catch up on last year’s anniversaries and missed adaptations. For further adventures, join the Losers’ Club over long days and pleasant nights via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Acast, Google Podcasts, and RSS.
You can also unlock hundreds upon hundreds of hours of exclusive content in The Barrens (Patreon...
Produced by J.J. Abrams, Stephen King, Kevin Macdonald, Bryan Burk, and Bridget Carpenter, the 2016 miniseries stars James Franco as Jake Epping, Sarah Gadon as Sadie Dunhill, and Chris Cooper as Al Templeton. It was one of the first Hulu original series, but was it a hit? Did it just come and go? Was it the true origin of the King Renaissance? The Losers weigh in.
Stream the episode below. Then return next week when the Losers turn the key on John Carpenter’s Christine as they continue to catch up on last year’s anniversaries and missed adaptations. For further adventures, join the Losers’ Club over long days and pleasant nights via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Acast, Google Podcasts, and RSS.
You can also unlock hundreds upon hundreds of hours of exclusive content in The Barrens (Patreon...
- 1/26/2024
- by Michael Roffman
- bloody-disgusting.com
In all of Stephen King’s massive catalog, few works are as bleak as his 2010 novella collection Full Dark, No Stars. Rather than supernatural entities, these four dark tales feature human monsters and deal with the horrors that live inside the human heart. Two novellas serve as mirror images of each other, exploring the female response to predatory men. “Big Driver” follows cozy mystery writer Tess Thorne on a mission of revenge against the stranger who raped her and left her for dead. “A Good Marriage” centers Darcy Anderson, a happily married woman faced with a horrifying choice when she discovers her husband’s secret life.
Both novellas were faithfully adapted into feature films in the year 2014 – for better or worse. Premiering on Lifetime, Big Driver tackles King’s rape-revenge story with Maria Bello staring as the vigilante writer and Olympia Dukakis as her literary detective. Ann Dowd and Joan Jett...
Both novellas were faithfully adapted into feature films in the year 2014 – for better or worse. Premiering on Lifetime, Big Driver tackles King’s rape-revenge story with Maria Bello staring as the vigilante writer and Olympia Dukakis as her literary detective. Ann Dowd and Joan Jett...
- 1/19/2024
- by Jenn Adams
- bloody-disgusting.com
If you recall from last week’s episode, we’re spending the next two months catching up on all the Stephen King adaptations and anniversaries we missed over the past year. So, to stay on theme, we’re unlocking a very topical episode of The Stephen King Archives, our Patreon exclusive imprint in which your Losers search the vault of King material – dusting off unpublished short stories, long-forgotten interviews, coffee-stained manuscripts, and alternate versions of your favorite tales. This particular entry was recorded in June 2022 and finds the Losers dusting off their copy of Stephen King’s World of Horror.
Having aired in 1986 and released on VHS in 1988, the 45-minute doc covers the works of King and his influence on pop culture. Peppered between segments with King are a number of clips from essential horror titles alongside interviews with John Carpenter, Clive Barker, Tom Savini, etc. Together, Michael Roffman, Randall Colburn,...
Having aired in 1986 and released on VHS in 1988, the 45-minute doc covers the works of King and his influence on pop culture. Peppered between segments with King are a number of clips from essential horror titles alongside interviews with John Carpenter, Clive Barker, Tom Savini, etc. Together, Michael Roffman, Randall Colburn,...
- 1/12/2024
- by Michael Roffman
- bloody-disgusting.com
Seven years, eight seasons! The journey continues…
Join Losers Michael Roffman, Randall Colburn, and Jenn Adams as they share their highlights from 2023, which includes an official audio drama and a live recording, before previewing all the books, movies, and events they’re covering throughout 2024. There will be Carrie, there will be Christine, there will be Cujo, but there will also be Hodges and Holly.
Stream the episode below and don’t forget your calendar. Then return next week when the Losers return to Dallas to cover Hulu’s 11.22.63 miniseries starring James Franco and Sarah Gadon. For further adventures, join the Losers’ Club over long days and pleasant nights via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Acast, Google Podcasts, and RSS.
You can also unlock hundreds upon hundreds of hours of exclusive content in The Barrens (Patreon) — from deep dives into uncollected King works to Dark Tower detours to feature-length King commentaries to...
Join Losers Michael Roffman, Randall Colburn, and Jenn Adams as they share their highlights from 2023, which includes an official audio drama and a live recording, before previewing all the books, movies, and events they’re covering throughout 2024. There will be Carrie, there will be Christine, there will be Cujo, but there will also be Hodges and Holly.
Stream the episode below and don’t forget your calendar. Then return next week when the Losers return to Dallas to cover Hulu’s 11.22.63 miniseries starring James Franco and Sarah Gadon. For further adventures, join the Losers’ Club over long days and pleasant nights via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Acast, Google Podcasts, and RSS.
You can also unlock hundreds upon hundreds of hours of exclusive content in The Barrens (Patreon) — from deep dives into uncollected King works to Dark Tower detours to feature-length King commentaries to...
- 1/6/2024
- by Michael Roffman
- bloody-disgusting.com
The episode of Deconstructing… covering Doctor Sleep was Written, Edited, and Narrated by Kier Gomes, Produced by Tyler Nichols and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.
What does it mean to let go? For some, letting go is something you experience moment-to-moment, constantly looking for distraction from the thing you’re running from. For others, to let go is to forgive and forget and leave your ailment in your rear view. And for the rest, letting go means not only accepting, but embracing the immovable object in your way and learning to use it and make it serve you, and others. And in the case of Danny Torrance, he’ll test each of these methods when the time comes for him to face his past, to save his present and future.
In 1977, our lord and savior, Stephen King, wrote the classic gothic horror novel The Shining – a spooky...
What does it mean to let go? For some, letting go is something you experience moment-to-moment, constantly looking for distraction from the thing you’re running from. For others, to let go is to forgive and forget and leave your ailment in your rear view. And for the rest, letting go means not only accepting, but embracing the immovable object in your way and learning to use it and make it serve you, and others. And in the case of Danny Torrance, he’ll test each of these methods when the time comes for him to face his past, to save his present and future.
In 1977, our lord and savior, Stephen King, wrote the classic gothic horror novel The Shining – a spooky...
- 8/22/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Last December, we learned that genre filmmaker Mike Flanagan is getting the chance to make his dream project a reality: his company Intrepid Pictures has secured the rights to make a series based on Stephen King’s The Dark Tower saga. And even though development has come to a screeching halt due to the writers strike, Flanagan remains optimistic that the series is going to happen. During a conversation on the new episode of the Kingcast podcast, Flanagan said The Dark Tower is going to be his top priority when the strike comes to an end.
Flanagan said (with thanks to Coming Soon for the transcription), “I feel really good about where we are. Oddly, where we are at the moment is completely frozen, because of the strike, but we had a wonderful spring with it and we’re making enormous progress on it. And I have every reason to...
Flanagan said (with thanks to Coming Soon for the transcription), “I feel really good about where we are. Oddly, where we are at the moment is completely frozen, because of the strike, but we had a wonderful spring with it and we’re making enormous progress on it. And I have every reason to...
- 8/9/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Six months ago, we learned that genre filmmaker Mike Flanagan is getting the chance to make his dream project a reality: his company Intrepid Pictures has secured the rights to make a series based on Stephen King’s The Dark Tower saga. Although Flanagan is currently participating in the writers strike, his script for the pilot episode of the series is already complete – and he is very happy with how it turned out. He’s also feeling optimistic that The Dark Tower is going to start moving forward once the strike has ended.
Speaking with Deadline months back, Flanagan said, “The pilot script is one of my favorite things I’ve ever gotten to work on. It’s been surreal working on that. So we’ve been floored and grateful that Stephen King trusts us with such an undertaking, something so precious to him, and we hope to find the right partners to realize it.
Speaking with Deadline months back, Flanagan said, “The pilot script is one of my favorite things I’ve ever gotten to work on. It’s been surreal working on that. So we’ve been floored and grateful that Stephen King trusts us with such an undertaking, something so precious to him, and we hope to find the right partners to realize it.
- 6/16/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Back in the day, if someone had tried to convince me to read a pseudo-religious epic with a four-digit page-count and a Deus Ex Machina ending without mentioning that it was penned by Stephen King, I’m pretty sure that I would have done my best to avoid that person (and the book) like the superflu. Luckily for me, I was already an Sk fanatic with a fascination for all things apocalyptic when I first laid hands on an uncut edition of The Stand, and it ended up becoming my absolute favorite novel by the King of horror.
Inspired by the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, King’s viral opus was originally meant to bring the mythic scale of fantasy stories to (then) modern-day America, with Christianity replacing Middle Earth’s magical elements and country folk standing in for hobbits and elves. Of course, with the book telling the story of...
Inspired by the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, King’s viral opus was originally meant to bring the mythic scale of fantasy stories to (then) modern-day America, with Christianity replacing Middle Earth’s magical elements and country folk standing in for hobbits and elves. Of course, with the book telling the story of...
- 6/5/2023
- by Luiz H. C.
- bloody-disgusting.com
Stephen King’s best-selling novel The Dark Tower once had a 2017 film adaptation starring the likes of Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey. But Elba had certain issues with the feature that he felt would be controversial.
Idris Elba felt he’d be crucified for his opinion on the Stephen King movie ‘The Dark Tower Idris Elba | Mike Coppola/Getty Images
Elba played Ronald Deschain in the movie’s take on King’s fantasy series. Many King fans may know the character was the remnant of a group of protectors named Gunslingers. As the title suggests, this meant that Elba’s character was proficient at using guns.
But Elba admitted that it was an aspect of the character he felt some discomfort towards.
“I had a clash of conscience with my character. In America, there’s a real awareness of gun culture. I had to break down why he’s good at shooting.
Idris Elba felt he’d be crucified for his opinion on the Stephen King movie ‘The Dark Tower Idris Elba | Mike Coppola/Getty Images
Elba played Ronald Deschain in the movie’s take on King’s fantasy series. Many King fans may know the character was the remnant of a group of protectors named Gunslingers. As the title suggests, this meant that Elba’s character was proficient at using guns.
But Elba admitted that it was an aspect of the character he felt some discomfort towards.
“I had a clash of conscience with my character. In America, there’s a real awareness of gun culture. I had to break down why he’s good at shooting.
- 6/1/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
“…the only way to go on is to go on. To say I can do this even when you know you can’t.”
Summer is here and the Losers are ready to get away from it all on a remote beach in the Florida Keys. They’ve packed up Reba the Anger Management Doll, bought a pack of color pencils, and rented a big pink house where the shells grind together like rattling bones. Duma Key may be peaceful, but whatever lies beneath the warm gulf waters has reawakened after decades of sleep. And she’s hungry.
Join Losers Dan Caffrey, Jenn Adams, Dan Pfleegor, and Rachel Reeves as they count their steps in the sand and share a pitcher of iced green tea. They’ll hang out under the beach umbrella and discuss how to draw a picture, meditations on healing, aquatic horror, and the end of King’s post-accident phase of writing.
Summer is here and the Losers are ready to get away from it all on a remote beach in the Florida Keys. They’ve packed up Reba the Anger Management Doll, bought a pack of color pencils, and rented a big pink house where the shells grind together like rattling bones. Duma Key may be peaceful, but whatever lies beneath the warm gulf waters has reawakened after decades of sleep. And she’s hungry.
Join Losers Dan Caffrey, Jenn Adams, Dan Pfleegor, and Rachel Reeves as they count their steps in the sand and share a pitcher of iced green tea. They’ll hang out under the beach umbrella and discuss how to draw a picture, meditations on healing, aquatic horror, and the end of King’s post-accident phase of writing.
- 5/26/2023
- by Jenn Adams
- bloody-disgusting.com
Mike Flanagan sure does love Stephen King stories, huh? Though his career has always been horror-focused, it wasn’t until “Gerald’s Game,” based on a King story, that people started to really take notice. Then he’d go off and do the ‘Haunting’ series over at Netflix, but then he came back to film with “Doctor Sleep,” the controversial sequel to “The Shining.” Now, it appears Flanagan can’t spend too much time away from a new King adaptation (in addition to a planned “Dark Tower” series), as he preps to film “The Life of Chuck.”
Read More: ‘The Dark Tower’: Mike Flanagan Has A TV Series Adaptation Of The Epic Stephen King Books In The Works
According to Deadline, Mike Flanagan is set to write, direct, and produce an adaptation of the Stephen King story, “The Life of Chuck.” Not only that but he’s already cast two of the roles,...
Read More: ‘The Dark Tower’: Mike Flanagan Has A TV Series Adaptation Of The Epic Stephen King Books In The Works
According to Deadline, Mike Flanagan is set to write, direct, and produce an adaptation of the Stephen King story, “The Life of Chuck.” Not only that but he’s already cast two of the roles,...
- 5/9/2023
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Video games may not be as well respected as other narrative artforms, but it’s only a matter of time before mainstream media begins to regard these interactive experiences with the same prestige as film and television. Fortunately, there are some artistic pioneers from other areas that have already recognized the creative potential of gaming, and this is especially true when it comes to the horror genre.
With so many genre filmmakers choosing to support interactive digital art, we’ve decided to come up with a list celebrating six times that masters of horror contributed to videogames. After all, from famous writers to big-name directors, there are plenty of examples of multimedia collaboration in gaming.
As usual, we’ll be abiding by a couple of rules. First, we’ll only be including masters of horror that don’t specialize in videogames (that means no Shinji Mikami!). Second, the contribution has...
With so many genre filmmakers choosing to support interactive digital art, we’ve decided to come up with a list celebrating six times that masters of horror contributed to videogames. After all, from famous writers to big-name directors, there are plenty of examples of multimedia collaboration in gaming.
As usual, we’ll be abiding by a couple of rules. First, we’ll only be including masters of horror that don’t specialize in videogames (that means no Shinji Mikami!). Second, the contribution has...
- 5/4/2023
- by Luiz H. C.
- bloody-disgusting.com
The next time something goes bump in the night and you feel the temptation to dismiss it as nothing ... maybe consider the possibility that you're stuck in a terrifying Stephen King short story, instead. The acclaimed horror author has been able to enjoy a resurgence of adaptations of his work in recent years on both the big and small screen, from the immensely successful "It" movies to the supposedly "un-filmable" production of "Dark Tower." But unlike most other high-profile translations of King's full-length novels, the upcoming "The Boogeyman" is instead taking its cues from one minor work out of a collection of short stories featured in 1978's "Night Shift."
With a name like Rob Savage attached to direct from a script credited to Scott Beck, Bryan Woods, and Mark Heyman, there's nothing "minor" about this next movie. Once initially destined for an unceremonious, straight-to-streaming release on Hulu, one pivotal test...
With a name like Rob Savage attached to direct from a script credited to Scott Beck, Bryan Woods, and Mark Heyman, there's nothing "minor" about this next movie. Once initially destined for an unceremonious, straight-to-streaming release on Hulu, one pivotal test...
- 4/27/2023
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
Night. The house is stirring. The wind is screaming outside. The bed feels lonely. You close your eyes and see the purple parting before you. Orange light fills in. A breeze brushes by with tufts of frangipani, bougainvillea, dusty roses, and the night-blooming cereus…
Head to Boo’ya Moon with Losers Michael Roffman, Ana Marie Cox, Jenn Adams, and special guest Johann Trotter as they dig deep into Stephen King‘s 2006 novel, Lisey’s Story. Together, they meditate on how King’s personal story of love and trauma brings us closer than ever to the Master of Horror. Note: This episode was originally recorded and released in June 2021 ahead of the Apple TV+ series. It’s being re-run as part of our King chronological journey.
Stream the book episode below. Then return this Friday when the Losers catch up on their favorite television, sort through King’s latest tweets, and visit...
Head to Boo’ya Moon with Losers Michael Roffman, Ana Marie Cox, Jenn Adams, and special guest Johann Trotter as they dig deep into Stephen King‘s 2006 novel, Lisey’s Story. Together, they meditate on how King’s personal story of love and trauma brings us closer than ever to the Master of Horror. Note: This episode was originally recorded and released in June 2021 ahead of the Apple TV+ series. It’s being re-run as part of our King chronological journey.
Stream the book episode below. Then return this Friday when the Losers catch up on their favorite television, sort through King’s latest tweets, and visit...
- 4/3/2023
- by Michael Roffman
- bloody-disgusting.com
“You can ring my bell, ring my bell…”
The Losers gather at Boston International Airport to close out their coverage on Stephen King‘s Cell. Now that they’ve explored the 2006 novel, they’re dialing into the 2016 adaptation. Originally announced as an Eli Roth project two months after the book’s release, the film spent 10 torturous years in development hell before finally being unleashed.
What came to fruition is a feature by filmmaker Tod Williams that stars John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman, Owen Teague, Stacey Keach, and Joshua Mikel. What’s more, King himself penned the screenplay alongside 2009’s Last House on the Left scribe Adam Alleca. Was it worth the wait?
Join Losers Michael Roffman, Rachel Reeves, Ana Marie Cox, and Jenn Adams as they answer that very question. Together, they chart the entire decade-long production history, discuss the 1408 reunion between Cusack and Jackson, try to make...
The Losers gather at Boston International Airport to close out their coverage on Stephen King‘s Cell. Now that they’ve explored the 2006 novel, they’re dialing into the 2016 adaptation. Originally announced as an Eli Roth project two months after the book’s release, the film spent 10 torturous years in development hell before finally being unleashed.
What came to fruition is a feature by filmmaker Tod Williams that stars John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman, Owen Teague, Stacey Keach, and Joshua Mikel. What’s more, King himself penned the screenplay alongside 2009’s Last House on the Left scribe Adam Alleca. Was it worth the wait?
Join Losers Michael Roffman, Rachel Reeves, Ana Marie Cox, and Jenn Adams as they answer that very question. Together, they chart the entire decade-long production history, discuss the 1408 reunion between Cusack and Jackson, try to make...
- 3/24/2023
- by Michael Roffman
- bloody-disgusting.com
With heartfelt horror master Mike Flanagan in charge, fans might finally get the adaptation of Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" novels that they've been wanting for decades now. In December, news broke that Flanagan now has the rights to the books -- and King's blessing -- along with plans to make a TV show version of the long-running literary property. While the project still seems to be on the distant horizon, Flanagan has since revealed to the Script Apart podcast (via Empire) that he's considering weaving in characters from another King book: "Doctor Sleep."
Flanagan directed an adaptation of King's sequel to "The Shining" in 2019, introducing viewers to a psychic cult called the True Knot and its leader, Rose The Hat (Rebecca Ferguson), along with a traumatized, grown-up Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor). As King superfan Flanagan pointed out on Script Apart, there's plenty of precedent for overlap between "The Dark Tower...
Flanagan directed an adaptation of King's sequel to "The Shining" in 2019, introducing viewers to a psychic cult called the True Knot and its leader, Rose The Hat (Rebecca Ferguson), along with a traumatized, grown-up Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor). As King superfan Flanagan pointed out on Script Apart, there's plenty of precedent for overlap between "The Dark Tower...
- 3/17/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Every day that passes, we’re hopefully closer to the thing Stephen King that King notoriously hated – didn’t set the box office alight, putting paid to several planned spin-offs, there may be a future for those characters on the big screen yet.
That’s because, as he tells the Script Apart podcast sees a way of bringing the Doctor Sleep characters into his take on The Dark Tower – sure to make up for having to abandon his Dick Hallorann origin story plans. “The thing about the King universe is, it’s all connected. And the nexus point of those connections is The Dark Tower,” he explains. “In the Dark Tower universe, there are all these other characters from the King world that come into play in different ways. When you make changes to the source material to introduce characters who could have played a very important role in that story…...
That’s because, as he tells the Script Apart podcast sees a way of bringing the Doctor Sleep characters into his take on The Dark Tower – sure to make up for having to abandon his Dick Hallorann origin story plans. “The thing about the King universe is, it’s all connected. And the nexus point of those connections is The Dark Tower,” he explains. “In the Dark Tower universe, there are all these other characters from the King world that come into play in different ways. When you make changes to the source material to introduce characters who could have played a very important role in that story…...
- 3/17/2023
- by Ben Travis
- Empire - Movies
Will you accept this rose, Constant Listeners?
We hope so, because The Bachelor himself, Zach Shallcross, has chosen The Losers’ Club’s Randall Colburn and Michael Roffman for a two-on-one to discuss his love for Stephen King and all things horror. In the episode, Shallcross details how Pennywise the Clown served as his gateway into King’s Dominion and kickstarted his ongoing quest to read every book in the Master of Horror’s overwhelming catalog. He also reveals how Billy Summers kept him company on his quest for love.
In between digressions about his favorite King books and film and TV adaptations, the Losers quiz Shallcross about some of the deepest cuts in the King canon (he’s read The Colorado Kid; Rage hadn’t yet crossed his radar) and ask if King ever came up in conversation with the women competing for his heart (you bet he did). He...
We hope so, because The Bachelor himself, Zach Shallcross, has chosen The Losers’ Club’s Randall Colburn and Michael Roffman for a two-on-one to discuss his love for Stephen King and all things horror. In the episode, Shallcross details how Pennywise the Clown served as his gateway into King’s Dominion and kickstarted his ongoing quest to read every book in the Master of Horror’s overwhelming catalog. He also reveals how Billy Summers kept him company on his quest for love.
In between digressions about his favorite King books and film and TV adaptations, the Losers quiz Shallcross about some of the deepest cuts in the King canon (he’s read The Colorado Kid; Rage hadn’t yet crossed his radar) and ask if King ever came up in conversation with the women competing for his heart (you bet he did). He...
- 3/10/2023
- by Randall Colburn
- bloody-disgusting.com
There’s a new crop in the cornfields. Yes, the long-running Children of the Corn franchise is back yet again with another installment. In fact, it’s the third eponymously titled feature of the brand (following 1984’s and 2009’s), only this one comes from the mind of writer-director Kurt Wimmer, who has harvested his own reimagining of Stephen King‘s Night Shift short story.
Join Losers Michael Roffman, Randall Colburn, Justin Gerber, and Jenn Adams as they discuss how this franchise has amassed 11 features, why the Corn endures, where they could possibly even take this IP down the road, what an Adapted By credit means (as it relates to Sphere), the durability of red wigs, and whether the Pastor is actually Pennywise.
Stream the wild and raucous movie review below, though beware of spoilers. Then return next week when the Losers speak to a very special guest who knows a thing or two about love.
Join Losers Michael Roffman, Randall Colburn, Justin Gerber, and Jenn Adams as they discuss how this franchise has amassed 11 features, why the Corn endures, where they could possibly even take this IP down the road, what an Adapted By credit means (as it relates to Sphere), the durability of red wigs, and whether the Pastor is actually Pennywise.
Stream the wild and raucous movie review below, though beware of spoilers. Then return next week when the Losers speak to a very special guest who knows a thing or two about love.
- 3/3/2023
- by Michael Roffman
- bloody-disgusting.com
“Man has come to dominate the planet thanks to two essential traits. One is intelligence. The other has been the absolute willingness to kill anyone and anything that gets in his way.”
The Losers are taking that to heart as they run out of Boston Common. All around them, The Pulse has turned the world upside down: mothers are gnawing at their daughters, trucks are crashing into stores, explosions are deafening. Luckily, they find a peaceful retreat at Gaiten Academy, where they catch their breath to discuss Stephen King‘s Cell.
Join Losers Randall Colburn, Michael Roffman, Ana Marie Cox, and Jenn Adams as they revisit King’s 2006 novel. Together, they meditate on the reverberations of 9/11, the parallels to H.G. Wells and Richard Matheson, the hilarious digital marketing campaign around its release, and why this often feels like King’s version of a Greatest Hits album.
Stream the book episode...
The Losers are taking that to heart as they run out of Boston Common. All around them, The Pulse has turned the world upside down: mothers are gnawing at their daughters, trucks are crashing into stores, explosions are deafening. Luckily, they find a peaceful retreat at Gaiten Academy, where they catch their breath to discuss Stephen King‘s Cell.
Join Losers Randall Colburn, Michael Roffman, Ana Marie Cox, and Jenn Adams as they revisit King’s 2006 novel. Together, they meditate on the reverberations of 9/11, the parallels to H.G. Wells and Richard Matheson, the hilarious digital marketing campaign around its release, and why this often feels like King’s version of a Greatest Hits album.
Stream the book episode...
- 2/24/2023
- by Michael Roffman
- bloody-disgusting.com
Hot on the heels of leaving Netflix for Amazon, horror creator Mike Flanagan already has his next big project lined up. The creator of spooky TV favorites like “The Haunting of Hill House,” “Midnight Mass,” and “The Midnight Club” has acquired the rights to adapt Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower” book series.
Flanagan revealed the news in a Deadline interview with his producing partner Trevor Macy about their jump from Netflix to Amazon, where they recently inked an overall deal.
“Predating our deal with Amazon, we acquired the rights to ‘The Dark Tower,’ which if you know anything about me, you know it has been my Holy Grail of a project for most of my life,” Flanagan told Deadline. “We actually have those rights carved out of our Amazon deal, which doesn’t mean that they can’t or won’t get behind it at some point — you don’t know.
Flanagan revealed the news in a Deadline interview with his producing partner Trevor Macy about their jump from Netflix to Amazon, where they recently inked an overall deal.
“Predating our deal with Amazon, we acquired the rights to ‘The Dark Tower,’ which if you know anything about me, you know it has been my Holy Grail of a project for most of my life,” Flanagan told Deadline. “We actually have those rights carved out of our Amazon deal, which doesn’t mean that they can’t or won’t get behind it at some point — you don’t know.
- 12/8/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
When one delves into the mythology of Stephen King's epically long 1986 novel "It," you might find a massively complicated Theogony of deities that link into numerous ancient creation myths. According to King's novel, the titular creature, most commonly known as Pennywise the Dancing Clown, was originally born of the enormous, ineffable void that surrounds the outer edges of the known cosmos. The novel refers to this void at the Macroverse, although in King's "Dark Tower" novels, the same void is called the Todash Darkness. A rogue meteor somehow picked up the creature and it traveled to planet Earth while it was still forming and humans hadn't evolved yet. For millions of years, It slumbered, eventually emerging in Ad 1715 to begin feeding on the local citizens. It's implied that It is billions of years old, and It can be a clown or a spider or whatever you're most afraid of.
- 9/13/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
(Welcome to Year of the Vampire, a series examining the greatest, strangest, and sometimes overlooked vampire movies of all time in honor of "Nosferatu," which turns 100 this year.)
Let's get this right out of the way: "Doctor Sleep" is most certainly a vampire movie. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences classifies it that way, and it's there in-between the lines of dialogue, and in the blueprint of Stephen King's book, the sequel to "The Shining." The film adaptation, written and directed by Mike Flanagan, introduces us to a tribe of psychic vampires with glowing eyes called the True Knot, though Flanagan noticeably avoids the word "vampire," just as he did in his Netflix miniseries "Midnight Mass," and just as Guillermo del Toro did in his directorial debut "Cronos."
King's "Doctor Sleep" novel, however, equates the True Knot — led by Rose the Hat — to vampires several times. In one passage,...
Let's get this right out of the way: "Doctor Sleep" is most certainly a vampire movie. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences classifies it that way, and it's there in-between the lines of dialogue, and in the blueprint of Stephen King's book, the sequel to "The Shining." The film adaptation, written and directed by Mike Flanagan, introduces us to a tribe of psychic vampires with glowing eyes called the True Knot, though Flanagan noticeably avoids the word "vampire," just as he did in his Netflix miniseries "Midnight Mass," and just as Guillermo del Toro did in his directorial debut "Cronos."
King's "Doctor Sleep" novel, however, equates the True Knot — led by Rose the Hat — to vampires several times. In one passage,...
- 9/10/2022
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
It’s been five years since It hit theaters and conquered the box office, becoming the highest grossing horror film of all time and tipping off a new Stephen King renaissance across Hollywood. Today? The scene is dire: Blumhouse’s Firestarter failed to ignite, while ‘Salem’s Lot has completely been vanquished from Warner Bros’ schedule.
So, what the hell happened? Good question. The Losers dial back the clock to that eventful September in 2017 and chart the highs and lows over the last half decade. Together, they sort through all the features and television series that make up the entire run, debating their impact and cultural cache before giving the thumbs up or thumbs down.
Stream the episode below and return next week when the Losers talk to King historian Bev Vincent on his new ultimate companion for Constant Readers. For further adventures, join the Club over long days and pleasant nights via Apple Podcasts,...
So, what the hell happened? Good question. The Losers dial back the clock to that eventful September in 2017 and chart the highs and lows over the last half decade. Together, they sort through all the features and television series that make up the entire run, debating their impact and cultural cache before giving the thumbs up or thumbs down.
Stream the episode below and return next week when the Losers talk to King historian Bev Vincent on his new ultimate companion for Constant Readers. For further adventures, join the Club over long days and pleasant nights via Apple Podcasts,...
- 9/9/2022
- by Michael Roffman
- bloody-disgusting.com
In anticipation of The Creepshow, their Stephen King film festival this weekend in Chicago, The Losers’ Club is unlocking one of their older episodes from the Derry Private Library. It’s a volume of the Stephen King Archives, a recurring Patreon feature that sees co-hosts Randall Colburn, Michael Roffman, and Jenn Adams discussing King’s unpublished short stories, long-forgotten interviews, dusty manuscripts, and alternate versions of your favorite tales.
This particular chapter is dedicated to the uncollected stories from the Creepshow franchise. Specifically, 1976’s “Weeds” that inspired “The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill”; 1979’s “The Crate” that inspired, well, “The Crate”; and the unused “Pinfall” segment that should have been in Creepshow 2. Together, they get into the weeds — pun, most certainly intended — of the prose and crawl through the context of which they were published.
Stream the episode below and return next week when the Losers wind back the clock...
This particular chapter is dedicated to the uncollected stories from the Creepshow franchise. Specifically, 1976’s “Weeds” that inspired “The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill”; 1979’s “The Crate” that inspired, well, “The Crate”; and the unused “Pinfall” segment that should have been in Creepshow 2. Together, they get into the weeds — pun, most certainly intended — of the prose and crawl through the context of which they were published.
Stream the episode below and return next week when the Losers wind back the clock...
- 9/2/2022
- by Michael Roffman
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Jena Malone, Alejandro Edda, Tatanka Means and Michael Rooker are boarding the ensemble cast of Kevin Costner’s epic Western film saga Horizon at Warner Bros/New Line, Deadline has learned.
The foursome join an expanding roster that includes Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jamie Campbell Bower, Luke Wilson and Thomas Haden Church.
Two-time Oscar winner Costner will produce through his Territory Pictures, and direct and star in the period movie which he co-wrote with Jon Baird.
Horizon chronicles a multi-faceted 15-year span of pre- and post-Civil War expansion and settlement of the American West. Experienced through the eyes of many, the epic journey is fraught with peril and intrigue from the constant onslaught of natural elements, to the interactions with the indigenous peoples who lived on the land, and the determination and at many times ruthlessness of those who sought to settle it.
Costner returns to directing for the...
The foursome join an expanding roster that includes Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jamie Campbell Bower, Luke Wilson and Thomas Haden Church.
Two-time Oscar winner Costner will produce through his Territory Pictures, and direct and star in the period movie which he co-wrote with Jon Baird.
Horizon chronicles a multi-faceted 15-year span of pre- and post-Civil War expansion and settlement of the American West. Experienced through the eyes of many, the epic journey is fraught with peril and intrigue from the constant onslaught of natural elements, to the interactions with the indigenous peoples who lived on the land, and the determination and at many times ruthlessness of those who sought to settle it.
Costner returns to directing for the...
- 8/31/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Since the release of Stephen King's novel "Carrie" in 1974, the author has been one of the most famous American horror writers of all time. In his long career, he has created homicidal cars, psychotic clowns, and obsessive fans. King's macabre stories always keep avid readers entertained, and his characters and plots are often adapted into films and television shows.
Since Brian De Palma adapted "Carrie" in 1976, which has become a horror classic, King's novels have inspired dozens of films, miniseries, and TV shows. King's novels are largely critical successes, but the adaptations based on his fiction are very hit and miss. "Carrie," "It," and "The Shining" top the list of horror classics, while films like "Dreamcatcher," "Dark Tower," and "Thinner" were major flops.
This shaky relationship with Hollywood and its audience might shake the foundation of some author's confidence, but King doesn't allow it to derail his writing. However,...
Since Brian De Palma adapted "Carrie" in 1976, which has become a horror classic, King's novels have inspired dozens of films, miniseries, and TV shows. King's novels are largely critical successes, but the adaptations based on his fiction are very hit and miss. "Carrie," "It," and "The Shining" top the list of horror classics, while films like "Dreamcatcher," "Dark Tower," and "Thinner" were major flops.
This shaky relationship with Hollywood and its audience might shake the foundation of some author's confidence, but King doesn't allow it to derail his writing. However,...
- 8/28/2022
- by Christian Gainey
- Slash Film
Frank Darabont's "The Mist" opens with a moody tracking shot showing its lead character, David Drayton, hard at work painting an untitled western movie poster, a sly nod to Stephen King's "Dark Tower" books, as a storm rages outside. Old-timey music plays in the background, the walls are filled with Drayton's artwork (which just so happen all be painted by legendary poster artist Drew Struzan). It's an oddly calming opening.
The storm intensifies, the lights go out, windows break, and then the next morning we see the aftermath of the storm as a mysterious mist slowly works its way across a lake.
This opening is...
The post The Mist's Opening Scene Nearly Spoiled Its Biggest Mystery appeared first on /Film.
The storm intensifies, the lights go out, windows break, and then the next morning we see the aftermath of the storm as a mysterious mist slowly works its way across a lake.
This opening is...
The post The Mist's Opening Scene Nearly Spoiled Its Biggest Mystery appeared first on /Film.
- 3/29/2022
- by Eric Vespe
- Slash Film
There are only three absolutes in this world: death, taxes, and one of Stephen King's novels receiving a film or television adaptation. The Master of Horror has seen his short stories and novels adapted countless times over the years, from classics like "Carrie" and "Misery" to lesser-known stories like "The Tommyknockers." Some have received critical acclaim, such as Andy Muschietti's "It" and Mike Flanagan's "Doctor Sleep"; others have led people to just, well, decide to stick to the books. (Here's where I take a moment to weep over the untapped potential of King's "Dark Tower" novels, which somehow botched having a grade-a lead in Idris Elba when...
The post The Reason Stephen King Never Liked The Running Man Adaptation appeared first on /Film.
The post The Reason Stephen King Never Liked The Running Man Adaptation appeared first on /Film.
- 3/8/2022
- by Collier Jennings
- Slash Film
The Spine of Night Directors on Horror Fiction Inspirations and the Freedom of Independent Animation
Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King’s The Spine of Night is an impassioned tribute to adult animation, dark fantasy, and truly ambitious genre epics of the type all too rarely seen on the silver screen.
“One thing is certain about The Spine of Night: this is a labor of bone-shattered, triptacular love, “I said in my review. “The new rotoscope-animated feature—a clearly adoring homage to Ralph Bakshi, Heavy Metal, and 1980s dark fantasy—was created over a span of seven years by a minuscule team of animators digitally painting frame-by-frame with the oversight of directors Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King. It’s a deathly earnest film––like George Lucas-caliber earnest––guts-filled with capital-l lore, grim violence, artful nudity, and portentous monologues––not-always-convincingly delivered by a vocal cast that includes Lucy Lawless and Patton Oswalt––that never dare consciously wink at the intrinsic camp of its culty-retro throwback venue.
“One thing is certain about The Spine of Night: this is a labor of bone-shattered, triptacular love, “I said in my review. “The new rotoscope-animated feature—a clearly adoring homage to Ralph Bakshi, Heavy Metal, and 1980s dark fantasy—was created over a span of seven years by a minuscule team of animators digitally painting frame-by-frame with the oversight of directors Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King. It’s a deathly earnest film––like George Lucas-caliber earnest––guts-filled with capital-l lore, grim violence, artful nudity, and portentous monologues––not-always-convincingly delivered by a vocal cast that includes Lucy Lawless and Patton Oswalt––that never dare consciously wink at the intrinsic camp of its culty-retro throwback venue.
- 11/17/2021
- by Eli Friedberg
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Oscar nominee Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children), Tony nominee Maria Dizzia (Orange Is the New Black) and Jeremy Bobb (The Knick) are set for key recurring roles on Showtime’s upcoming anthology series The First Lady, starring Viola Davis — who also executive produces — Michelle Pfeiffer and Gillian Anderson. Cathy Schulman serves as showrunner. Susanne Bier (The Undoing) will direct and executive produce.
Created by Aaron Cooley and produced by Lionsgate TV and Showtime, The First Lady is a revelatory reframing of American leadership, told through the lens of the women at the heart of the White House. Season 1 focuses on Eleanor Roosevelt (Anderson), Betty Ford (Pfeiffer) and Michelle Obama (Davis).
Haley, Dizzia and Bobb will appear in the Eleanor Roosevelt (Anderson) story.
Haley will play Louis McHenry Howe, a former reporter for the New York Herald who spent the majority of his life serving as political advisor to Franklin D. Roosevelt...
Created by Aaron Cooley and produced by Lionsgate TV and Showtime, The First Lady is a revelatory reframing of American leadership, told through the lens of the women at the heart of the White House. Season 1 focuses on Eleanor Roosevelt (Anderson), Betty Ford (Pfeiffer) and Michelle Obama (Davis).
Haley, Dizzia and Bobb will appear in the Eleanor Roosevelt (Anderson) story.
Haley will play Louis McHenry Howe, a former reporter for the New York Herald who spent the majority of his life serving as political advisor to Franklin D. Roosevelt...
- 8/9/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The background of how Infinite was optioned is a fun, anecdotal tale steeped in what some might construe as fate, others simply dismiss as dumb luck. In 2009 former software developer D. Eric Maikranz self-published his debut novel The Reincarnationist Papers—the fictional memoirs of a man with memories of past lives who seeks to join a secret society of others like him—with the promise (printed on the front page) to give anyone able to put a copy into the pipeline at a Hollywood studio ten percent of the advance paid for turning it into a film. A junior executive stumbled upon a copy at a hostel, handed it off to the powers that be, and ultimately received his reward ten years later.
What interested me more as the finished product’s release approached, however, was that marketing materials have a third name between Maikranz and screenwriter Ian Shorr. “Screen...
What interested me more as the finished product’s release approached, however, was that marketing materials have a third name between Maikranz and screenwriter Ian Shorr. “Screen...
- 6/10/2021
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
This month’s home media releases are off to a fun start as a few of my favorite movies from 2020 are headed to Blu-ray and DVD this week—Paul W.S. Anderson’s Monster Hunter and Josh Ruben’s Scare Me. Beyond that, we have a pair of titles from Vinegar Syndrome that genre fans are going to want to pick up on Tuesday—Cthulhu Mansion and Dark Tower—and there are a few other titles being released on March 2nd, too, including Where is She?, Vampire Virus, and the Nicolas Cage Collection.
Cthulhu Mansion
After a drug deal gone wrong, a group of punks attempt to flee a local amusement park by taking a mysterious old magician named Chandu (Frank Finlay; Lifeforce) and his beautiful daughter hostage. While trying to evade the police, the punks force Chandu to take them to his secluded mansion where they plan to seek...
Cthulhu Mansion
After a drug deal gone wrong, a group of punks attempt to flee a local amusement park by taking a mysterious old magician named Chandu (Frank Finlay; Lifeforce) and his beautiful daughter hostage. While trying to evade the police, the punks force Chandu to take them to his secluded mansion where they plan to seek...
- 3/1/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
“Castle Rock” has been canceled after two seasons at Hulu.
The anthology drama series was based on the works of Stephen King, including “Misery” and “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption.” The show was set in the fictional Maine town, which served as the setting for several notable King stories.
The first season of starred Andre Holland, Sissy Spacek, Bill Skarsgard, Melanie Lynskey, Scott Glenn, Jane Levy and Terry O’Quinn. The second season starred Lizzy Caplan, Tim Robbins, Yusra Warsama, Barkhad Abdi, and Matthew Alan. News of the cancellation comes over a year since the premiere of Season 2, which dropped in October 2019.
The show hailed from executive producers and showrunners Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason. JJ Abrams, Mark Lafferty, Ben Stephenson, Liz Glotzer, and King also served as executive producers. Bad Robot Prods.produced in association with Warner Bros Television. Hulu also previously aired the limited series “11.22.63,” which was...
The anthology drama series was based on the works of Stephen King, including “Misery” and “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption.” The show was set in the fictional Maine town, which served as the setting for several notable King stories.
The first season of starred Andre Holland, Sissy Spacek, Bill Skarsgard, Melanie Lynskey, Scott Glenn, Jane Levy and Terry O’Quinn. The second season starred Lizzy Caplan, Tim Robbins, Yusra Warsama, Barkhad Abdi, and Matthew Alan. News of the cancellation comes over a year since the premiere of Season 2, which dropped in October 2019.
The show hailed from executive producers and showrunners Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason. JJ Abrams, Mark Lafferty, Ben Stephenson, Liz Glotzer, and King also served as executive producers. Bad Robot Prods.produced in association with Warner Bros Television. Hulu also previously aired the limited series “11.22.63,” which was...
- 11/3/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Stephen King’s many novels have been adapted countless times for TV and film. Some have been lasting triumphs (hello The Shining), others most certainly haven’t. One that fell firmly into the latter category was a 2017 adaptation of his cross-genre epic The Dark Tower. The movie, which starred Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey, compressed 8 books worth of material into a flimsy 90-minute studio job.
Clearly then, the opportunity to make a definitive screen version of the series remains open, and there’s no shortage of would-be suitors. In fact, in a recent interview with Syfy, horror filmmaker Mike Flanagan voiced his desire to make a Dark Tower adaptation, describing it as the “Holy Grail.”
“The Dark Tower is forever going to be the story I wish I could tell. That would be the Holy Grail. I mean, talk about an adaptation challenge… So many very talented people have poured...
Clearly then, the opportunity to make a definitive screen version of the series remains open, and there’s no shortage of would-be suitors. In fact, in a recent interview with Syfy, horror filmmaker Mike Flanagan voiced his desire to make a Dark Tower adaptation, describing it as the “Holy Grail.”
“The Dark Tower is forever going to be the story I wish I could tell. That would be the Holy Grail. I mean, talk about an adaptation challenge… So many very talented people have poured...
- 9/3/2020
- by Alex Crisp
- We Got This Covered
Is The Dark Tower ever coming to the small screen? Recently, executive producer Glen Mazzara discussed the future of the TV show after Amazon passed on it, TV Guide reports.
Based on the novel series by Stephen King, the series follows Roland Deschain, a descendent from a long line of gunslingers, who is tasked with finding the mysterious Dark Tower. The books were previously adapted as a 2017 film starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey.
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Based on the novel series by Stephen King, the series follows Roland Deschain, a descendent from a long line of gunslingers, who is tasked with finding the mysterious Dark Tower. The books were previously adapted as a 2017 film starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey.
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- 6/2/2020
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
At this point, it’s probably time to admit that Stephen King‘s Dark Tower series just isn’t adaptable to the screen, big or small. After years of development, we were cursed with a lackluster movie adaptation that failed to capitalize on much of the mythology and world-building fans of the book crave. After the movie’s failure, there […]
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- 5/27/2020
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
Considering the fact that we’re dealing with the Stephen King multiverse when it comes to Castle Rock and the fact that a lot of his stories revolve around each other and several are even set in various parts of Maine, it’d be great to start seeing a few other key moments from his books that take place in this universe. Those that have read his books know that the majority of them focus around The Dark Tower series, which was given a movie that was downright horrible and should have likely been turned into a series or several movies instead
What Can We Expect From Castle Rock Season 3?...
What Can We Expect From Castle Rock Season 3?...
- 4/14/2020
- by Tom
- TVovermind.com
Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy) set as a series regular opposite David Oyelowo in The President Is Missing, Showtime’s drama pilot based on the novel by President Bill Clinton and James Patterson from Christopher McQuarrie and Anthony Peckham.
In The President Is Missing pilot, a powerless and politically aimless vice president (Oyelowo) unexpectedly becomes president halfway into his administration’s first term when President Jillian Stroud goes missing, despite his every wish to the contrary. He walks right into a secret, world-threatening crisis, both inside and outside the White House. Attacked by friends and enemies alike, with scandal and conspiracy swirling around him, he is confronted with a terrible choice: keep his head down, toe the party line and survive, or act on his stubborn, late-developing conscience and take a stand.
Rooker will play Greg Parkes, the Special Agent in Charge of the Vice Presidential Protection Detail. The...
In The President Is Missing pilot, a powerless and politically aimless vice president (Oyelowo) unexpectedly becomes president halfway into his administration’s first term when President Jillian Stroud goes missing, despite his every wish to the contrary. He walks right into a secret, world-threatening crisis, both inside and outside the White House. Attacked by friends and enemies alike, with scandal and conspiracy swirling around him, he is confronted with a terrible choice: keep his head down, toe the party line and survive, or act on his stubborn, late-developing conscience and take a stand.
Rooker will play Greg Parkes, the Special Agent in Charge of the Vice Presidential Protection Detail. The...
- 2/25/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
As one of the most prolific and successful authors of all time, Stephen King is a living legend for storytellers and writers, but the acclaimed novelist has recently caught fire for his controversial comments about diversity in art.
The Academy has once again proven that it can’t reflect diversity when assessing the eligible movies, as this year’s nominees have failed to represent different races and ethnicities. However, there are some who believe that diversity should not be a measure of quality. Stephen King is one of the few people who’s voiced his concern regarding the attitude towards judging creative excellence, noting that people who critique works of art should be “blind to questions of race, gender, or sexual orientation.”
In fact, in a recent opinion piece, King expressed his dissatisfaction with this “increasingly acrimonious” trend by saying that such criteria are insulting to the idea of creative...
The Academy has once again proven that it can’t reflect diversity when assessing the eligible movies, as this year’s nominees have failed to represent different races and ethnicities. However, there are some who believe that diversity should not be a measure of quality. Stephen King is one of the few people who’s voiced his concern regarding the attitude towards judging creative excellence, noting that people who critique works of art should be “blind to questions of race, gender, or sexual orientation.”
In fact, in a recent opinion piece, King expressed his dissatisfaction with this “increasingly acrimonious” trend by saying that such criteria are insulting to the idea of creative...
- 1/28/2020
- by Jonathan Wright
- We Got This Covered
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