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The Dark Tower TV series not moving forward at Amazon

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Last year Amazon Studios began developing The Dark Tower TV series, the latest adaptation of Stephen King’s epic series that was to be a complete reboot from the 2017 feature film. However, the series is no longer moving forward at Amazon as Deadline has revealed that the streaming service has passed on the pilot. Due to […]

Exclusive Interview – It Chapter Two Make-up Designer Sean Sampson on creating Pennywise, Spider-Heads, and those Fortune Cookie Demons

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Harrison Abbott chats with It Chapter Two make-up designer Sean Sampson… It Chapter Two might not have quite recaptured the magic of its predecessor, at least as far box-office and critical reviews were concerned, but one aspect of the film that could not be faulted were its excellent practical effects. From the gory child corpses, to […]

Stephen King and cast discuss The Outsider in new featurette

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Ahead of its two-episode premiere this Sunday, HBO has released a featurette for the upcoming thriller The Outsider which sees author Stephen King, stars Ben Mendelsohn and Cynthia Erivo, writer/executive producer Richard Price, and writer Dennis Lehane share what viewers can expect from the series; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for […]

Exclusive variant cover for Stephen King and Owen King comic book adaptation Sleeping Beauties

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Thanks to IDW Publishing, we’ve got an exclusive variant cover for the first issue of the upcoming comic book adaptation of Stephen King and Owen King’s Sleeping Beauties from artist Jana Heidersdorf; check it out here… Sleeping Beauties explores a world where women have sunken into a deep, cocooned slumber, their dreams taking them to an […]

Ranking 2019’s 26 Biggest Horror Movies

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EJ Moreno ranks 2019’s big horror releases… On the surface, it would seem that A24 and Blumhouse dominated horror this year with significant releases. But on closer inspection, 2019 has a wide variety of horror movies coming from all over the place. The genre is in such a great spot in 2019 with a little […]

Will the studios learn their lesson after a year full of box office duds?

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Tom Jolliffe looks at some of the box office bombs in 2019, and whether studios will learn from their mistakes… 2019 has been an interesting year. There have been the expected successes with Marvel (particularly Avengers: Endgame), and unexpectedly gargantuan success with Joker (which was expected to do well, but that well?). Like every year […]

The Green Mile: 20 years on, Frank Darabont’s haunting tale of reflection still hits hard

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With it celebrating a landmark anniversary this month, George Nash takes a look at how The Green Mile’s tale of reflection and guilt still packs a punch, two decades on… The year 1999 marked the end of the world. At least, that’s what people would have you believe as the clocks ticked ominously down towards […]

New TV series adaptation of Stephen King’s Carrie in development

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Another day, another Stephen King project… As revealed by Collider, FX Networks is teaming with MGM Television to develop a limited series adaptation of Stephen King’s classic 1974 novel Carrie. According to the site, the Carrie TV series is still in the earliest stages of development, but the plan is to put a modern and […]

Stephen King adaptation Firestarter finds a new director

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Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions’ long-planned adaptation of Stephen King’s Firestarter has found a new director, with Variety reporting that Keith Thomas (The Vigil) has signed on to helm the reboot. Based on the 1980 sci-fi-horror novel, Firestarter follows a father and daughter who are on the run from a secret government agency looking to […]

Doctor Sleep receiving a three-hour Director’s Cut

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Filmmaker Mike Flanagan has announced that the home entertainment release of this year’s Stephen King adaptation Doctor Sleep is set to include an extended Director’s Cut of The Shining follow-up, which runs for 180 minutes – 28 minutes longer than the theatrical release. Check out Flanagan’s tweet here: SEE ALSO: Exclusive Interview – Doctor Sleep composers […]