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Alexander Skarsgard, Whoopi Goldberg and more join Stephen King adaptation The Stand

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The Fault in Our Stars director Josh Boone’s long-gestating The Stand has found its Randall Flagg and Mother Abagail, with Alexander Skarsgard (Big Little Lies) and Whoopi Goldberg (Sister Act) securing the two key roles in the Stephen King adaptation. Along with Skarsgard and Goldberg, the series has also announced four more cast members: Jovan Adepo […]

Hot Toys’ It Chapter Two Movie Masterpiece Series Pennywise figure revealed

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Hot Toys has revealed its 1:6 scale Movie Masterpiece Series  Pennywise collectible figure which is based on the appearance of Bill Skarsgard as the malevolent being in Andy Mushietti’s Stephen King adaptation It Chapter Two; check out the promotional images below and head on over to Sideshow to pre-order… SEE ALSO: Pennywise gets the Cosbaby […]

Pennywise gets the Cosbaby treatment with Hot Toys’ It Chapter Two collectibles

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Hot Toys has unveiled its new line of Cosbabies for the Stephen King adaptation It Chapter Two which includes three variations of the movie’s terrifying malevolent being Pennywise; check out the promotional images here… Based on the latest blockbuster IT Chapter 2, Hot Toys is thrilled to officially introduce the brand new Cosbaby line-up featuring […]

Stephen King’s new book The Institute in development as TV series

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Stephen King’s latest book The Institute was released today, and it’s already been snapped up for a TV series adaptation with Deadline reporting that Spyglass Media has come on top in a competitive auction for the rights. Spyglass has enlisted David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies) and Jack Bender (Lost) – the creative team behind […]

It’s Bill Skarsgard open to returning as Pennywise in the future

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Bill Skarsgard has stated he would be open to returning as Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the It franchise in the future if Warner Bros. intends on making a third movie. In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly to coincide with the release of It Chpater Two, Skarsgard expressed his interest in returning to the iconic […]

It Chapter Two opens to $185 million worldwide

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Pennywise the Dancing Clown returned to cinemas this weekend for his final confrontation with The Losers’ Club in It Chapter Two, and while the Stephen King adaptation fell slightly short of box office tracking, the sequel has delivered the second biggest ever opening for a horror movie behind its 2017 predecessor. Domestically, It Chapter Two […]

Return to the Overlook Hotel with new trailer for Doctor Sleep

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Warner Bros. has released the final trailer for the supernatural thriller Doctor Sleep which sees Danny (Ewan McGregor) returning to the Overlook Hotel to face the trauma of his past and the evil that resides there. Directed by Mike Flanagan, the film serves as a sequel to both the Stephen King novel and Stanley Kubrick’s […]

Movie Review – It Chapter Two (2019)

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It Chapter Two, 2019. Directed by Andy Muschietti. Starring James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Bill Skargard, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone, Andy Bean, Teach Grant, Jaeden Martell, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, and Nicholas Hamilton. SYNOPSIS: Twenty-seven years after their first encounter with the […]

Movie Review – It Chapter Two (2019)

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It Chapter Two, 2019. Directed by Andy Muschietti. Starring James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Bill Skargard, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone, Andy Bean, Teach Grant, Jaeden Martell, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, and Nicholas Hamilton. SYNOPSIS: Twenty-seven years after their first encounter with the […]

It Chapter Two looking to scare up record box office opening for a horror movie

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Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema’s It Chapter Two arrives in cinemas today, with Deadline reporting that the sequel to the hit Stephen King adaptation is eyeing a record opening for a horror movie at the global box office. According to the site, the sequel is on course to top its predecessor’s $189.7 million worldwide […]