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Rebecca Ferguson joins Ewan McGregor in The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep

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It looks like the Stephen King adaptation Doctor Sleep may have found its lead actress to star alongside Ewan McGregor. Variety has reported Rebecca Ferguson (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation) is in final talks to star in The Shining sequel. It is unknown what role she is up for, but McGregor is set to play an adult Danny Torrence […]

A Quiet Place screenwriters adapting Stephen King’s The Boogeyman

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It looks like we can add another Stephen King project to the ever expanding list, with Deadline reporting that 20th Century Fox is finalising a deal for The Boogeyman, an adaptation of the King short story released as part of the 1978 Night Shift collection. The project is being scripted by Scott Beck and Bryan […]

Teach Grant and Jess Wiexler join It: Chapter Two as Henry Bowers and Audra Phillips

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As It: Chapter Two continues its Toronto production, Variety has revealed two additional castings to the film in fairly important major roles, with Teach Grant (Altered Carbon) and Jess Wiexler (Chained for Life) the latest to join the horror sequel. Grant will portray the adult Henry Bowers, the bully to The Losers back in their teenage years. […]

It: Chapter Two adds Xavier Dolan and Will Beinbrink to its cast

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Days after James McAvoy officially announced that production is underway, Deadline is reporting that New Line Cinema’s horror sequel It: Chapter Two has added Xavier Dolan (Boy Erased) and Will Beinbrink (Queen of the South) to its cast. Dolan is set to portray Adrian Mellon, a gay man living in Derry who is the victim […]

Filming begins on remake of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary, synopsis and cast revealed

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A few days ago, James McAvoy announced that production is now underway on It: Chapter Two, and now we have word that filming has begun on another Stephen King adaptation, with co-director Dennis Widmyer announcing the start of principal photography on Twitter. Day one. #PetSematary pic.twitter.com/dfBAuW95xo — Dennis Widmyer (@denniswidmyer) June 18, 2018 Widmyer and […]

Ewan McGregor to star as Danny Torrance in The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep

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The sequel to Stephen King’s The Shining has found it star. Variety has reported Ewan McGregor (Christopher Robin) will lead the film as Danny Torrance in Doctor Sleep, the son of Jack Torrance who was played by Jack Nicholson in the film adaptation of The Shining. McGregor’s casting apparently earned the blessing of Stephen King, according to Variety, a […]

Bill Skarsgard says It: Chapter Two will be a “very different experience”

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With the adult versions of the Losers Club locked in, director Andy Muschietti’s It: Chapter Two is gearing up to go into production this summer, and actor Bill Skarsgard – a.k.a. Pennywise the Dancing Clown – has been chatting to Den of Geek about the sequel, promising that it will deliver a “very different experience” […]

Isaiah Mustafa joins It: Chapter Two as the final Loser

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The Losers Club has finally been put together for It: Chapter Two with the casting of Isaiah Mustafa (Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments) as the adult Mike Hanlon. Chosen Jacobs, the young actor who played Mike in the first film, revealed the news over his Instagram page which Mustafa later confirmed on his own page. Unlike the […]

Alien: Covenant’s Amy Seimetz cast in the Pet Sematary remake

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Deadline is reporting that Amy Seimetz (Alien: Covenant) has become the latest addition to the cast of Paramount Pictures’ Stephen King remake Pet Sematary, joining the previously announced Jason Clarke (Winchester) and John Lithgow (The Crown). Seimetz will portray the female lead, Rachel Creed, the wife of Clarke’s Louis Creed, and mother to young Gage, […]