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The Dark Tower tops the U.S. box office with $19.5 million

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Despite a wave of negative reviews, Columbia Pictures and MRC’s The Dark Tower has opened in first place at the North American box office this weekend, with the film grossing $19.5 million across the Friday to Sunday period. Internationally, the $60 million-budgeted fantasy grossed a further $8 million from 19 countries, meaning it has recouped […]

The Walking Dead’s Glen Mazzara to serve as showrunner on The Dark Tower TV series

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The Dark Tower feature film may have found itself struggling with critics and audiences [read our review here], but it seems the planned TV show spinoff Wizard and Glass is still moving forward, with THR reporting that The Walking Dead executive producer Glen Mazzara has signed on to serve as showrunner. “I’ve been a Stephen […]

The Mist Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘Over The River and Through The Woods’

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Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of The Mist… Theological debates, hot sweat cold turkey ordeals and savage beatings in psych wards await the eager viewer in The Mist this week. Throw in some flashback sequences, electro shock therapy and school bully confessions and there is plenty to get excited about. What became apparent over […]

The Dark Tower is not reviewing well, and it all may boil down to “clashing visions” on set

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The long-awaited film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower is nearly here, and early reviews are not being kind to it. As of this writing, the movie is sitting at a lowly 18% rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Reading various reactions across the web, the main criticism seems to be that it’s a middling […]

New It TV spot features Pennywise in a sing-along

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It was just yesterday that we heard Bill Skarsgard’s Pennywise speak in a new promo for It, the adaptation based on Stephen King’s famous novel. Now we have a new It TV spot that features more of Pennywise’s deadly antics, including appearing in and altering a children’s sing-along show to further torment The Losers’ Club. Watch the […]

Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey on what brought them to The Dark Tower

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The Dark Tower stars Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey recently say down with Cinemablend to discuss what convinced them to sign on to play The Gunslinger and Man in Black respectively in the upcoming Stephen King adaptation. Their answers are surprisingly simple: Originality. Check out what the pair had to say below: Elba: “What brought […]

Promo images for The Mist Season 1 Episode 7 – ‘Over the River and Through the Woods’

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Five promo images have arrived online for Thursday’s seventh episode of The Mist, entitled ‘Over the River and Through the Woods’; check them out below… SEE ALSO: The Mist Season 1 Episode 6 Review – ‘The Devil You Know’ Kevin and the group find unlikely sanctuary in the psych wing of the hospital. Tensions at […]

Exclusive interview with Harry Treadaway on Mr. Mercedes

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Tai Freligh interviews Harry Treadaway from Mr. Mercedes… Harry Treadaway (Penny Dreadful, The Lone Ranger) plays Brady Hartsfield in Mr. Mercedes, the television show based on the Stephen King novel of the same name. Tai Freligh with Flickering Myth interviewed him at Comic-Con 2017 and asked him about his character on the show, hiding his […]