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The Mist Season 1 Episode 1 Review

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Martin Carr reviews the first episode of The Mist… Based on a Stephen King novella from the 1980’s The Mist is small-scale paranoia ramped up by small town mentalities. More prevalent now than upon its initial literary release the show establishes stock characters early, drops in an atmospheric sense of unease within five minutes while setting […]

Bill Skarsgard’s Pennywise terrified child extras on the set of It

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Those that already have a good feeling on Bill Skarsgard’s take on the classic horrifying clown Pennywise (the trailers alone have generated much praise and hype) now have even more reason to get excited to be terrified, as it seems the disturbing-looking clown unintentionally scared a bunch of child extras on the set of the […]

Stephen King says Cujo makes an appearance in The Dark Tower movie

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Earlier this month we got our first look the long-awaited big screen adaptation of The Dark Tower, with eagle-eyed viewers noticing a couple of Stephen King Easter eggs with references to The Shining and It both present in the trailer. However, it seems they won’t be the only references to King’s other works within the […]

Andre Holland to star in Stephen King series Castle Rock

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Hulu’s upcoming Stephen King-inspired series Castle Rock has scored its first cast member, with Andre Holland (Moonlight, The Knick) signing on to play Henry, a death row attorney who has a unique history with the town of Castle Rock. Produced by J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot, Castle Rock is set to deliver a shared Stephen King […]

The Dark Tower trailer features Easter eggs for The Shining and It

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Yesterday fans got their first look at the long-awaited trailer for the film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series of novels, but tucked away in the background of Matthew McConaughey’s Man in Black unleashing hell on earth and Idris Elba’s Gunslinger performing one of the sickest looking reloads in cinematic history is a photograph […]

The Dark Tower Trailer – Flickering Myth Reaction

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The Flickering Myth team reacts… SEE ALSO: Read the Flickering Myth Reactions to Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Thor: Ragnarok, Justice League, War for the Planet of the Apes, Blade Runner 2049, and more Should we be worried about The Dark Tower? After all, we’re only four months from release and the first trailer only landed […]

Akiva Goldsman to direct remake of Stephen King’s Firestarter

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Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions has announced that Akiva Goldsman (Winter’s Tale, Stephanie) has signed on to direct new version of the 1980 Stephen King novel Firestarter, which has been scripted by Scott Teems (Rectify). Firestarter follows Andy McGee and his young daughter Charlie, a nine-year old girl who has inherited pyrokinetic abilities from her […]

Stephen King and Owen King’s Sleeping Beauties heading to the small screen for TV adaptation

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Anonymous Content has snapped up the rights to Sleeping Beauties, an upcoming novel from Stephen King and his son Owen King, and is now in development on a TV adaptation, which is being produced by Michael Sugar and Ashley Zalta (The OA). The novel is set for publication in September, and the official synopsis reads: […]