Idris Elba’s name is being tossed around as the potential lead in the big screen adaptation for Stephen King’s The Dark Tower. According to Deadline, he is now being called the frontrunner to play Roland Deschain, a role said to be narrowed down to Elba and Javier Bardem. The Dark Tower will mark the first […]
Matthew McConaughey eyed for Stephen King’s The Dark Tower
Matthew McConaughey’s next project may be a film adaptation of a classic Stephen King series, as the actor has reportedly been offered a role in Sony and MRC’s The Dark Tower. The Wrap and Variety state that the film will be based on The Gunslinger, the first volume in King’s series, but both sources provide different information about the part McConaughey is […]
The Mist heading to the small screen
Deadline is reporting that The Weinstein Company’s Dimension Television is set to bring Stephen King’s The Mist to the small screen for a new series from writer Christian Torpe (Rita). According to the site, the series “will tell an original story about a seemingly innocuous mist that seeps into a small town but contains limitless […]
Cary Fukunaga talks in detail about why he left It remake
During an interview with Variety to promote the upcoming release of Beasts of No Nation starring Idris Elba, director Cary Fukunaga has spoken in depth about why he left the planned remake of Stephen King’s It after more than two years of development. “I was trying to make an unconventional horror film. It didn’t fit […]
Cary Fukunaga on leaving Stephen King’s It
Back in May, it was revealed that True Detective helmer Cary Fukunaga had vacated the director’s chair on New Line’s upcoming big screen adaptation of the Stephen King horror classic It, with Andy Muschietti (Mama) subsequently announced as his replacement. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Fukunaga has shared his thoughts on the break-up, which was down […]
Andy Muschietti replaces Cary Fukunaga as director on Stephen King’s It
It looks like the job left open when Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) decided to leave the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s It has just been filled by director Andy Muschietti. Muschietti, who is in talks to helm the film for New Line Cinema, is best known for 2013’s Mama, a horror film starring Jessica Chastain and […]
Stephen King’s Cujo being rebooted as C.U.J.O.
Bloody Disguting is reporting that Sunn Classic Pictures is developing a reboot of the 1983 Stephen King adaptation Cujo, which will be going by the title of C.U.J.O. – standing for ‘Canine Unit Joint Operations’. According to the site, Sunn Pictures President and CEO Lang Elliott is set to direct the film, which will star […]
Marvel and Stephen King announce The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three – The Lady of Shadows
Marvel Comics and Stephen King have announced the next chapter in their Dark Tower comic book series, The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three – The Lady of Shadows, is set to get underway this September courtesy of New York Times Bestselling writers Peter David and Robin Furth and rising star artist Jonathan Marks. […]
Stephen King’s The Stand set for eight-part TV miniseries culminating with a movie
It looks like Warner Bros., CBS Films and director Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars) have seen sense over their plan to adapt Stephen King’s apocalyptic epic The Stand as a single three-hour movie, with The Wrap reporting that negotiations are underway with Showtime for an eight-part TV series that will then culminate with […]
T.R. Knight joins Stephen King adaptation 11/22/63
According to Deadline, T.R. Knight (Grey’s Anatomy, The Good Wife) has signed on to appear alongside James Franco and Sarah Gadon in Hulu’s upcoming adaptation of the Stephen King novel 11/22/63. The series will tell the story of Jake Epping (Franco), “an unassuming divorced English teacher who stumbles upon a time portal that leads to […]
