Will Poulter to play IT’s Pennywise?
According to reports at Variety, Will Poulter has been cast as Pennywise the Clown in the new two-movie adaptation of Stephen King’s blockbuster, IT, about an evil that affects a […]
Stephen King’s The Jaunt teleports to big screen
Stephen King’s short story The Jaunt, about the perils of a new form of travel, has been optioned by Plan B, according to a report at Deadline. The 1981 short […]
Bruce Willis hits Broadway for Stephen King’s Misery
It’s Bruce Willis’ turn to feel the wrath of Annie Wilkes, as the movie star makes his Broadway debut in a limited run of the Stephen King story. Willis will […]
CSI’s Marg Helgenberger heads Under the Dome
Former Species and CSI star Marg Helgenberger is going to be taking a sojourn Under the Dome in the third season of CBS’ adaptation of the Stephen King novel. The series will be switching nights for its new run in the States, premiering in its 9 pm slot on Thursdays on June 25 with a two-hour opener. Helgenberger’s extended story […]
James Franco starring in King’s 11/22/63
Oz the Great and Powerful’s James Franco will play time travelling teacher Jake Epping in the new miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s epic novel about the Kennedy assassination, 11/22/63. Franco […]
King’s Mr Mercedes drives onto TV
Stephen King’s detective novel Mr Mercedes is heading to TV as a miniseries, courtesy of David E. Kelley. The Ally McBeal creator is writing the script for Sonar Entertainment’s proposed miniseries based on the novel, published last summer about a retired cop on the trail of a psychopathic killer. “This is an amazing opportunity to adapt a script from material […]
William Shatner visits Syfy’s Haven
Erstwhile Captain James T. Kirk William Shatner is heading to the mysterious town of Haven for a four-episode arc during the show’s fifth season. Described as “a pivotal character that has the potential to forever impact the fate of the town of Haven and its troubled residents”, Shatner’s debut will form part of the 13 episode second half to the […]
New Talisman book to come from King and Straub
The long-awaited third volume in the Jack Sawyer story from master horror writers Stephen King and Peter Straub looks set to be written next year. Sawyer first appears as a young […]
Stephen King's 11/22/63 coming from JJ Abrams & Hulu
JJ Abrams’ adaptation of Stephen King’s time travel story 11/22/63, based around an attempt to prevent the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on that date, is coming to Hulu through Warner Bros. TV. The nine-episode series has been given a straight to series order, with the potential for further seasons looking at other historical events if this is successful. “I’ve […]
CBS preparing Stephen King post-9/11 drama
CBS has nabbed Seth Grahame-Smith and Greg Berlanti’s adaptation of Stephen King’s post-9/11 short story, The Things They Left Behind, giving it a put pilot commitment. The story, first published in Transgressions: Volume Two, can be found in King’s 2008 collection Just After Sunset, and concerns a character who begins to acquire items left behind by those who died in […]
Locke & Key's Romanek heading to The Overlook Hotel
Mark Romanek, who directed the pilot of Locke & Key, based on the comic book series by Joe Hill, seems set to helm The Overlook Hotel, a prequel to Stanley Kubrick’s classic horror movie The Shining. The script for the movie was written by former Walking Dead producer Glen Mazzara, and is based on the prologue to Stephen King’s book, which […]
King's Big Driver sets course for the small screen
Stephen King’s novella Big Driver, which appeared in his collection Full Dark, No Stars, published in 2010, is being filmed for the Lifetime channel in the US, according to a story at the Hollywood Reporter. Maria Bello will star in the TV movie, scripted by Richard Christian Matheson, as author Tess Thorne who is sent on a short cut after […]
Oculus team to play Stephen King’s Gerald’s Game
Oculus director Mike Flanagan and writing partner Jeff Howard are working on an adaptation of Stephen King’s Gerald’s Game, it has been announced at Cannes. The 1992 novel is a companion piece […]
Stephen King’s The Shop coming to TNT
Stephen King’s shadowy organisation The Shop, the villains in his early novel Firestarter and mentioned in some of his other books and TV projects, is coming back in a new sequel […]
Stephen King’s miraculous Ayana comes to Universal TV
Stephen King’s short story Ayana looks as if it might be heading to NBC, according to a report at Variety. The tale, which first appeared in the Paris Review in […]
The Shining – The Opera arrives in 2016
With fans’ attention on Doctor Sleep, Stephen King’s sequel to his acclaimed horror thriller The Shining, which is published next week, Minnesota Opera has announced that they will be premiering an opera based on The Shining as part of their 2016 programme. Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Paul Moravec and librettist Mark Campbell are collaborating on the project, which will be directed […]
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