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Based on the best-selling novel by author Stephen King, Hulu has set the 2016 premiere date for "11.22.63." With the sci-fi drama executive produced by J.J. Abrams ("Star Wars; The Force Awakens"), James Franco leads the ensemble cast as they try prevent an assassination and change history. Read More »
The upcoming remake of the cult classic two-part miniseries It, based on the Stephen King novel of the same name about the murderous clown named Pennywise, has hit some bumps in the road lately. It is still in preproduction but has no release date after original director and writer Cary Fukunaga left the project earlier this year. He has since been replaced by Andy Muschietti and Will Poulter is attached to star as the killer clown, but why did Fukunaga leave? In a new interview this week, the True Detective season one director opened up about his departure from the New Line movie. Read More »
To some, Charles Bukowski, writer of "Women and Ham On Rye," was a dirty old man that was scum to women. To others, Bukowski's work is nothing less than genius with its eloquent wording and honest to-a-fault thoughts. This is why when July 28th rolled around and his posthumous book, "On Writing," hit bookstores everywhere, those who found Bukowski to be a genius poet laureate had to be excited. Read More »
Just a few months ago, we were saddened to report the news that writer and director Cary Fukunaga had decided to leave Stephen King's It movie remake project based on the novel about the scary clown named Pennywise. He had been working on the film for a number of years and even decided to cast actor Will Poulter in the iconic role of the killer clown, but disagreements with New Line Cinema studios forced the True Detective episodes director out. Fortunately for us, a new director has been hired and the film isn't going to be cancelled. Mama filmmaker Andy Muschietti is not taking on the highly anticipated project. Read more about this news below! Read More »
Marvel Comics has teamed-up with best-selling author Stephen King to announce the new chapter of the "Dark Tower" series. Known as The Gunslinger, Roland Deschain is back in the Mid-World in writer Peter David, Robin Furth and artist Piotr Kowalski's "The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three - House of Cards #1." Read More »
Looks like Hulu just got another potential win under its belt. The Hollywood Reporter claims that the streaming service just ordered a straight-to-series deal for 11/22/63, a 9-episode series from Bad Robot Producers, which is owned by LOST, Alias and Fringe creator J.J. Abrams. The show is based on Stephen King’s 2011 of the same name. Read More »
Earlier this month, Dylan Farrow released an emotional "open letter" detailing alleged sexual abuse by her father Woody Allen. Apparently, The "King of Horror" (aka, Stephen King) was not too pleased with Farrow's "phony" and rather controversial confession. When asked his opinion about the accusations on Monday (Feb. 3), the popular author tweeted... Read More »
There has been confusion over who will be the person to adapt Stephen King's The Stand into a film. First, Ben Affleck was scheduled to take on the project, but he later backed out so that he could play Batman in the sequel to Man Of Steel (we'll see if that was the right decision). Then director Scott Cooper was set for the project, but later quit as well. Read More »
