One of the first movies to film during the early days of the pandemic back in 2020, Kurt Wimmer‘s new take on Stephen King‘s Children of the Corn has seemingly dropped off the radar completely in recent months, with no release date set at this time. It’s been damn near an entire year since we last heard a […]
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Not that he ever went anywhere, but Stephen King returns later this year with yet another brand new novel, this one titled Fairy Tale and set for release on September 6, 2022. What’s it about? Here’s everything we know so far… “Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes deep into the well of his imagination in this […]
As the ‘90s turned into the 2000s, Stephen King was learning how to write again. He was struck by a van the previous summer and the resulting injuries required rest, rehabilitation, and the complete upheaval of his writing routine. But, somewhat serendipitously, upheaval was also gripping his industry. All across culture, the Internet was changing […]
Here’s a fun fluff piece for fans of M. Night Shyamalan, whose entire career is stuffed with genre goodies from The Sixth Sense to the more recent Old. With Shyamalan returning to the producer’s chair for the third season of the Apple TV+ thriller “Servant”, the filmmaker spoke with WSJ about everything under the sun, including […]
By closing the book on 1999’s Hearts in Atlantis, The Losers’ Club have finally reached the end of Stephen King‘s prolific run in the ’90s. That means it’s time to hand out some awards. Constant Listeners, you are cordially invited to another round of The Kingies – a night where the Losers celebrate the best […]
From Universal, Blumhouse and director Keith Thomas (The Vigil), a brand new big screen take on Stephen King‘s Firestarter is on the way, and the official MPA rating has arrived. Much like the 1984 adaptation, the new movie is rated “R” for “violent content.” Here’s what we know about the new movie so far… In Firestarter, “A young girl […]
Five years ago, a bunch of friends in Chicago gathered around a single Yeti microphone and spent a few hours talking about Stephen King‘s first novel, Carrie. Two weeks later, they dusted off ‘Salem’s Lot. Then The Shining. Hell, they even covered Rage, King’s first novel under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. To their surprise, it […]
“You know, when you’re young, you have moments of such happiness. You think you’re living in someplace magical, like Atlantis must have been. Then we grow up, and our hearts break in two.” –Sir Anthony Hopkins as Ted Brautigan The Losers are still in Harwich, Connecticut, only now they’re celebrating the 20th anniversary of Scott […]
From director Matt Reeves, The Batman will release in theaters on March 4, 2022, a brand new reboot that includes everyone from Catwoman to the Riddler and the Penguin. We’re now just a few months away from the release, and Matt Reeves has been making the interview rounds in promotion of his first foray into the world of Gotham […]
“But kids lose everything, kids have slippery fingers and holes in their pockets and they lose everything.” Hearts in Atlantis is a weird book. It begins with “Low Men in Yellow Coats”, a wistful tale that breezes by the Dark Tower as it touches on classic Stephen King themes of childhood, magic, and the underlying […]
“What if there were no grownups? Suppose the whole idea of grownups was an illusion?” Is “Low Men in Yellow Coats” a good title or a dumb one? Is it a novel or a novella? And is it best remembered as a gutting portrait of lost innocence or an integral stop on the road to […]
Published in 1983, Stephen King‘s Pet Sematary has thus far been adapted twice for the big screen, first by Mary Lambert in 1989 and then by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer in 2019. Mary Lambert also directed a sequel to her Pet Sematary, which was released in 1992, and now a brand new prequel story is […]
Unlike his son Joe Hill, Stephen King hasn’t really written a Christmas story. Granted, the holiday has graced his works from time to time, but they’re often passing references. So, if you’re keeping warm by the fire this December and thinking to yourself, God, I’d love to pair this cozy night with some Christmas King, […]
“It’s God’s nature to come on in the bottom of the ninth, Tom had told her.” Don’t panic, but the Losers are a little lost. Somewhere on their hike through the Appalachian Trail, they managed to stumble off road. Now, they’re deep within the unmarked woods of Maine with just their wits to lean upon […]
Announced last month, a feature film adaptation of one of the stories featured in Stephen King‘s collection If It Bleeds, titled Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, is currently in the works at Netflix, being developed by “American Horror Story” creator Ryan Murphy and Blumhouse, with John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side) writing and directing the adaptation. Donald Sutherland and Jaeden Martell (IT) will star. Sutherland will star in the title […]