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There Are Terrible Creatures Lurking In The New Bloody Trailer For THE MIST

Last month the trailer for Spike’s series adaption of Stephen King’s The Mist teased of the human drama we would witness. During the MTV Awards late last night a new bloody trailer aired revealing that terrible creatures lurk in the mist. In the series, the residents of Bridgeville, Maine find themselves engulfed by a foreboding mist containing a myriad of inexplicable and bizarre threats as their humanity is put to the test. The 10 episode series is from Christian Torpe who not only created the series, but also serves as showrunner and executive producer. “Based on a story by Stephen King, THE MIST has been re-imagined for television by Executive Producer and Writer Christian Torpe and produced for Spike by TWC-Dimension Television. Spike’s THE MIST centers around a small town family that is torn apart by a brutal crime. As they deal with the fallout an eerie mist rolls in, suddenly cutting them off from the rest of the world,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 8, 2017
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We Get Our First Clear Look At Pennywise In The New Trailer For IT

Okay horror fiends, lock the doors, turn on the lights and prepare yourself for a creepy new trailer for IT. Andy Muschietti’s adaption of Stephen King’s IT, based on the screenplay written by Gary Dauberman, centers on a group of teens, referred to as the “Losers Club”. On a daily basis they face bullies and now a monster that takes the shape of a demented clown known as Pennywise, has arrived in their sleepy little town of Derry Maine. The second will involve the “Losers Club” who have come back to town as adults and must once again face Pennywise. The cast who make up the “Loser’s Club’ includes Jaeden Lieberher (Midnight Special), Finn Wolfhard (Stranger things), Jack Dylan Grazer (Tales of Halloween), Wyatt Oleff (Guardians of the Galaxy), Chosen Jacobs (Hawaii Five-O), and Jeremy Ray Taylor (42). Even though though IT’s release date is still months away (September 8, 2017), Muschietti isn’t wasting any time, filming began on part

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 7, 2017
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Stephen King Makes An Announcement About The MR. MERCEDES Series Adaption

Production has already begun on AT&T Audience’s series adaption of Stephen King’s Mr. Mercedes. Mr. King dropped a few hints on Twitter about the 10-episode series. including that it is going to be “really good,” and that at some point in season one we will see him make a cameo. King has made many cameos in films based on his works, including Pet Sematary, Sleepwalkers, Maximum Overdrive, The Shinning, Thinner, The Stand, and in Storm of the Century. Brendan Gleeson (Edge of Tomorrow), Harry Treadway (Penny Dreadful), Jharrel Jerome (Moonlight), Scott Lawrence (Avatar), Robert Stanton (Mercury Rising), Anne Cusack (Nightcrawler), Mary Louise-Parker (Weeds), Holland Taylor (Two and a Half Men), Kelly Lynch (Rock the Kasbah), Justine Lupe (Harry’s Law), and Breeda Wool (XX) co-star. King’s 2014 novel follows a twisted killer (Treadaway), who taunts a retired police officer (Gleeson) with a series of letters prompting the cop to make it his person mission to hunt the killer down before he

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 25, 2017
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The First Trailer For Spike’s Series Adaption of THE MIST Rolls In

The first trailer has blown in for Spike TV’s upcoming series adaption of Stephen King’s novella The Mist, You can get a glimpse of the terror that is to come with the first batch of images. In the series, the residents of Bridgeville, Maine find themselves engulfed by a foreboding mist containing a myriad of inexplicable and bizarre threats as their humanity is put to the test. The 10 episode series is from Christian Torpe who not only created the series, but also serves as showrunner and executive producer. “Based on a story by Stephen King, THE MIST has been re-imagined for television by Executive Producer and Writer Christian Torpe and produced for Spike by TWC-Dimension Television. Spike’s THE MIST centers around a small town family that is torn apart by a brutal crime. As they deal with the fallout an eerie mist rolls in, suddenly cutting them off from the rest of the world, and in some cases, each

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 11, 2017
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Thomas Jane And Molly Parker Starring In The Adaption Of Stephen King’s 1922

Earlier today, Stephen King tweeted that the film adaption of his short story 1922 looked great, as well the other upcoming adaptations in the works, including IT and The Mist. The tweet implies that all of the projects have wrapped filming. Punisher star Thomas Jane, who appeared in the first film adaption of The Mist, has been cast as Wilfred James, a Nebraska farmer plotting the murder of his wife Arlette, played by Deadwood actress Molly parker. Dylan Schmid (Horns), Kaitlyn Bernard (Haven), Brian D’Arcy James (Spotlight), and Arrow’s Neal McDonough co-star in this haunting film. Wilfred James, a farmer in Hemingford Home, Nebraska, owns eighty acres of farmland that have been in his family for generations. His wife Arlette owns an adjoining one-hundred acres willed to her by her father. Wilfred scorns the thought of living in a city, but Arlette is discontented with farm life and wants to move to Omaha. She seeks to sell her land to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 5, 2017
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Things Are Not Quite Right In The New Poster For The Dark Tower

The new poster for Nikolaj Arcel’s loose adaption of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower is here, and things are not quite right. It gives the impression that the world is turned upside down. Arcel co-wrote the script along with Akiva Goldsman. Gunslinger Roland Deschain, played by Idris Elba, roams the world in search of the dark tower, with the hope he might be able to save his dying world. The “Man in Black” (Matthew McConaughey), has decimated Mid-World and destroyed everyone Roland ever loved and he’s searching for Jake Chambers (Tom Taylor), who possesses a powerful psychic ability referred to as “The Shine”. The boy’s dreams are filled with horrible sights, a dark man, a tall tower and doorways to different worlds. If Roland can protect the boy, he will earn back his self-respect. One person stands in the way of the “Man In Black”, and that is Roland. He is determined to can bring down the Dark Tower, ending

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 19, 2017
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Russell Crowe To Star In Josh Boone’s Film Adaption Of Revival

This past February Josh Boone (X-Men: The New Mutants) put his remake of Stephen King’s ‘The Stand’ on hold to move forward with another story by King, ‘Revival’. New Line’s Michael De Luca (Fright Night 2011) will produce. ‘Revival’, published in 2014, “ follows a preacher who loses his faith when his wife and child are killed in an accident. He soon becomes obsessed in his experimentation into the healing power of electrical current, positioning him to act as God-like faith healer. Intertwined with the preacher is a young man with demons of his own, who has benefited from the preacher’s talents and becomes a reluctant accomplice to his deadly obsession.” Boone recently told Creative Screenwriting that actor Russell Crowe will play the lead in ‘Revival’. Crowe’s most recent role was that of Dr. Henry Jekyll in Universal’s reboot of ‘The Mummy‘, starring opposite Tom Cruise. “I have a good relationship with Stephen King, so when I wanted to adapt

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 15, 2016
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Mark Pavia Adapting Stephen King’s The Reaper Image For Feature Film

Stephen King is as popular as ever and adaptions of his novels are everywhere these days. Fender Bender director Mark Parvia recently revealed in an interview with Bloody-Disgusting that he is currently working on the feature film adaption of Stephen King’s anthology novel The Reaper’s Image. This isn’t Parvia’s first dealings with a Stephen King story. He was also behind 1997’s The Night Flier. There hasn’t been a Stephen King horror anthology like this in almost 30 years, so it’s all very exciting.” Parvia said in the interview. “So, where it’s at right now…as I mentioned, there is a script, and the project is currently being handled by Stephen King’s agent, Rand Holston, a really terrific and supportive guy and one of the best agents in town. A lot of people have been asking about it lately, tremendous interest building, so we’ll see. It would be an amazing project, no question about it.” Synopsis: Antique collector, Johnson Spangler, visited the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 29, 2016
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Spike TV Orders The Series Adaption Of Stephen King’s The Mist

The television adaption of Stephen King’s 1980 novella The Mist has now gotten the go-ahead. Straight-to-series orders have been given from Spike TV, according to Deadline. The network ordered the pilot from Dimension Television for the series back in February and it sounds like they like what they’ve seen. The script for The Mist will be written by Christian Torpe, who will also serve as executive producer. The series will use both King’s novel and the 2007 film as inspiration. It will tell an original story about a mist, filled with otherworldly terrors, that takes over a small town. Tensions between neighbors escalates as the creatures in the mist draw closer, but they must find a way to band together to survive. The 2007 film adaption was written and directed by Frank Darabont and stars Thomas Jane, Laurie Holden, Sam Witwer and Melissa McBride. It was both terrifying and heart breaking. I look forward to seeing Spike TV’s version of

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 15, 2016
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The Gunslinger, First In The Dark Tower Series, To Star Matthew McConaughey

For a while now the franchise based on Stephen King’s novels has almost become a movie, a show, and back and forth, with no project actually seeing completion. We reported back in December of 2014 that the first ‘The Dark Tower’ Film was coming, but the cast and director has since changed. Now, once again, a ‘Dark Tower’ film series is in the works. The project is being directed by ‘Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’s’ Nikolaj Arcel, based on a script penned by Akiva Goldsman. The first film of the three film series will focus on King’s first book in the collection, ‘The Gunslinger’. Matthew McConaughey has been offered not one role in the film, but two to pick from. McConaughey has his pick of either playing the role of Roland, the Gunslinger and hero of the novels, or the villain, the Man in Black. Word is he’s leaning more towards the darker role at the moment. ‘The Gunslinger’ is

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 17, 2015

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There Are Terrible Creatures Lurking In The New Bloody Trailer For THE MIST

Last month the trailer for Spike’s series adaption of Stephen King’s The Mist teased of the human drama we would witness. During the MTV Awards late last night a new bloody trailer aired revealing that terrible creatures lurk in the mist. In the series, the residents of Bridgeville, Maine find themselves engulfed by a foreboding mist containing a myriad of inexplicable and bizarre threats as their humanity is put to the test. The 10 episode series is from Christian Torpe who not only created the series, but also serves as showrunner and executive producer. “Based on a story by Stephen King, THE MIST has been re-imagined for television by Executive Producer and Writer Christian Torpe and produced for Spike by TWC-Dimension Television. Spike’s THE MIST centers around a small town family that is torn apart by a brutal crime. As they deal with the fallout an eerie mist rolls in, suddenly cutting them off from the rest of the world,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 8, 2017
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We Get Our First Clear Look At Pennywise In The New Trailer For IT

Okay horror fiends, lock the doors, turn on the lights and prepare yourself for a creepy new trailer for IT. Andy Muschietti’s adaption of Stephen King’s IT, based on the screenplay written by Gary Dauberman, centers on a group of teens, referred to as the “Losers Club”. On a daily basis they face bullies and now a monster that takes the shape of a demented clown known as Pennywise, has arrived in their sleepy little town of Derry Maine. The second will involve the “Losers Club” who have come back to town as adults and must once again face Pennywise. The cast who make up the “Loser’s Club’ includes Jaeden Lieberher (Midnight Special), Finn Wolfhard (Stranger things), Jack Dylan Grazer (Tales of Halloween), Wyatt Oleff (Guardians of the Galaxy), Chosen Jacobs (Hawaii Five-O), and Jeremy Ray Taylor (42). Even though though IT’s release date is still months away (September 8, 2017), Muschietti isn’t wasting any time, filming began on part

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 7, 2017
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Stephen King Makes An Announcement About The MR. MERCEDES Series Adaption

Production has already begun on AT&T Audience’s series adaption of Stephen King’s Mr. Mercedes. Mr. King dropped a few hints on Twitter about the 10-episode series. including that it is going to be “really good,” and that at some point in season one we will see him make a cameo. King has made many cameos in films based on his works, including Pet Sematary, Sleepwalkers, Maximum Overdrive, The Shinning, Thinner, The Stand, and in Storm of the Century. Brendan Gleeson (Edge of Tomorrow), Harry Treadway (Penny Dreadful), Jharrel Jerome (Moonlight), Scott Lawrence (Avatar), Robert Stanton (Mercury Rising), Anne Cusack (Nightcrawler), Mary Louise-Parker (Weeds), Holland Taylor (Two and a Half Men), Kelly Lynch (Rock the Kasbah), Justine Lupe (Harry’s Law), and Breeda Wool (XX) co-star. King’s 2014 novel follows a twisted killer (Treadaway), who taunts a retired police officer (Gleeson) with a series of letters prompting the cop to make it his person mission to hunt the killer down before he

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 25, 2017
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The First Trailer For Spike’s Series Adaption of THE MIST Rolls In

The first trailer has blown in for Spike TV’s upcoming series adaption of Stephen King’s novella The Mist, You can get a glimpse of the terror that is to come with the first batch of images. In the series, the residents of Bridgeville, Maine find themselves engulfed by a foreboding mist containing a myriad of inexplicable and bizarre threats as their humanity is put to the test. The 10 episode series is from Christian Torpe who not only created the series, but also serves as showrunner and executive producer. “Based on a story by Stephen King, THE MIST has been re-imagined for television by Executive Producer and Writer Christian Torpe and produced for Spike by TWC-Dimension Television. Spike’s THE MIST centers around a small town family that is torn apart by a brutal crime. As they deal with the fallout an eerie mist rolls in, suddenly cutting them off from the rest of the world, and in some cases, each

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 11, 2017
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Thomas Jane And Molly Parker Starring In The Adaption Of Stephen King’s 1922

Earlier today, Stephen King tweeted that the film adaption of his short story 1922 looked great, as well the other upcoming adaptations in the works, including IT and The Mist. The tweet implies that all of the projects have wrapped filming. Punisher star Thomas Jane, who appeared in the first film adaption of The Mist, has been cast as Wilfred James, a Nebraska farmer plotting the murder of his wife Arlette, played by Deadwood actress Molly parker. Dylan Schmid (Horns), Kaitlyn Bernard (Haven), Brian D’Arcy James (Spotlight), and Arrow’s Neal McDonough co-star in this haunting film. Wilfred James, a farmer in Hemingford Home, Nebraska, owns eighty acres of farmland that have been in his family for generations. His wife Arlette owns an adjoining one-hundred acres willed to her by her father. Wilfred scorns the thought of living in a city, but Arlette is discontented with farm life and wants to move to Omaha. She seeks to sell her land to

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 5, 2017
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Things Are Not Quite Right In The New Poster For The Dark Tower

The new poster for Nikolaj Arcel’s loose adaption of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower is here, and things are not quite right. It gives the impression that the world is turned upside down. Arcel co-wrote the script along with Akiva Goldsman. Gunslinger Roland Deschain, played by Idris Elba, roams the world in search of the dark tower, with the hope he might be able to save his dying world. The “Man in Black” (Matthew McConaughey), has decimated Mid-World and destroyed everyone Roland ever loved and he’s searching for Jake Chambers (Tom Taylor), who possesses a powerful psychic ability referred to as “The Shine”. The boy’s dreams are filled with horrible sights, a dark man, a tall tower and doorways to different worlds. If Roland can protect the boy, he will earn back his self-respect. One person stands in the way of the “Man In Black”, and that is Roland. He is determined to can bring down the Dark Tower, ending

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 19, 2017
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Russell Crowe To Star In Josh Boone’s Film Adaption Of Revival

This past February Josh Boone (X-Men: The New Mutants) put his remake of Stephen King’s ‘The Stand’ on hold to move forward with another story by King, ‘Revival’. New Line’s Michael De Luca (Fright Night 2011) will produce. ‘Revival’, published in 2014, “ follows a preacher who loses his faith when his wife and child are killed in an accident. He soon becomes obsessed in his experimentation into the healing power of electrical current, positioning him to act as God-like faith healer. Intertwined with the preacher is a young man with demons of his own, who has benefited from the preacher’s talents and becomes a reluctant accomplice to his deadly obsession.” Boone recently told Creative Screenwriting that actor Russell Crowe will play the lead in ‘Revival’. Crowe’s most recent role was that of Dr. Henry Jekyll in Universal’s reboot of ‘The Mummy‘, starring opposite Tom Cruise. “I have a good relationship with Stephen King, so when I wanted to adapt

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 15, 2016
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Mark Pavia Adapting Stephen King’s The Reaper Image For Feature Film

Stephen King is as popular as ever and adaptions of his novels are everywhere these days. Fender Bender director Mark Parvia recently revealed in an interview with Bloody-Disgusting that he is currently working on the feature film adaption of Stephen King’s anthology novel The Reaper’s Image. This isn’t Parvia’s first dealings with a Stephen King story. He was also behind 1997’s The Night Flier. There hasn’t been a Stephen King horror anthology like this in almost 30 years, so it’s all very exciting.” Parvia said in the interview. “So, where it’s at right now…as I mentioned, there is a script, and the project is currently being handled by Stephen King’s agent, Rand Holston, a really terrific and supportive guy and one of the best agents in town. A lot of people have been asking about it lately, tremendous interest building, so we’ll see. It would be an amazing project, no question about it.” Synopsis: Antique collector, Johnson Spangler, visited the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 29, 2016
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Spike TV Orders The Series Adaption Of Stephen King’s The Mist

The television adaption of Stephen King’s 1980 novella The Mist has now gotten the go-ahead. Straight-to-series orders have been given from Spike TV, according to Deadline. The network ordered the pilot from Dimension Television for the series back in February and it sounds like they like what they’ve seen. The script for The Mist will be written by Christian Torpe, who will also serve as executive producer. The series will use both King’s novel and the 2007 film as inspiration. It will tell an original story about a mist, filled with otherworldly terrors, that takes over a small town. Tensions between neighbors escalates as the creatures in the mist draw closer, but they must find a way to band together to survive. The 2007 film adaption was written and directed by Frank Darabont and stars Thomas Jane, Laurie Holden, Sam Witwer and Melissa McBride. It was both terrifying and heart breaking. I look forward to seeing Spike TV’s version of

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 15, 2016
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The Gunslinger, First In The Dark Tower Series, To Star Matthew McConaughey

For a while now the franchise based on Stephen King’s novels has almost become a movie, a show, and back and forth, with no project actually seeing completion. We reported back in December of 2014 that the first ‘The Dark Tower’ Film was coming, but the cast and director has since changed. Now, once again, a ‘Dark Tower’ film series is in the works. The project is being directed by ‘Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’s’ Nikolaj Arcel, based on a script penned by Akiva Goldsman. The first film of the three film series will focus on King’s first book in the collection, ‘The Gunslinger’. Matthew McConaughey has been offered not one role in the film, but two to pick from. McConaughey has his pick of either playing the role of Roland, the Gunslinger and hero of the novels, or the villain, the Man in Black. Word is he’s leaning more towards the darker role at the moment. ‘The Gunslinger’ is

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 17, 2015