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Whispers Fill The New ‘Chapelwaite’ Trailer Ahead Of August Premiere

Academy Award® Winner Adrien Brody stars alongside Emily Hampshire in EPIX’s “Chapelwaite“, a series based on the short story Jerusalem’s Lot by Stephen King. Today, the premiere date has been announced and the first teaser trailer released. “Set in the 1850s, the series follows Captain Charles Boone (Brody), who relocates his family of three children to his ancestral home in the small, seemingly sleepy town of Preacher’s Corners, Maine after his wife dies at sea. However, Charles will soon have to confront the secrets of his family’s sordid history and fight to end the darkness that has plagued the Boones for generations.  Hampshire plays Rebecca Morgan, an ambitious young woman who left Preacher’s Corners to attend Mount Holyoke College and has returned home with an advance to write a story for the new and prestigious Atlantic Magazine.  Her writer’s block lifts when Boone arrives in town with his children, and despite her mother’s protests, Rebecca applies to be the governess of the infamous Chapelwaite manor and the Boone family in order to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 29, 2021

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“Helstrom” & “FTWD” Actress Joins The Cast Of Blumhouse’s “Firestarter”

The Firestarter reboot is beginning to take shape. Today, we’ve learned via a press release that Sydney Lemmon (Helstrom, Succession, Fear of the Walking Dead) has joined the cast to play Vicky. Lemmon joins previously announced actors Zac Efron (Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, The Greatest Showman), Michael Greyeyes (Wild Indian, Rutherford Falls, True Detective), Gloria Reuben (City on a Hill, Mr. Robot), and Ryan Kiera Armstrong (“American Horror Story”, The Tomorrow War, It: Chapter II). Keith Thomas, who brought us the fantastic horror film The Vigil earlier this year, directs from the script adapted by Scott Teems (Halloween Kills), based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name. The tale centers on a young girl (Armstrong) who develops pyrokinetic abilities and is abducted by a secret government agency that wants to harness her powerful gift as a weapon. Jason Blum and Academy Award® winner Akiva Goldsman will produce. Martha De Laurentiis, who was an associate producer on the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 29, 2021

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Blumhouse Is Remaking Stephen King’s ‘Christine’ With Bryan Fuller Directing

After years of development, Blumhouse’s Firestarter has finally begun production, but that’s not the only Stephen King project they are working on. Now, they’ve officially announced they are remaking Stephen King‘s classic killer car movie, Christine. But that’s not all, Deadline is reporting that Bryan Fuller, who was behind the brilliant series “Hannibal” and “Dead Like Me”, will be both writing and directing the film, which will be produced by Jason Blum and Vincenzo Natai who has been involved with several King adaptations, including In the Tall Grass and several episodes of the series “The Stand”. In King’s novel, released in 1983, Arnie, a teen who is tired of being bullied and having no luck with the ladies buys a beat-up 1958 Plymouth Fury to restore, not knowing the car is possessed by an evil spirit. Soon, the car begins to corrupt Arnie and the body count begins to rise. It’s up to Arnie’s best friend Dennis Guilder, and his

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 9, 2021

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Blumhouse Has Found Their ‘Firestarter’

Blumhouse has found their Firestarter. Ryan Kiera Armstrong will star in the new adaptation of Stephen King’s tale of the same name, from Universal Pictures, Blumhouse, and Weed Road Pictures. Armstrong (“American Horror Story”, The Tomorrow War, It: Chapter II) will star as Charlie, the young 11-year-old lead of the film who has the power of pyrokinesis. Armstrong will star alongside Zac Efron (Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, The Greatest Showman) and Michael Greyeyes (Wild Indian, Rutherford Falls, True Detective) who were previously announced. Keith Thomas, who brought us the fantastic horror film The Vigil earlier this year, directs from the script adapted by Scott Teems (Halloween Kills). The tale centers on a young girl (Armstrong) who develops pyrokinetic abilities and is abducted by a secret government agency that wants to harness her powerful gift as a weapon. Jason Blum and Academy Award® winner Akiva Goldsman will produce. Martha De Laurentiis, who was an associate producer on the 1984

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 3, 2021

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Blumhouse’s ‘Firestarter’ – Starring Zac Efron – Has Officially Begun Filming (Video)

Blumhouse announced today via social media that the company’s new adaptation of Firestarter, from Universal Pictures, Blumhouse, and Weed Road Productions officially began filming today in Canada. Take a look at the first footage from the set (below). Zac Efron (Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, The Greatest Showman (pictured) and Michael Greyeyes (Wild Indian, Rutherford Falls, True Detective) star in Firestarter, directed By Keith Tomas (interview) who brought us the fantastic horror The Vigil earlier this year. The script was adapted by Scott Teems (Halloween Kills, Rectify), based on Stephen King‘s classic about “a young girl who develops pyrokinetic abilities and is abducted by a secret government agency that wants to harness her powerful gift as a weapon.” Jason Blum and Academy Award® winner Akiva Goldsman will produce. Martha De Laurentiis, who was an associate producer on the 1984 adaptation of Firestarter starring a young Drew Barrymore, will executive produce. Follow Blumhouse on Twitter for more on the company’s

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

May 25, 2021

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Fathom Celebrating ‘Stand By Me’s’ 35th Anniversary With Special Theatrical Run

Fathom Events is celebrating the 35th anniversary of director Rob Reiner’s coming of age thriller Stand By Me with a limited run in select theaters nationwide on Sunday, May 23rd and Wednesday, May 26th. An adaptation of Stephen King‘s novella The Body, the film released in 1986 was a hit with both critics and viewers earning itself a cult status quickly. In fact, it’s one of this writer’s top 10 favorite films ever. Starring Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O’Connell, and Kiefer Sutherland, the screenplay was written by Raynold Gideon and Bruce A. Evans. Filled with humor and suspense, Stand By Me is the tale of four boys on a two-day journey. In a treehouse at the edge of Castle Rock, a small, woodsy Oregon town, a budding 12-year-old writer named Gordie LaChance (Wheaton) is about to begin an extraordinary trek into the heart of the northwestern forest, an experience that will alter the course of his life

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

May 17, 2021

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AppleTV+ Unveils First Trailer For The New Stephen King Series “Lisey’s Story”

Today, AppleTV+ unveiled the tension-filled trailer for the highly-anticipated limited series “Lisey’s Story,” based on the best-selling novel both written and adapted by Stephen King. Academy Award-winner Julianne Moore and Academy Award nominee Clive Owen star in the eight-episode Apple Original which will premiere globally this June with its first two episodes followed by a new episode every Friday. The deeply personal and pensive thriller centers on Lisey Landon (Moore) two years after the death of her husband, famous novelist Scott Landon (Owen). “A series of unsettling events causes Lisey to face memories of her marriage to Scott that she has deliberately blocked out of her mind.” Joan Allen, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Dane DeHaan, Ron Cephas Jones, and Sung Kang also star alongside Moore and Owen in the series directed by Pablo Larraín. “Lisey’s Story” hails from J. J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions and Warner Bros. Television. In a rare step, every episode of the series was personally written by

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

May 11, 2021

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New Stunning Images Surface from Stephen King’s Series “Lisey’s Story’

Apple has revealed that “Lisey’s Story,” the highly-anticipated limited series based on the best-selling novel by Stephen King who penned each episode of the series himself, will make its global debut this June exclusively on Apple TV+ this summer. Featuring a star-studded cast led by Academy Award-winner Julianne Moore and Academy Award-nominee Clive Owen, the eight-episode Original series will premiere with the first two episodes, followed by new episodes every Friday. “Lisey’s Story” is a deeply personal, pensive thriller that follows Lisey Landon (played by Julianne Moore) two years after the death of her husband, famous novelist Scott Landon (played by Clive Owen). A series of unsettling events causes Lisey to face memories of her marriage to Scott that she has deliberately blocked out of her mind.” Joan Allen, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Dane DeHaan, Ron Cephas Jones, and Sung Kang star alongside Moore and Owen. Directed by Pablo Larraín, “Lisey’s Story” hails from J. J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Apr 15, 2021

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Oscar-Winner Adrien Brody Starring In Epix’s Series Adaption Of Stephen King’s ‘Jerusalem’s Lot’

A new series adaptation of Stephen King‘s story Jerusalem’s Lot is coming to Epix and we’ve got the new spooky AF poster above). The ten-episode series, titled “Chapelwaite” will star Oscar-winner Adrien Brody (The Pianist, “Peaky Blinders”) and “Schitt’s Creek” actress Emily Hampshire. Hampshire stars as Rebecca Morgan, an ambitious young woman who left the town of Preacher’s Corners to attend college. When she returns home to write a story for the prestigious Atlantic Magazine she finds herself with writer’s block that lifts when Boone (Brody) comes to town along with his children. Ignoring her mother’s protests she applies to be the governess of the Chapelwaite manor for the Boone family. There she not only writes a great gothic novel, but she also begins to unravel a mystery that has plagued her family and his for years. Flatliners and Salem’s Lot writer Peter Filardi is writing the series along with his brother Jason Filardi (Bringing Down the House). They will

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 21, 2021

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Steven Spielberg & The Duffer Bros. Adapting Stephen King’s ‘The Talisman’

A while back we reported that Mike Barker (The Handmaid’s Tale) was set to adapt Stephen King’s The Talisman. Since then there have been some changes. Steven Spielberg is now teaming up with the Duffer Brothers (“Stranger Things”) and the master of written horror himself will be involved. Curtis Gwinn, a writer-executive producer for the Duffer Brothers’ “Stranger Things”, will serve as writer and showrunner for the adaptation produced by Netflix in association with Spielberg’s Amblin Television and Paramount Television Studios. Reportedly, Spielberg, who has been itching to adapt King’s tale for years and secured the rights to the novel back in 1982. In the novel, “Jack Sawyer, twelve years old, is about to begin a most fantastic journey, an exalting, terrifying quest for the mystical Talisman—the only thing that can save Jack’s dying mother. But to reach his goal, Jack must make his way not only across the breadth of the United States but also through the wondrous and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 6, 2021

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