Stephen King revealed on his personal Twitter and Facebook accounts this morning, the official poster art for the first forthcoming film adaptation from his bestselling book series, The Dark Tower. The poster features Idris Elba as Roland, the Gunslinger, along with Tom Taylor as Jake Chambers — and while it might take you a hot […]
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James Franco To Narrate Stephen King’s ‘The Dead Zone’
James Franco will narrate Stephen King’s classic novel, The Dead Zone, release date April 25th. The Dead Zone, originally published in 1979, has never been released as an audiobook, making this a momentous occasion for King fans and audiophiles. In a statement released Friday afternoon, Stephen King said: “James is a terrific actor. I knew […]
Everything You Need To Know About The ‘Firestarter’ Collector’s Edition Blu-Ray
Scream Factory is the fast becoming the Criterion of horror pictures, cleaning up some of our favorite less-than-classics and packing their blu-rays full of never-before-seen goodies and exclusive extras to make even the hardest of hardcore fans gleeful. The all-new Firestarter Collector’s Edition released this week is thankfully no exception. Firestarter, based on the wildly […]
EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT: ‘Nope, Nothing Wrong Here: The Making of Cujo’ by Lee Gambin
It was only two years after Stephen King’s novel Cujo was unleashed on the world, that the author’s rabid St. Bernard leapt onto theater screens in 1983 courtesy director Lewis Teague. King himself has ranked the movie among the greatest adaptations of his work, saying that if Kathy Bates most deservedly won an Oscar for […]
EXCLUSIVE FIRST REVIEW: ‘Gwendy’s Button Box’ by Stephen King & Richard Chizmar
Collaborative fiction is a beast hard to tame. Untethered, it can jocky the reader back and forth between styles like a mental tug of war. When at its best, however, the reader can lose themselves so entirely in the story that they forget it was written by two people at all. Thankfully, Gwendy’s Button Box, […]
Suntup Taps David Palladini for ‘The Eyes of the Dragon Art Portfolio’
Newly formed Suntup Editions is collaborating with artist David Palladini for their first release, The Eyes of the Dragon Art Portfolio. Palladini is the artist behind the gorgeous first trade edition of Stephen King’s bestselling fantasy novel, The Eyes of the Dragon, published by Viking Press in 1987. The Suntup Editions release marks the first […]
Stephen King & Owen King’s ‘Sleeping Beauties’ Gets A Release Date, Plus Page Count & Full Synopsis
Sleeping Beauties, the highly anticipated novel co-authored by Stephen King and son, Owen King, has received a release date from Scribner. According to the book’s newly uploaded pre-order page on Amazon, the title will be released on September 26th, 2017. In addition, the page now also boasts a full story synopsis. A spectacular father/son collaboration […]
How They Did It: Stephen King & Richard Chizmar on Writing ‘Gwendy’s Button Box’
Stephen King and Richard Chizmar announced the title of their co-authored novella, Gwendy’s Button Box, and revealed the cover art to Entertainment Weekly earlier this morning. The hardcover trade edition is also now available for pre-order exclusively through CemeteryDance.com, complete with Richard Chizmar signed copies and available slipcovers. “I had a story I couldn’t finish, […]
Women In Horror: Annette O’Toole Talks Stephen King’s IT
Many may recognize Annette O’Toole from her more famous roles, such as Lana Lang in Superman III, or Clark Kent’s mother in the TV show, Smallville. An older generation might even know her as the tutor/girlfriend of Robby Benson in 1977’s One on One. But my introduction to Annette came from the 1990 miniseries adaptation […]
Every Character Name Dropped In ‘Castle Rock’ Teaser
Bestselling author Stephen King sent shock waves through the digital landscape Friday afternoon upon tweeting: “J.J. Abrams and I want to invite you to take a trip to Castle Rock. Soon. Be afraid.” The tweet was accompanied by one helluva teaser video announcing the new Hulu television series, Castle Rock, in which over 70 characters, […]