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Mike Flanagan Reportedly Working on ‘Carrie’ Series for Amazon MGM

Mike Flanagan at N.Y. Comi-Con, Photo by Nobuhiro Hosoki  Director Mike Flanagan is reportedly working on an adaptation of Stephen King’s novel Carrie as an eight-episode series for Amazon MGM Studios. According to Deadline, Flanagan will serve as writer and showrunner for the project and share the executive producer role with Trevor Macy of Intrepid…

Katy O’Brian and Glen Powell To Star in Paramount’s ‘The Running Man’

©Courtesy of Paramount Pictures.  Paramount Pictures has announced that Katy O’Brian and Glen Powell will star in its upcoming film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Running Man. Edgar Wright will be directing, with a script he co-wrote with Michael Bacali. An earlier film adaptation of the story had been released in 1987, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger….

Why Frank Darabont Cames Out of Retirement to Direct ‘Stranger Things’?

© Darkstar Pictures Frank Darabont, who directed The Shawshank Redemption in 1994, is coming out of retirement to direct several episodes of the fifth and final season of Stranger Things. Created by brothers Matt and Ross Duffer, Stranger Things debuted in 2016 on Netflix, where the final episodes will appear in 2025. The Shawshank Reddemption, an…

Stanley Kubrick’s Estate Releasing a Making Of ‘The Shining’ Documentary

A new documentary about the making of The Shining, which is certified by the Stanley Kubrick Film Archive and family estate, is set to released later this month. The feature is titled Shine On – The Forgotten ‘Shining’ Location. The movie chronicles the process of location scouting and creating the art direction for the fictional…

Bill Skarsgård to Reprise Pennywise Role In ‘Welcome to Derry’

Bill Skarsgård will star in and executive produce the anticipated It television prequel series, which has a working title of Welcome to Derry. He’s set to reprise the title role from New Line’s hit 2017 supernatural horror film, It, and its 2019 sequel, It Chapter Two, Deadline is reporting. On the show, which is being…

Frank Darabont May Direct Stranger Things’ S5 Episodes

©Courtesy of DarkStar Pictures Legendary horror writer-director Frank Darabont is in talks to come out of retirement to helm two episodes of the upcoming final season of Stranger Things. Film critic Jeff Sneider revealed the news on The InSneider. On the television side of his career, the Golden Globe-nominated filmmaker is best known for developing…

Review: Should You Be Scared of “The Boogeyman”?

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Tom Hiddleston and Mark Hamill Cast in Director Mike Flanagan’s Screen Adaptation of Stephen King Short Story ‘The Life of Chuck’

Tom Hiddleston and Mark Hamill have been cast in the new screen adaptation of the Stephen King short story, The Life of Chuck, which will be presented at the upcoming Cannes market, Deadline is reporting. Mike Flanagan will direct the Thor and Star Wars actors in the upcoming movie. The acclaimed genre filmmaker, whose last…

HBO Max Orders “IT” Prequel WELCOME TO DERRY (WT) To Series

HBO Max has ordered the Max Original drama “WELCOME TO DERRY” (working title) to series. The series, from Warner Bros. Television and developed for television by filmmakers Andy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti (“IT,” “IT Chapter Two”) and Jason Fuchs (“IT Chapter Two,” “Wonder Woman,” “Argylle”), is a prequel to the New Line global blockbuster “IT”…

Fantastic Fest : King on Screen / Exclusive Interview with Director Daphné Baiwir

Synopsis : 1976, Brian de Palma directs Carrie, the first novel by Stephen King. Since, more than 50 directors adapted the master of horror’s books, in more than 80 films and series, making him now, the most adapted author still alive in the world . What’s so fascinating with him that the directors can’t stop adapt…

Doctor Sleep Director Mike Flanagan Revealed Why The Shining Prequel Movie Was Cancelled

Acclaimed horror filmmaker, Mike Flanagan explained on his Twitter account yesterday why the planned follow-up to his 2019 The Shining sequel, Doctor Sleep, is no longer happening. The latter drama’s writer-director said the project’s dismal box office performance is the main reason why Warner Bros. decided not to proceed with a prequel to Stanley Kubrick’s…