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Concept Art Gives Us Our First Look At Ron Howard’s Troubled Dark Tower

Last we heard, Ron Howard was still hoping to make his ambitious adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower. But even if the project never gets off the ground, we now have some idea of how Howard’s sets might have looked. Gregory Hill, who worked with on The Dark Tower before Universal suspended production on…

Movies Lauren Davis

The Stand Movie Will Be Three Hours Long

Hollywood has toyed with re-adapting Stephen King’s The Stand forever. But instead of a TV miniseries (hopefully better than the 1994 ABC version), we’re getting a movie. A three-hour-long movie. We have no idea if this will work. In an interview with Vulture, The Stand director Josh Boone (currently stumping for his new film Fault…

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Little-Known Stephen King Book Gets A Movie Deal

It’s good to be the King. Back in March, horror author Stephen King released a little ebook titled Bad Little Kid, specifically for his German and French fans. So it was, naturally, released in German and French. But clearly someone translated it, because Bad Little Kid is getting a movie deal. THR is reporting that…

Movies Meredith Woerner

10 Great Authors Who Disowned Their Own Books

Science fiction and fantasy publishing is a tough game. Even the best novels get rejected by publishers who don’t understand their brave new worlds. But some authors wind up rejecting their own books. Here are 10 great authors who disowned their own creations after they’d already seen the light of day. Top image: The Spy…

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Stephen King Art Show Puts All Your Nightmares In One Room

Check out this sneak preview of The Hero Complex’s Stephen King-inspired art show, titled “King for a Day.” It’s like being in a room with every single bad dream you’ve ever had. What fun! The Hero Complex King show debuted in California today, and it includes gobs and gobs and gobs of gorgeous King-infused art.…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The movie adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand finds new life

The movie adaptation of The Stand has resurrected. But can Stephen King’s winding end of days novel fit into just one movie? Warner Brothers certainly hopes so. THR is reporting that The Fault in Our Stars director Josh Boone is currently in charge to rework the entire script (which has been sitting in development hell…

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First Clip from Stephen King and John Mellencamp’s Ghostly Musical

When John Cougar Mellencamp (sorry, can’t leave out the Cougar) told Stephen King about a cabin on his Indiana property where two brothers fought and one killed the other — only to die himself — it only took King a few days to come up with an outline for a stage play. Now witness the…

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Start your holiday shopping now with the giftsets of This Week’s DVDs

It’s November, and the holiday season has officially begun. If your local stores aren’t blaring Christmas carols yet, then you can still tell by the plethora of high-end collectors DVD and Blu-rays arriving on November 5th. Might as well start going down your shopping list — and maybe adding a few idea for yourself. •…

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BAD IDEA: Hotel from The Shining Will Build on a Pet Cemetery

The Stanley Hotel is the resort that inspired Stephen King’s horror masterpiece The Shining. And now the creepy Colorado hotel is looking to expand right over a nearby pet cemetery. MISTAKE. According to Coloradoan, the pet graves will be desecrated to make room for more office space as well as wedding event space. Perfect. Yes,…

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The Ultimate Guide to Evil Cats in Science Fiction and Fantasy

One of the most common tropes in all fiction is that cats are evil. Throughout books, television, movies and comics, when they’re not just pretending to be the monster, cats are attacking people, serving witches and bringing the scares. Here’s our ultimate guide to evil cats, so you can recognize them before they strike. https://gizmodo.com/the-most-overused-animal-stereotypes-in-pop-culture-1063317463…

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Carrie remake will make you terrified of — and for — Julianne Moore

Why remake Carrie? It’s certainly a question worth asking, especially in the ever-more crowded field of sequels, remakes, and reboots. Kimberly Peirce tries to update Carrie as a study of bullying in the internet age. But the main reason to watch this film is Julianne Moore’s harrowing take on Margaret White, Carrie’s mother. Brian De…

Movies Lauren Davis

Comment of the Day: If Carrie Were Written Today

In today’s comments, we waxed nostalgic about times outside of our own, marveled at the destructive power of an unattended rusty nail, and looked at the genre-defying and defining powers of Carrie. In response to this interview with Carrie director Kimberly Peirce on her movie remake, commenter falseprophet speculates on just what the book remake…

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The Freakiest Thing Julianne Moore Does in the Carrie Remake

You think you know what to expect from the remake of Carrie, coming out Friday. After all, this story has been told many times. But this new version includes smartphones and social media — and Julianne Moore takes Carrie’s mom to way darker places. We talked to director Kimberly Peirce about making a 21st century…

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Julianne Moore warns Chloë Moretz to repent in latest Carrie clip

Carrie is about to leave for the prom in the latest clip from the Carrie remake. Naturally, Mama White is none too pleased and heaps a telekinesis-triggering scoop of fanaticism on her daughter. [via Comic Book Movie]

Movies Lauren Davis

Why Stephen King’s complaints about The Shining actually have a point

Stephen King has made no secret of his dislike for Stanley Kubrick’s acclaimed film adaptation of his novel The Shining, and this is usually seen as evidence that King is a control freak who can’t appreciate Kubrick’s genius. But a brilliant new essay by Laura Miller argues that King actually has a point. In Miller’s…

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The Season Finale of Under the Dome, Recapped by the Dome

Hi, everybody! It’s me, the Dome. I hope you enjoyed the first season of my show. I felt like I was able to wrap myself around a lot of important themes, including fascism and propane and stuff. The season finale aired the other day, and I thought I should share my thoughts about it. Spoilers…

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Ron Howard confirms The Dark Tower is still in the works

Hey, there’s some actual news about Ron Howard and Akiva Goldsman’s massive, ambitious The Dark Tower movie-and-TV-series mega-project, and the news is good: They’re still working on it… they’re just being really quiet about it. Howard told Empire: The Dark Tower is something that we’re still working on. We’ve all taken a vow of silence…

Movies Rob Bricken

All The Most Essential Science Fiction and Fantasy Books in September!

September’s bookshelves strain under the weight of so much awesome. There are long-awaited sequels by Stephen King and Margaret Atwood. New Alastair Reynolds and Kim Stanley Robinson! Plus much, much more. Here are all the books you absolutely should not sleep on in September! Top image: Cover art for On the Steel Breeze by Alastair…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Well, the new Carrie trailer just showed off the whole damn movie

To be fair, since Carrie is remake of a 1976 movie based on a book published in 1974, saying this new trailer “spoils” the movie probably isn’t quite right. But still, maybe they shouldn’t have reminded us about every single major event in the book in chronological order? More specifically, since even people who have…

Movies Rob Bricken

10 Completely Ridiculous Ways the World Has Ended

The end of the world is a scary idea, but the way the world ends isn’t always so terrifying. As it turns out, society could collapse or the planet could get destroyed in a variety of dumb and/or ludicrous ways. Here are 10 doomsday scenarios we hope will kill us, if only so we don’t…

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Concept Art Gives Us Our First Look At Ron Howard’s Troubled Dark Tower

The Stand Movie Will Be Three Hours Long

Little-Known Stephen King Book Gets A Movie Deal

10 Great Authors Who Disowned Their Own Books

Stephen King Art Show Puts All Your Nightmares In One Room

The movie adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand finds new life

First Clip from Stephen King and John Mellencamp’s Ghostly Musical

Start your holiday shopping now with the giftsets of This Week’s DVDs

BAD IDEA: Hotel from The Shining Will Build on a Pet Cemetery

The Ultimate Guide to Evil Cats in Science Fiction and Fantasy

Carrie remake will make you terrified of — and for — Julianne Moore

Comment of the Day: If Carrie Were Written Today

The Freakiest Thing Julianne Moore Does in the Carrie Remake

Julianne Moore warns Chloë Moretz to repent in latest Carrie clip

Why Stephen King’s complaints about The Shining actually have a point

The Season Finale of Under the Dome, Recapped by the Dome

Ron Howard confirms The Dark Tower is still in the works

All The Most Essential Science Fiction and Fantasy Books in September!

Well, the new Carrie trailer just showed off the whole damn movie

10 Completely Ridiculous Ways the World Has Ended

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