Cemetery Dance is releasing a version of The Shining with King's original, uncut 40 page prologue entitled Before the Play restored at its proper place at the beginning of the story.
Here is my review of Joe Hill's The Fireman out May 17.
Joe Hill is an excellent writer and I just love his books and The Fireman is no exception. Is it one of his best? Well, both NOS4A2 and Horns are hard to beat so let me get back to you on that once The Fireman has sunken in a bit but I wouldn’t be surprised if the answer is yes.
As most of you know Marv has been with Lilja’s Library for the last 10 years and he has been on the cover of the book version of Lilja’s Library, the subject for a writing contest (winning story was published in a paperback), he has his one movie prop museum and once he was even supposed to be done as a keychain. That didn’t happen but now he has opened his own store over at Zazzle. In that store you can buy different items with Marv’s face on them. There are two designs, one in black and white and one in color to choose from.
There will be new things added as we go along and if there is an item that you feel “that one I’d really like to have with Marv’s face on it”, well just let me know and I’ll take care of it.
Marv was created in 2006 by Glenn Chadbourne for the then new design of Lilja’s Library. Now, 10 years later, Vincent Chong has done his version of Marv and that’s the version you’ll find in the store. So, head over to the store, look around, buy if you find something you like and as I said, let me know if there is anything else you’d like to put Marv’s face on.
For over 65 years, The Folio Society has been publishing beautiful illustrated editions of
the world’s greatest books. It believes that the literary content of a book should be matched
by its physical form. With specially researched images or newly commissioned illustrations,
many of its editions are further enhanced with introductions written by leading figures in
their fields: novelists, journalists, academics, scientists and artists. Exceptional in content and
craftsmanship, and maintaining the very highest standards of fine book production, Folio Society editions last for generations.
Now it's The Shining's turn. A limited number of copies have been signed by King and artist Edward Kinsella.
To all of those of you that didn't win in the Joe Hill Contest, there is another contest going on. It will run all year in celebration of Lilja's Library turning 20. The prize is a secret so far but I know each and everyone of you will want one. So enter here!.
The contest has ended, the winners have been selected and here are the correct answers.
Question #1: Name one other book by Joe Hill Answer #1:20th Century Ghosts, Heart-Shaped Box, Horns and NOS4A2. I would also have given you right for The Fireman.
Question #2: Name one story that Joe Hill has written with Stephen King Answer #2:Throttle and In The Tall Grass
Question #3: True or False: Joe Hill illustrated the comic Locke & Key? Answer #3: False, Gabriel Rodríguez illustrated the comic
And the three lucky winners that will each get a signed personalized copy of The Fireman is…Ron Clinton, David Spell and Connie L Sherwood. Congratulations to you three!
In our last podcast (episode 58) we spoke to Mark Campbell about the opera version of The Shining. It has now had its premier and some interesting links have appeared online. Check them out below.
More The Dark Tower casting news. This one is from comicbook.com.
The Tracking Board is reporting that Claudia Kim (7th Grade Civil Servant, Marco Polo) has joined the cast of the feature film adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower.
Kim, 31, is expected to play Arra Champignon, the kind-hearted, pregnant wife of Charles Champignon. The couple are ambushed by Farson's men, and she ends up getting raped, murdered and having her baby cut from her womb, all while her husband is forced to watch.
Download your End of Watch Wallpaper here (scroll down a bit).
The cell rings twice, and then his old partner in his ear... 'I'm at the scene of what appears to be a murder-suicide. I'd like you to come and take a look. Bring your sidekick with you, if she's available...'
Retired Detective Bill Hodges now runs a two-person firm called Finders Keepers with his partner Holly Gibney. They met in the wake of the 'Mercedes Massacre' when a queue of people was run down by the diabolical killer Brady Hartsfield.
Brady is now confined to Room 217 of the Lakes Region Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic, in an unresponsive state. But all is not what it seems: the evidence suggests that Brady is somehow awake, and in possession of deadly new powers that allow him to wreak unimaginable havoc without ever leaving his hospital room...
Both a stand-alone novel of heart-pounding suspense and a sublimely terrifying final episode in the Hodges trilogy, End of Watch takes the series into a powerful new dimension.
Spike TV announced today that Adam Bernstein will serve as Director and Executive Producer for the premiere episode of The Mist. From the Pressrelease:
New York, NY, May 5, 2016 – Adam Bernstein, an award-winning and critically-acclaimed television and film director, will serve as Director and Executive Producer for the premiere episode of Spike’s new scripted series, “The Mist.” From TWC-Dimension Television (TV) based on the classic Stephen King novella, “The Mist” goes into production this summer and airs in 2017. The announcement was jointly made today by Sharon Levy, Executive Vice President, Original Series, Spike TV and Bob Weinstein, Co-Chairman The Weinstein Company.
Bernstein’s extensive resume includes many of the most decorated series on television over the last 15 years including directing the pilots for “Fargo,” “30 Rock,” and “Scrubs.” “His impressive credits also include “Better Call Saul,” “Breaking Bad,” “Californication,” “Shameless,” “Bored to Death,” “Oz,” “Homicide: Life on the Street,” and “Entourage.” In 2006, he won a Primetime Emmy® Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for “30 Rock.”
Here are some interesting trivia. Most of you are familiar with the King/Michael Jackson music video Ghosts but did you know it was originally meant as a promo for the movie Adams Family Values?
Turns out the original title was Is This Scary and meant to be a short promo for the then upcoming Addams Family Values movie. The unfinished and unreleased version even had the Addams Family kids in it. Production began in 1993 with Mick Garris directing and rewriting the script. Then the allegations against Jackson happened and the project was shelved. In 1996, it was rewritten again and expanded and given the final title, Ghosts. The original version that King supposedly wrote has surfaced online...misspelled Is It Scary, since the real title was Is This Scary. Check it out here.
Just Desserts: The Making of Creepshow is being released on Blu-ray in July. Here are all the info you need.
Director: Michael Felsher
Runtime: 90 minutes
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Format: Blu-ray
Region: All Regions
Price: $24.95
Features
•Audio Commentary with Director & Editor Michael Felsher
•Audio Commentary featuring interviews with Actor John Amplas, Property Master Bruce Alan Miller, and Make-Up Effects Assistant Darryl Ferrucci
•Creepshow Days – An interview with Director of Photography Director Michael Gornick
•Extended Interview Segments with George A. Romero, Tom Savini, and Bernie Wrightson
•Behind The Screams – A compilation of on-set video footage from Tom Savini
•Horror’s Hallowed Grounds with Sean Clark
•Scream Greats Volume One: Tom Savini, Master of Horror Effects with Optional Audio Commentary with Tom Savini
•Vintage 1982 Evening Magazine Segment shot on the set of the film, featuring rare cast & crew interviews
•Behind-The-Scenes of CREEPSHOW Photo Gallery
The Dark Tower has appeared on the list on movies that will or are shooting in New York. We don't know when or where it will shoot but it looks like some of it will be shot in New York. Let me know if you see Roland strolling up Manhattan...
Here is my review of Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary.
Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary is done with love (for a great movie), stubbornness (to finally get it released), with thoroughness (finding everything and not leaving anything out) and a passion for the art of filmmaking. Well done!
Here are the latest Dark Tower casting reported by Deadline.
Two weeks into the start of shooting in South Africa, The Dark Tower is beefing up its cast with the addition of Michael Barbieri, I’ve learned. Reps for the 14-year-old are deep in talks to have him join the highly anticipated Nikolaj Arcel-directed adaptation of Stephen King’s bestselling series, set to come out on Presidents Day weekend next year.
Barbieri is slated to play the role of Timmy. Showing up in The Waste Lands book from 1992, the character is an offbeat pal to the Jake Chambers character, to be played by Tom Taylor.
This article has been out for a few weeks but there are some quotes from King that might be of interest.
“[The movie] starts in media res, in the middle of the story instead of at the beginning, which may upset some of the fans a little bit, but they’ll get behind it, because it is the story,”
and
“They’re still holding on to this idea that they can do a TV series, and they’ve got it pegged for that, and it would seem everyone involved is waiting to see if the movie clicks with audiences before going all in with a massive franchise. Other people have tried fantasy spectacle. Sometimes it works, sometimes it works really well when it’s based on a series of books, like 'The Hunger Games' or 'Harry Potter,' and sometimes it doesn’t. What I have to go back to is this: We have Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey, two great actors. You’ve got a great production team and Akiva Goldsman as the primary script writer. The team is in place, so we’ll hope for the best.”
Director Nikolaj Arcel said this:
“A lot of it takes place in our day, in the modern world”
King answers 5 questions for Bangor Daily News and I don't know about you but I would have asked totally different things if I got the chance to ask him 5 things...
Here is the German cover for End of Watch. Strange things isn't that they have given it a new title but that they have given it a new English title. Could reveal something about the plot...
Today with social media things are showing up so much faster than usually. In the live chat I had this las Tuesday I was actually asked when we would see photos from the filming of The Dark Tower and I guessed in late May. Today the first ones are here…
I have collected what I found online and if you find other, please let me know so that I can add them.
This was reported over a month ago but I had totally missed it. The remake of Pet Sematary seems to be getting off the ground. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later) on board to direct a script he wrote with Jeff Buhler.
Speaking with Dread Central, Buhler (The Midnight Meat Train) provided a little update.
“They are currently out to cast, and they are going for some bigger names, so it’s taking some time,” said Buhler, revealing that the casting process has officially begun. We don’t yet have any way of knowing who the studio is speaking with, but it’s good to hear that they’re looking to go big with the remake. And if casting has begun, pre-production seems to be moving along smoothly.
Daily Dead reports that Warner will release 11.22.63 on Blu-ray ($39.99), DVD ($29.98) and Digital HD on August 9. It will include a new featurette When the Future Fights Back where King, Abrams, Carpenter and James Franco talk about elements of the production that turned King’s bestselling novel into an event series.
Joining us for this episode is Pulizter Prize winning Writer - Mark Campbell who has written the Libretto for The Shining Opera. Mark was a wonderful guest and gave us an enthusiastic explanation about adapting The Shining as an opera. It is his mission to bring opera to the masses and adapting popular works is a way of doing that.
Very fun. Very informative.
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Variety reports that IT now has a release date.
New Line and Warner Bros. have announced a release date for their adaptation of Stephen King’s “It.” The movie, which was originally supposed to be directed by Cary Fukunaga, hits theaters Sept. 18, 2017.
TSources have also indicated that Will Poulter, who was originally tapped to portray Pennywise in Fukunaga’s version, has dropped out of the film due to a scheduling conflict and that execs are currently meeting with actors to portray the classic King villain.
The idea is to have two films, one focused on the children and the other focusing on them as adults when they come back to their hometown to face the monster again.
Sources have also indicated that Will Poulter, who was originally tapped to portray Pennywise in Fukunaga’s version, has dropped out of the film due to a scheduling conflict and that execs are currently meeting with actors to portray the classic King villain.
Roy Lee and Dan Lin are producing along with David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith.
OK, I'm going to try this live feed on facebook to do a live chat on April 26. The live chat where I just typed answers to your questions were a lot of fun so I'm sure this one will be as well. Will you join me?
Why do I do this?
- Because I love to talk King and I’d love to hear from all of you and what you have to say about King and Lilja’s Library. The site has been online for 20 years so I guess it’s about time right?
When will you do this?
- I’ll be online this Tuseday April 26 at 11PM my time (Sweden). That would be 10PM in London, 5PM in New York, 2PM in LA and 7AM (on April 15) in Sydney.
How long will you be there?
- I’ll try to be there as long as there are people joining me but at least for an hour. Hopefully longer.
What can you ask?
- Anything you want. If I can I will answer but please know that I don’t have the answer to everything
Smiley smile
Do we have to ask stuff or can we just chat?
- You can ask questions, chat, comment, post photos and do pretty much anything except disrespect anyone. I want us to play this nice.
Can you show us stuff you have?
- Sure, ask and I’ll post photos.
Will King be there?
- No, not King just me Lilja
If you head over to the facebook site you can check out a (pretty bad) testrun I did...
We cross podcast streams with Margo Donohue from the Book Vs Movie podcast to review the Hulu adaptation of 11.22.63.
If you want to hear our thoughts about the first two episodes, check out the Book Vs Movie podcast where we were guests.
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Now, those who didn’t back in 1996 can experience The Green Mile in its serialized form, as it was meant to be read. That is if you haven’t already read the complete book. Back in 1996 you had to wait a month between the installments but now all six volumes will be releases by June 21.
The Two Dead Girls out now The Mouse on the Mile April 26 Coffey’s Hands May 10 The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix May 24 Night Journey June 7 Coffey on the Mile June 21
How I envy those of you who haven’t already read this book…
Cemetery Dance is releasing a version of The Shining with King's original, uncut 40 page prologue entitled Before the Play restored at its proper place at the beginning of the story.
More The Dark Tower casting news. This one is from 
ON THIS DAY IN 1996...
ON THIS DAY IN 2010...
