Coming Soon reports that Heather Graham has joined the cast for The Stand. She will play Rita Blakemoor, a wealthy woman who is ill prepared for the end of the world when she try to escape New York with Larry Underwood.
Eion Bailey will play Teddy Weizak (same role King played in the miniseries version), Katherine McNamara will play Julie Larry and Hamish Linklater will play Dr. Ellis.
This time it's a look at King in 3 colors - Gray, Blue, and Green. This episode brings you reviews of:
1) Gray Matter on Shudder
2) The Stand on Bluray
3) In The Tall Grass - Green - On Netflix
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2) 00:30 - Gray Matter - Review
3) 10:46 - The Stand Bluray Review
4) 19:32 - In The Tall Grass Review
5) 34:27 - Outro
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Stephen King & Joe Hill talks In the Tall Grass. Steve also mention that there's an upcoming adaptation from Spain of A Good Marriage.
King: With the streaming platforms (and cable TV), somebody can tackle a long novel the way they tackled “NOS4A2” or “Mr. Mercedes.” But with a shorter thing, it's tailor-made for the movies. I think of “Shawshank Redemption” and the upcoming adaptation from Spain of “A Good Marriage.” The original “Children of the Corn” wasn't too bad either.
Here are my thoughts about In the Tall Grass. In the Tall Grass is one of those stories that when you read it you think ”there is no way this can be filmed”. In the case of this one it’s mainly because it’s both strange and quite brutal. But I was wrong. It’s now filmed, and it works. Vincenzo did it and I think he did it very well.
Nat Wolff has been cast opposite Alexander Skarsgård in The Stand. Wolff plays Lloyd Henreid, a petty criminal who becomes fiercely loyal to Randall Flagg.
King’s next book If It Bleeds is a collection of four stories. They are:
Mr. Harrigan’s Phone The Life of Chuck Rat If It Bleeds
The book will be released on May 5th, 2020 and a place holder cover have been released (this is not the final cover). If It Bleeds
Release Date: May 5th, 2020
From #1 New York Times bestselling author, legendary storyteller, and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary collection of four new and compelling novellas—Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, The Life of Chuck, Rat and the title story If It Bleeds — each pulling readers into intriguing and frightening places.
The novella is a form King has returned to over and over again in the course of his amazing career, and many have been made into iconic films, including “The Body” (Stand By Me) and “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption” (Shawshank Redemption). Like Four Past Midnight, Different Seasons, and most recently Full Dark, No Stars, If It Bleeds is a uniquely satisfying collection of longer short fiction by an incomparably gifted writer.
Stephen Hopkins will direct Amazon’s The Dark Tower pilot. Hopkins recently directed the Focus Features film ‘Race’ and three episodes of the FOX spin-off ’24: Legacy.’ He also helmed 12 episodes of the flagship ’24’ series. Other film credits include New Line’s ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child,’ 20th Century Fox’s ‘Predator 2,’ and New Line’s ‘Lost in Space.’
Here are my thoughts about the episode Gray Matter from the first episode of Creepshow.
The Creepshow movies are labeled horror comedy and have tagline like ”The most fun you’ll have being scared”. They are also based on comics from the 50’s but even though I try to take that in consideration here it still feels cheap.
First time on the podcast is guest - Jaime En Fuego - of YouTube - The Horror Channel Fame. Had a blast talking to Jaime and hope to get him and more of The Horror Show crew on the podcast.
Thankee sai!
This is a full spoilers episode.
Jaime and I review IT Chapter 2 plus talk about the King news items over the summer that really popped out to us.
Check out Jaime and his ka-tet over at YouTube for - The Horror Show
There's tons of Horror goodness over there besides material related just to Sai King.
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2) 00:30 - Podcast - IT Chapter 2 - Movie Review
3) 29:43 - Top King News Items Over the Summer of 2019
3) 1:05:53 - Outro
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Here are my thought about IT: Chapter 2.
All in all though it’s a good movie. They have captured the feeling from the book and done a great job transforming it for the screen.
Yesterday The Institute was released and on the same day Spyglass Media Group’s TV division announced that they will develop the book as a limited series, with David E. Kelley and Jack Bender (the team behind Mr. Mercedes) attached. Kelley will pen the adaptation and Bender will direct. Both will executive produce. No release date has been revealed.
“I’m delighted to be working with Jack and David, the creative team behind Mr. Mercedes. We think alike, and I believe The Institute is going to be a great success.”