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Frances Conroy To Star in The Mist

Posted: June 23, 2016, 22:31
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Frances Conroy has signed on to star in The Mist.

From the pressrelease:

New York, NY, June 23, 2016 – Frances Conroy has signed on to star in 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 and Bob Weinstein, Co-Chairman The Weinstein Company.

Conroy has been cast in the role of “Nathalie,” a modern day ecological martyr. While she is seemingly more connected to nature than most people, her instincts about her fellow humans are dead on. Conroy is best known for playing Ruth Fisher on the television series “Six Feet Under.”

Henry Bowers Cast

Posted: June 21, 2016, 22:54
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Australian actor Nicholas Hamilton has joined the production of IT, New Line Cinema’s Andy Muschietti-directed adaptation of the Stephen King bestseller. Barbara Muschietti, Roy Lee, Dan Lin, David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith are producing. Hamilton will play Henry Bowers.


Thanks to Matty Jorissen.


Here is my review.

Early Photo of King

Posted: June 18, 2016, 16:24
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Is this the earliest photo of King? It might. Stephen Spignesi will be talking about it later today!


This is one of the photos I'll be showing and talking about at my Stephen King lecture today. This was provided to me by Stephen King's brother Dave, for my "Stephen King Encyclopedia." Is this the earliest picture ever taken of Stephen King? Might be.

Ep 60: Cell Drops Into A Dead Zone

Posted: June 17, 2016, 11:00
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With your hosts - longtime Constant Readers - Hans Lilja of Lilja's Library and writer/podcaster - Lou W. Sytsma.

Welcome to Episode 60 of The Stephen King Podcast!

The movie version of Cell finally begins transmission in selected theaters and VOD. Find out if Hans and Lou can pick up its signal.

We check in with Stephen Revisited and look back at the Dead Zone.

Historical Essay * by Bev Vincent
Richard’s Thoughts * by Richard Chizmar
Guest Essay by Chet Williamson

We also bring the latest Stephen King News.

We hope you enjoy this episode and, as usual, we want to hear from you.
Good or bad, we want it all!
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In this podcast:
1) 00:00 - Intro
2) 00:56 - Podcast Setup
3) 02:13 - News From The Deathroom
4) 29:37 - Nightshift Reviews - Cell Movie
5) 51:57 - Stephen King Revisited - The Dead Zone
6) 1:09:57 - Podcast Signoff & Lilja's Library Contest Announcements
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It Filming June 27 to September 6

Posted: June 17, 2016, 10:13
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Got an email from David MacKay today and he told me that he was looking into background actor gigs in Toronto and saw that IT is scheduled to start filming on June 27 and all through September 6. So if anyone lives close by, go there and return with photos... This might also mean that our first look at Pennywise might not be far off.


Thanks to David MacKay.


Here is my review.

Bill Skarsgård As Pennywise

Posted: June 15, 2016, 09:26
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Here is an interesting look at how Bill Skarsgård could look as Pennywise. We have no information about if they will use the famous Tim Curry makeup or not but it gives us an idea of what could be.

This one is made by Cody Ong and is in no way connected to the movie.

New Book Scares King to Death

Posted: June 14, 2016, 23:36
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Yesterday in Iowa King confirmed that he do have a book written, besides Sleeping Beauties that he’s written with Owen. He said he is done with a first draft of a book that is scaring him to death. No more info was given though.

He also said that The Talisman was due for a third book (don’t mean it will happen soon though) but didn’t reply to a questions about a new Dark Tower book.

Thanks to Peter Hansen

Winners In Contest #2

Posted: June 11, 2016, 21:19
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Here are the five Winners of an audio copy of End of Watch.

Mike Santoro
Gina McDonald
Karen Lynn
Dez Nemec
Laurie Lupica

Congratulations!

The question was:

Is it the same narrator for all three Bill Hodges books (Mr Mercedes, Finders Keepers and End of Watch) and if it is, what is his/her name?

And the answer is:

Yes. Will Patton reads all three books.

Winners In Contest #1

Posted: June 11, 2016, 21:18
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Here are the Winners in the UK End of Watch Contest:

Grand Prize:
1 hardcopy of End of Watch
1 paperback copy of Finders Keepers
1 paperback copy of Mr. Mercedes
1 promotional moleskin notebook
-- Goes to Paul Attwood

Second and third place winners each get:
1 hardcopy of End of Watch
1 paperback copy of Finders Keepers
1 paperback copy of Mr. Mercedes
-- Goes to Mike Sweeney and Selina Ware

Fourth and Fifth place winners each get:
1 promotional moleskin notebook
-- Goes to Tony McDevitt and Luca Gnuva

Sleeping Beauties; Book by Stephen and Owen

Posted: June 11, 2016, 08:09
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On the Charleston stop on the End of Watch tour King mentioned how he and his son Owen have collaborated on a book set in a women’s prison in West Virginia. A first draft of that work has been finished which means we probably won’t see it until the fall of 2017 at the earliest. No info on what kind of book it is but the title will be Sleeping Beauties.

End of Watch Tour: Day 4 - Charleston

Posted: June 11, 2016, 08:06
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Here is a report from the Charleston stop on the End of Watch tour from Paul Taylor.

Steve did not read from any work. He told all manner of anecdotal stories about how his ideas came about, the writing process, and stories about his finished books and movies. He had the audience rolling with laughter much of the time. He also mentioned how he and his son Owen have collaborated on a book set in a womens' prison in West Virginia. A first draft of that work has been finished. A Q&A followed. He was on stage about 1 hour 10 minutes.

Joel Thornsbury also reported that the title of Steve and Owen’s book will be Sleeping Beauties.

Thanks to Joel Thornsbury and Paul Taylor

Owen Teague Cast In IT

Posted: June 10, 2016, 11:14
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Owen Teague, who plays Ben Mendelsohn’s son on Netflix’s Bloodline, has joined the cast IT. He will play Patrick Hocksetter, part of a group of bullies who torment the Losers Club. He is a psychopath and keeps a refrigerator full of animals that he’s killed. Teague also have a role in the upcoming Cell.


Thanks to Matty Jorissen.

End of Watch Tour: Day 2 - Sewickley

Posted: June 9, 2016, 08:22
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Kurt Roberts sent me these photos and a report on what happened yesterday.

Some photos from Pittsburgh, PA tonight. Fantastic evening, and King read us his short story The Music Room from the 'In Sunlight or In Shadow' collection edited by Lawrence Block coming out in December.

Some great questions from the audience including his thoughts on remakes (discussed IT a bit), being a reader/writer, and if he regrets anything he's published. (He's not fond of Tommyknockers, Dreamcatcher, and discussed pulling Rage from circulation. Made a joke about Children of the Corn sequels, and would like to see 'COTC vs Leprechaun' lol.

Very funny and very gracious, told a funny Creepshow story, and the basis for the now complete Mercedes trilogy.


King in Sewickley Today!

Posted: June 8, 2016, 15:47
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Today is day two on the End of Watch tour. King will be in Sewickley, PA and maybe today he will reveal what's next from him. For those of you that will attend, send photos and reports.

Fans Get End of Watch

Posted: June 8, 2016, 00:43
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King’s latest book, End of Watch, is out and I would like to do the same thing I did when Mr Mercedes, Revival, Finders Keepers and Bazzar of Bad Dreams was released. I want to put together a page with photos of you all and your copy of End of Watch. All you need to do is send me a photo (this should open an email but if it dosn't, send the photo to info[a]liljas-library.com) of yourself and the book (any edition works) and I’ll post them here. If you don’t want to send it by email you can also post it on the facebook page and I’ll grab it there. I would also like to ask you to include your name, town and country so that I can list that with the photo. You can see what it will look like at the Mr Mercedes page the Revival page the Finders Keepers page or the Bazzar of Bad Dreams page.

Let's get those photos collected! Some of you are even on all four pages, GOOD WORK!

End of Watch Tour Starts Today!

Posted: June 7, 2016, 14:01
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Today End of Watch is released and King starts his tour of the book. Please send photos from the events and any news King share so that I can post it here on the site.

June 7 WORD Bookstore, Jersey City, NJ
June 8 Penguin Bookshop, Sewickley, PA
June 9 Books & Co., Dayton, OH
June 10 Taylor Books, Charleston, WV
June 11 Parnassus Books, Nashville, TN
June 12 Carmichael’s Books, Louisville, KY
June 13 Prairie Lights, Iowa City, IA
June 14 Bookworm, Omaha, NE
June 15 Booksmart, Tulsa, OK
June 16 Bookworks, Albuquerque, NM
June 17 The King’s English, Salt Lake City, UT
June 18 Barnes & Noble, Reno, NV

My review of End of Watch

Posted: June 7, 2016, 00:01
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Here is my review of End of Watch.

Is the ending a good ending? Yes! End of Watch is a great book and together with Mr Mercedes and Finders Keepers it’s a great story about the retired detective Bill Hodges.

King on CBS on June 7

Posted: June 6, 2016, 23:06
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King's official site reports that King will appear on CBS "This Morning" on June 7th during the 8:30-8:45 EDT segment to talk about End of Watch.

I will post a clip when it's available.

James Franco To Star In New King Movie

Posted: June 3, 2016, 23:31
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James Franco will star in Drunken Fireworks.

Matt Rager, who collaborated with Franco on As I Lay Dying, The Sound and the Fury, and the forthcoming In Dubious Battle, will adapt King’s story. Franco and Vince Jolivette will produce under Rabbit Bandini Productions alongside Doug McKay, Robert Kaplan, Marc Senter, and Nathan Grubbs of Rubicon Entertainment. There is also a possibility that Franco will direct, but nothing has been confirmed.

Read more here.

Thanks to Herbert West

Is Pennywise Swedish?

Posted: June 2, 2016, 22:25
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The Hollywood Reporter reports that Pennywise will be played by the Swedish actor Bill Skarsgard.

Skarsgard is in final negotiations to star in the horror pic whose cast will also include St. Vincent actor Jaeden Lieberher, Finn Wolfhard, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, Chosen Jacobs and Jeremy Ray Taylor.

It's also interesting that they list six other actors. Not sure who they will play though.


What are your thoughts on Bill as Pennywise?

Thanks to Matty Jorissen

IT Filming in Port Hope This Summer

Posted: June 1, 2016, 10:07
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Looks like IT will be filming in Port Hope in July according to Northumberlandnews. If anyone living there gets photos, send them to me and I'll post them here on the site.

Port Hope eyed for remake of Stephen King’s ‘It’

PORT HOPE -- Pennywise the Clown could be terrorizing the streets of Port Hope this summer.

Third Act Productions has applied to film interior and exterior scenes of the upcoming feature film adaptation of Stephen King’s ‘It’ in the Municipality of Port Hope.

Based on the novel of the same name, ‘It’ follows seven young friends in 1989 who spend their summer battling an evil presence lurking beneath their small town.

The novel was adapted into a two-part ABC mini-series in 1990 starring Tim Curry in the titular role.

According to Variety, Will Poulter (‘We’re the Millers, The Revenant’) was last reported to don the red nose in Cary Fukunaga’s (‘True Detective Season One’) latest adaptation.

Filming is slated for various locations around the municipality between Monday, July 11 and Monday, July 18.

Filming times are currently to be determined, but the production company is requesting to shoot from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. each day. If the application is approved, the production company said it will have a “heavy” presence in the community.

“We are sensitive to the complexities of filming on location and we are aware that we are guests in your neighbourhood,” the production company wrote in a notice to residents. “Because of this, we endeavour to make it as uneventful an experience as possible for the residents and businesses closest to our work area and the neighbourhood in general.”

The production company has found potential locations to shoot, mostly in the downtown area. Here’s a preliminary shooting schedule:

Monday, July 11

• Port Hope Town Hall

• Memorial Park cenotaph

• Queen Street between Walton and Robertson streets

• Capitol Theatre

Tuesday, July 12

• Intersection of Mill and Walton streets

• Walton Street bridge

• In front and behind 16-22 Walton Street

• Port Hope Town Hall

Wednesday, July 13

• Queen Street between Walton and Roberston streets

• Memorial Park

Thursday, July 14

• The alley between Gould’s Shoe’s and Avanti Hair Design

• John and Hayward streets

Friday, July 15

• Cavan Street between Highland Drive and Ravine Drive

• Victoria Street South between Trafalgar Street and Sullivan Street

Monday, July 18

• Watson’s Guardian Drugs

The municipality’s current policy doesn’t allow filming in the downtown area between the hours of 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. So if the production company intends to use Port Hope as its backdrop, council will have to adopt changes to its film policy in order to allow filming downtown.

If approved, businesses that may be affected will have to privately negotiate with the production company for loss of business compensation.

Thanks to Dimitris Tso

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