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Lilja's Library Highlight: August 28

Posted: August 28, 2016, 09:00
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ON THIS DAY IN 2012...

Today 14 years ago I did my very first interview about King. It was with BBC radio and a lot of it was about King’s claims that he would retire from publishing. I guess we know now that I was right when I said I thought he would keep publishing books for many years to come…

King Translated Into 54 Different Languages

Posted: August 27, 2016, 00:15
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Did you know that King’s books has been released in 54 different languages? Well they have and I actually have one in each language. BUT, there might still be more languages out there that has books translated. After all back in 2009 there were 6,909 distinct languages spoken on earth. So, take a look at the list of books here and let me know if you know of any other language that there are King books translated into.

Thanks! / Lilja

Photos Of The IT House

Posted: August 22, 2016, 14:04
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Here are some beautiful photos of the IT house (the one on 29 Neibolt Street) taken by Paul Mitchell. Word is that the house will come down tomorrow so if you want to have a look at it you should go there today.





Clip From IT Set

Posted: August 19, 2016, 13:49
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Here is a clip of The Loser's Club riding their bikes on the set of IT.



Richie Tozier (Finn Wolfhard), Bill Denbrough (Jaeden Lieberher), Mike Hanlon (Chosen Jacobs), Ben Hanscom (Jeremy Ray Taylor), Stanley Uris (Wyatt Oleff) and Eddie Kaspbrak (Jack Grazer).

Film taken by Amy Wilson

Cast of IT

Posted: August 18, 2016, 19:43
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Here are 6 of the 7 members from The Loser's Club on the set of IT along with Leper and Silver.

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Richie Tozier - Finn Wolfhard
Bill Denbrough - Jaeden Lieberher
Mike Hanlon - Chosen Jacobs
Ben Hanscom - Jeremy Ray Taylor
Stanley Uris - Wyatt Oleff
Eddie Kaspbrak - Jack Grazer
Leper - Javier Botet

Photos by Amy Wilson

The Loser's Club on Set

Posted: August 18, 2016, 08:49
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After getting the first photo of Leper yesterday Amy Wilson went back to the set of IT and returned with even more photos from the filming. This time it was of “The Loser’s Club”.

The Loser’s Club…oh, no it’s their stand-ins…

Here we have The Loser’s Club



Mike

Bill

Richie

Silver

The back of the chairs each of the Loser's Club had with their characters' names on them

I don’t know about you but I think this looks very promising. No sign on Pennywise on the set yet but we have more photos comic so check back often!

First Photo of Leper in IT

Posted: August 17, 2016, 19:24
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Amy Wilson has been back on the set of IT and returned with a lot of interesting photos. Unfortunately she couldn't get too close, but with a zoom lens she was able to snap a few photos of IT as the Leper and (what looks like) a young Eddie going up to the house on Neibolt Street!

Here is the Leper...before he's too monstrous sitting on the ground.

And here in makeup...




Eddie going up to the house.


Here they're raising a yellow and white checkered backdrop...

100,000 Downloads

Posted: August 17, 2016, 10:15
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It’s with pride I can tell you that The Stephen King Podcast has now been downloaded over 100,000 times. Since we started back in 2012 Lou and I have done 62 episodes that have now been downloaded 100,000 times.

For that we both want to thank you!

If you haven’t listen to all the episodes you can find them here.

And again, thanks for your support!
Lilja & Lou

Listen To Batman and Robin Have an Altercation

Posted: August 16, 2016, 00:55
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Here you can listen to Stephen Lang reading Batman and Robin Have an Altercation as well as an interview with Stu Tinker.

In this episode actor Stephen Lang reads, “Batman and Robin Have an Altercation”, a -shall we say- intense story about family, love, and dying by Stephen King (yes, THAT Stephen King, need we say more?). Host Aparna Nancherla talks to Stu Tinker, a Stephen King superfan from King’s hometown of Bangor, Maine (get ready for that accent!). For nearly 20 years he’s been giving tours the spots that have inspired so many of author’s stories.

Thanks to Lou Sytsma

First Dark Tower Footage at EW's Popfest

Posted: August 15, 2016, 22:48
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First footage from The Dark Tower will be shown at Entertainment Weekly's POPFEST.

Entertainment Weekly is proud to present POPFEST – the ultimate pop culture event of the year!
From October 29-30, 2016, The Reef in Downtown LA will come to life with our first-ever festival showcasing the biggest names and most exciting acts in entertainment – including a very special screening of the very first footage from the film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower.

For more info, visit their webiste: http://ewpopfest.com

Contest Reminder

Posted: August 15, 2016, 12:10
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I just want to remind everyone about the contest where you can win a signed King book. What you have to do is send in a photo of you with some specific King books. One photo of you and “Mr Mercedes”, one with you and “Finders Keepers”, one with you and “End of Watch”, one with you and “The Bazaar of Bad Dreams”, one with you and “Revival” and one with you and something connected to Lilja’s Library. You can read all about the contest here .

A lot of you have sent in just a few photos but not all six and I’d hate to see you lose out on this contest because you’re missing one photo. Imagine being one photo away from a signed King book? Scary I know. And based on the number of photos in each section a lot of you might be in this position. So, make sure you send in all six photos and then keep your fingers crossed.

Mr Mercedes = 289 photos
Revival = 135 photos
Finders Keepers = 88 photos
Lilja’s Library = 67 photos
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams = 65 photos
End of Watch = 60 photos

And remember, anyone, anywhere can enter!

Here are my photos:

More Photos From The IT Set

Posted: August 12, 2016, 00:17
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Here are a few more photos from the set of IT by Amy Wilson. That house is looking really scary now. The house next door has some boards up (though they need to edit out their solar panels), there are old cars all over the Place and if there was any doubt left that it was the house on Neibolt Street, the 29 on the rusty gate puts that to rest.





Thanks to Amy Wilson

Photos From The Set of IT

Posted: August 7, 2016, 23:32
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Amy Wilson visited the set of IT today and got some info for us.

They are supposed to be filming this Thursday and Friday.

They've started building the front porch steps, they've added the basement windows, which look amazingly creepy. There's another section of roof to go up, and the front door is waiting to be installed as well.

Here are some photos.






King on The Road: Report

Posted: August 4, 2016, 20:59
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Earlier this summer, Stephen King undertook a hectic multi-city tour of America in support of his latest book, End of Watch. But rather than hit the standard, book-tour metropoles, King chose to visit smaller cities offering, in some small way, tribute to the places and characters that make up his impressive oeuvre. Traveling along with King was Scribner’s Katie Monaghan, an “entourage of one,” who offers here her reports from the road, as sent to the mothership in New York.

Read it all here.

Thanks to Lou Sytsma

Report From The Set of The Mist

Posted: August 4, 2016, 16:35
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Here is a report from the set of The Mist from Mark Andrew Perry.

These are for the Bedford PlaceMall in Bedford, Nova Scotia. Filming inside the mall, with regular shopping happening! over 60 extras ! The pharmacy is for the show in the old Target location! Filming expected to go till November!





Podcast Listening Options

Posted: August 2, 2016, 14:47
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Hey Constant and New Listeners of The Stephen King Podcast.

Just letting you know there are many ways to listen to the podcast.

At home, on the go, in your car, and even at work - (don't worry we won't tell anyone!)

Computer, Apple, & Android devices - we've got all platforms covered.

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No matter where you are and what you are doing, we've got you covered.

Happy Listening!

Ep 62: Dark Tower Deep Dive

Posted: August 1, 2016, 23:47
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Welcome to the Stephen King Podcast Constant and New Listeners!

Join your hosts - longtime Constant Readers - Hans Lilja of Lilja's Library and writer/podcaster - Lou W. Sytsma.

Welcome to Episode 62 of The Stephen King Podcast!

This is a special edition of the Stephen King Podcast. Our version of the recent Entertainment Weekly Dark Tower Movie Comic Con special edition.

Using the EW Dark Tower articles we are going to take a Dark Tower Movie deep dive and speculate on the possible forms the movie could take.

This is a spoiler heavy podcast for the movie and all the speculation contained in the podcast is ours and is no way to be taken as gospel.

The EW articles can be found here:

The Dark Tower: EW's complete coverage of the Stephen King adaptation

The Idris Elba Accent Interview can be found here:
Idris Elba reveals the accent Roland the Gunslinger will have in The Dark Tower

Follow Anthony Breznican on Twitter to keep up to date on Dark Tower 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) 00:30 - Podcast Setup
3) 00:30 - Dark Tower Movie Deep Dive
4) 1:21:34 - Outro


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Photos and Story About Stand by Me

Posted: July 31, 2016, 23:32
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Here is an interesting article about Stand by Me called ‘Stand by Me’ Oral History: Rob Reiner and Cast on River Phoenix and How Coming-of-Age Classic Almost Didn’t Happen.

And here is a gallery of never seen photos from the filming of the Movie.


Thanks to Lou Sytsma

Bill Skarsgård's On Playing Pennywise

Posted: July 29, 2016, 01:50
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Here's Bill Skarsgård's thoughts on playing Pennywise:

It's important that we do something fresh and original for this one. It's purposely not going toward that weird, greasy look.

Tim Curry's performance was truly great, but it's important for me to do something different because of that. I'll never be able to make a Tim Curry performance as good as Tim Curry.

It truly enjoys the shape of the clown Pennywise, and enjoys the game and the hunt. What's funny to this evil entity might not be funny to everyone else. But he thinks it's funny.

1990's Edition IT on DVV & Blu-Ray

Posted: July 24, 2016, 11:24
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Warner Bros. has announced that the original adaptation of IT will hit US Blu-ray on October 4th, and the two disc set will include the mini-series on DVD and Blu-ray. It will also come with a special edition collectible t-shirt that you won’t find anywhere else.

The Blu-ray release will reportedly include the audio commentary from the DVD, which features insights from director Tommy Lee Wallace and actors Dennis Christopher, Tim Reid, John Ritter and Richard Thomas. No word yet on any additional features.

Special feature

30th anniversary wishes

King calendar

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Other Worlds Than These
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Carrie TV Series
2026:
Stephen King: Not Just Horror (Portuguese ed.)
2026:
Stephen King: Stories From Five Decades of Storytelling (Portuguese edition)
November 5, 2026:
An Exercise in Murder (Short story by Hill)
2026:
Stephen King: Stories From Five Decades of Storytelling (German edition)
2026:
The Institute season 2
2026:
Stephen King: Not Just Horror (German ed.)
March 2, 2027:
Hunger (Joe Hill)

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