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King in Europe 2013

Posted: November 12, 2013, 09:16
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King is in Europe. Here is his schedule. Do know about other appearances? Let me know.

November 12 (France):
- European press conference about 22/11/63 and Doctor Sleep.

November 13 (France):
- Book signing between 1.00 and 3.00PM at Mk2 Library, 128-162 Avenue de France, 75013 Paris, France. This is the only King will do during his visit.

- Exclusive interview report to JT 20h TF1

November 14 (France):
- Show "The Great Library, Special Stephen King." Live at 20:40 on France 5.

November 15 (France):
- 7-9am France Inter: Stephen King will be invited to the 7-9am show. According Telerama Stephen King participate in 8:20.

- The Mov. The radio announced Mov ': Stephen King will present live radio The Mov', Friday, Nov. 15, from 12 to 15h. It will be a special show in public, hosted by Thomas Rozec. There will be some listeners who will register on a registration form online. It will soon be online. You can ask questions on Twitter via the hashtag # KingLeMouv and possibly also by phone.

November 16 (France):
- Reading at 8:30 p.m. at the Grand Rex. Room capacity = 2800 people. During the evening, Stephen King will give a reading of his work, and a session of Questions / Answers to the public. And debate. Presented by Augustin Trappenard in the presence of Maxime Chattam.

November 19 (Germany):
- Stephen will appear at Krimifestival in Munich, Germany. Stephen will speak, read from his work and do a Q&A session after the program.

November 20 (Germany):
- Stephen will appear at the Harbour Front Literature Festival in Hamburg. He will speak, read from his work and do a Q&A session after the program.

Lisey’s Story on the Big Screen

Posted: November 12, 2013, 09:07
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The Hollywood News reports that Josh Boone will bring Lisey’s Story To Big Screen.



Josh Boone To Bring Stephen King’s ‘Lisey’s Story’ To Big Screen

You would never think that Josh Boone has made only one film, the guy is already in high demand! Not only is currently filming the highly anticipated adaptation of John Green’s THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, he announced today that his next project will be an adaptation of Stephen King’s LISEY’S STORY.

LISEY’S STORY follows the story of Lisey Landon, the widow of famous novelist Scott Landon, as she recalls the life of her husband as she is being stalked and terrorised by one of her husband’s fans. King has stated himself that it is the best novel he has ever written.

Not only did King appear in Boone’s directorial debut STUCK IN LOVE, but Boone also revealed a very interesting backstory to how he become known to the writer:

“I wasn’t allowed to read Stephen King. I had to rip the covers off of Christian books and glue them to Stephen King books, so that I could read them. I remember reading The Stand under my bed when I was 12, and I hid the book in the box springs under my bed, and my mom found it and burned it in the fireplace. I wrote him a letter when I was 12, just to tell him how much I loved his books and how much I wanted to be a writer when I grew up and that he was my idol. I sent him a couple books, hoping that he’d sign them. I came home from school one day and my dad said, “There’s a box here from Stephen King.” He had written me this beautiful letter in the front covers of each of the books. My parents were just so moved by the generosity, that he was willing to take the time to do that, that they lifted the Stephen King ban. “

Josh Boone will start adapting the project after filming finishes for THE FAULT IN OUR STARS. Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, and Isaac Klausner, who are producers for TFIOS, will also be producing LISEY’S STORY.

Under the Dome out on DVD and blu-ray today

Posted: November 5, 2013, 15:05
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Today Under the Dome is released on DVD and blu-ray. If anyone got the limited one (that looks like a globe) please email me and let me know if it is as nice as it looks to be.



30 Minutes of Exclusive Special Features:

Stephen King Visits Big Jim's Car Dealership
A tour of the location with Stephen King as he explains how Chester’s Mill is based on a real town and makes a deal to buy a used car.

The Visual Effects of "Under The Dome"
A visit with the Visual Effects team as they discuss the incredible sequences they worked on for the series.

"Under The Dome": Executing the Finale
Exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from on set for the filming of the last episode.

The Wilmington Pilot Premiere
On the Red Carpet in Wilmington, NC for the Pilot Premiere of Under The Dome. Includes interviews with cast members and creators, the city’s Mayor declaring June 24th Dome Day, and reactions to the gigantic success of the network premiere.

Season 2 will be 13 episodes long

Posted: November 5, 2013, 08:11
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Under The Dome, television’s #1 summer series in viewers and key demographics, will return in summer 2014 with 13 new episodes, it was announced today by Nina Tassler, President, CBS Entertainment.

Stephen King, whose bestselling novel is the basis for the series, will write the premiere episode of the second season.

“We’re excited to tell more stories about the mystery of the dome and the secrets in Chester’s Mill, and are thrilled to have the master storyteller himself, Stephen King, tell the first one of next season,” said CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler.

Samuel L. Jackson in Cell

Posted: November 4, 2013, 22:39
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The Hollywood Reporter reports that Samuel L. Jackson will star opposit John Cusack in Cell.

He'll star opposite John Cusck in the film adaptation of Stephen King's apocalyptic thriller.

Samuel L. Jackson will star opposite John Cusack in Cell for Benaroya Pictures and The Genre Company.

Tod "Kip" Williams is directing the film adaptation of Stephen King's apocalyptic thriller, and is set to begin shooting in January. Benaroya is financing the project, which International Film Trust will shop to foreign buyers at the American Film Market, which gets underway Wednesday in Santa Monica.

“It's really exciting to have such a great cast continue to come together on this project,” said Benaroya Pictures principal Michael Benaroya. “Our goal is to create exciting commercial fare with top talent to really deliver on the concept of an elevated genre film.”

Jackson will play Tom McCourt, an engineer and former solider who escapes from Boston with Cusack's character, Clay Riddell, after a mysterious pulse transmitted by cell phones spreads like a virus among the human population.

King wrote the adapted screenplay with Adam Alleca.

Richard Saperstein is producing alongside Benaroya, Brian Witten and Shara Kay. During his tenure as president of Dimension Films, Saperstein oversaw the film adaptations of King's The Mist and 1408.

Thanks to Ari Bosi and Lou Sytsma

IT remake has director and writer

Posted: November 4, 2013, 03:36
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Hollywood Reporter is reporting that the remake of IT now has a director and writer.

Warner Bros’ adaptation of the classic Stephen King novel It has a director and writer.

Cary Fukunaga, the hot-shot filmmaker behind last year’s adaptation of Jane Eyre, is boarding the project as director and will co-write the script with Chase Palmer, who previously adapted Frank Herbert’s Dune for Paramount.

Roy Lee and Dan Lin are producing It, as are Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg of KatzSmith Production.

Sit-down with King from 1982

Posted: November 3, 2013, 21:23
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Produced and aired in 1982, this is probably the first "sit-down" interview with author Stephen King at his home in Bangor, Maine.

Pet Semetary remake update

Posted: November 1, 2013, 00:47
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Variety has some interesting news about the remake of Pet Semetary

No stranger to ghouls and ghosts, “28 Weeks Later” director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo looks ready to return to the horror genre as he’s in talks to helm Paramount’s remake of “Pet Sematary.”

Lorenzo di Bonaventura is producing the remake to the 1989 horror classic along with Steven Schneider. Matt Greenberg and David Kajganich wrote the script.

Thanks to Lou Sytsma and Ariel Bosi

Has Mr. Mercedes & Revival gotten a release date?

Posted: October 29, 2013, 00:17
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On a question over at Stephen King’s message board about if King has finished editing Mr. Mercedes or completed the first draft of Revival the moderator gave the following answer:

He's waiting for the editors to do their thing. Release dates have been set but I don't think I'm at liberty to give that information out yet

So, both books seems to have a release date set. Do we dare to hope for 2014?

Episode 23: There's No Dome Like Haven

Posted: October 25, 2013, 09:00
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With your hosts Han Lilja of Lilja's Library and Lou Sytsma.


Welcome to Episode 23 of The Stephen King Podcast!  


This time it is a TV-extravaganza!


Just Hans and myself this time as we talk about the concluding 3 episodes from the first season of Under The Dome and the first 5 episodes of the fourth season of Haven.


Plus the latest Stephen King news.


We hope you will all enjoy this episode and as usual we want to hear from you.


Good or bad, we want it all!


You can leave us comments, questions, topic suggestions at:


1) FaceBook - Lilja's Library
2) Audio Message - Speak Pipe widget on the right hand of the podcast page (send voicemail)


In this podcast:
1) 00:56 - Lilja and Lou Intro.
2) 01:20 - From The Deathroom - Stephen King News
3) 11:13 - Reviews From The Night Shift Part 1 - Under The Dome - Episodes 9 -12 of Season 1
4) 21:15 - Reviews From The Night Shift Part 2 - Haven - Episodes 1 - 5 of Season 4
5) 35:19 - Signoff



Intro Music - Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult


Outro Music - Stand By Me - Ben E. King


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Stephen & Owen King

Posted: October 25, 2013, 08:53
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Stephen King -- the one-man fear factory responsible for terrifying tomes like Carrie, Salem's Lot and The Shining -- is also dear old dad in a family of scribes. He and his youngest son, Owen King, may be bound by blood, but in many ways they inhabit very different kingdoms.

The older King is the highly-decorated, prolific master of modern horror. His latest book, Doctor Sleep, builds a story he unleashed upon the world in 1977.

That same year, the younger King was born. He's since grown up to become his father's fresh-eyed editor, and is just beginning his own career with his humorous book Double Feature. And unlike his older brother, who writes under the pen name Joe Hill, Owen has decided to wear his famous name. But heavy is the head that wears the crown.

"I could write something about coal miners in West Virginia and people would be like, 'Is your father the mine?'" joked Owen.

Jian chats with the Kings about their individual projects, their father-son relationship, and the thin line between horror and humour.

"Owen is also writing horror. It's just got this big smile on its face," said Stephen.

Listen here.

Kerridge and Furth talk King

Posted: October 24, 2013, 11:00
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Telegraph Arts Critic Jake Kerridge and Research Assistant Robin Furth discuss King.


If you listen Close you will hear the host say

"...and there is another one due out in June..."

How about that? What book do you think that might be?

Thanks to Rocky Wood

First look at Gray Matter

Posted: October 21, 2013, 09:29
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Here is a first look at a new short film based on King's Gray Matter starring Larry Fessenden. The film is done using all practical FX such as matte paintings, animatronics, puppets and so on. It's directed by Red Clark and we also see Aaron Christensen, Scott Lynch-Giddings, Steve Herson, and Kenneth Martin.

The movie will be playing at festivals later this year. More info over on the Gray Matter Facebook page.




Cell posters

Posted: October 16, 2013, 15:02
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Based on the story by Stephen King, Bloody Disgusting now have three sales posters for Cell, which will be on display at next month’s American Film Market in Santa Monica, CA.

“When a powerful signal is broadcast across mobile networks worldwide, cell phone users’ minds are instantly and dangerously re-programmed. Heading north through New England in search of his wife and son, Clay Riddell is joined by a group of survivors hoping to fend off the bloodthirsty and hyper-connected “phoners.””

John Cusack is starring, with Paranormal Activity 2‘s Tod “Kip” Williams directing. The film is still in pre-production.





What do you think about these posters? Good? Bad?

Thanks to Herbert West

And the Winner is!

Posted: September 27, 2013, 13:16
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I have finally been able to select a winner in the photo contest (with a copy of Cemetery Dance's Gift Edition of Doctor Sleep as the prize). It wasn’t easy to select a winner of the 85 entries but I did and her name is Egle Chesters. I just love her photo. It shows she put some effort in it, that her family supports her love for King and most important of it all, her new husband supports her love for King.

Here is her description of the photo:

I got married on 23rd July 2013 but I couldn't have my big day without a bit of Stephen! Pictured is my first dance featuring my new husband, myself and the real love of my life Stephen's Night Shift! :)

Click for a larger image

Congratulations Egle!

Doctor Sleep launch promotion

Posted: September 27, 2013, 00:00
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I know I normally don't like to put ads on my website but only offer you the latest and greatest Stephen King news, but veryfinebooks.com is closing up their special Doctor Sleep launch promotion today:

http://www.veryfinebooks.com/Stephen_King_Signed_First_Edition_Books_s/76.htm

If you are a serious Stephen King collector and want to pick up something unique for your collection, here is a great opportunity:

http://www.veryfinebooks.com/Stephen_King_Signed_First_Edition_Books_s/76.htm

They are also giving away 3 to 5 bonuses with each order, including a 1st edition hardcover of Doctor Sleep."

Stephen and Owen reading

Posted: September 26, 2013, 11:12
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On September 24 Stephen and Owen King did a reading and here is a description of what happened, along with a photo.

First Owen read from Doctor Sleep, than King read from Double Feature. After that Owen asked Stephen some questions from a Stephen King Trivia book. Not sure which one but Owen said he found it a used book store so it was probably old [probably one by Stephen Spignesi]. Stephen asked Owen some questions after that. Next they each read a bit from their own books and it ended with a few question cards from the audience.


Thanks to Lee Everett

King's Signing In Paris

Posted: September 23, 2013, 16:25
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Here is all info you need about the signing in Paris November 13.

Stephen will be doing a book signing on Wednesday the 13th of November from 13:00 till 15:00 at MK2 Bibliothéque, 128-162 Avenue due France, 75013 Paris. This will not be a ticketed event and will be on a first-come, first-served basis so we, therefore, cannot guarantee that all who attend will be able to have a book signed if there are still fans waiting in line after 15:00. To accommodate as many fans as possible, there will be a one book per person limit. Fans may either bring the one book from their personal collection or purchase a book from MK2 at the event.

Sounds to me that you'll need to be there early if you want a signes book!

Thanks to Herbert West and Stefano Gatti

Haven synopsis

Posted: September 23, 2013, 15:13
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Haven episode 4-7 synopsis:

Episode 4.04 - Lost and Found
Nathan and Dwight investigate missing children linked to an ancient legend; Duke tries to find Audrey by focusing Jennifer's trouble.

Episode 4.05 - Countdown
Nathan, Duke, and Lexie find themselves in a race against time to find the troubled person responsible for turning people hard as stone.

Episode 4.06 - The New Girl
Lexie, the new girl in town, joins Nathan on a hunt for a deadly trouble that changes its victims' personalities.

Episode 4.07 - Lay Me Down
Nathan and Lexie hunt a trouble that attacks Haven's citizens in their nightmares; Duke deals with the nightmare his brother has become.

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