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Stephen King's N. Comes To Marvel
22 December 2009
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Following up on their stellar adaptations of Stephen King's The Stand and The Dark Tower series, Marvel Comics has announced that it will publish a new graphic novel adaptation of the bestselling author.s chilling short story N. from his recently-released collection, Just After Sunset .
The blockbuster creative team of Marc Guggenheim and Alex Maleev, also responsible for the red-hot Stephen King.s N. Motion Comic, tell the story of something terrifying hidden in Ackerman.s Field. A bizarre arrangement of eight stones keeps a nightmare contained, but when - in the eye of an unfortunate beholder - the eight stones become seven, the fabric of what we think is real begins to shred, and an unbearable doom seizes the mind.
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Under The Dome (Book Review)
30 November 2009 11:55 AM, PST
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Stephen King’s latest novel, Under The Dome, captivates his constant readers with a mesmerizing tale about a group of people in a small town trapped by a claustrophobic dome. The citizens in Chester’s Mill live off of hope that they will eventually escape even though the reality is their communication has been disconnected from the rest of the world.
The story begins from different perspectives of the citizens in Chester’s Mill as they all watch the dome suddenly fall down upon them. They witness several graphic decapitations, fiery explosions, and tragic accidents as the dome sinks through the pavement. Landlines have been cut off and calls from cell phones are being blocked by the surrounding dome. As each day passes, food supply becomes scarce and generators are running low on propane tanks. The citizens of this small town have to band together as a maniacal killer is on the loose inside.
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SyFy Channel Picks up Stephen King’s The Colorado Kid aka Haven TV Show
30 November 2009 8:29 AM, PST
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As bad as movies based on Stephen King stories tend to be (with some rare exceptions, of course), TV products based off his books tend to be that much better. I can rattle off some examples: the long-running “The Dead Zone” TV show, “The Stand” mini-series, and heck, even the “It” mini-series scared the beJesus out of me when I was a wee bit lad. (Looking back on it, the mini-series was kind of tame, but you know, back then it was some pretty scary stuff.) The latest King offering to get the TV show treatment is “Haven”, based off his “The Colorado Kid” short story.
Except, well, it’s not so much an adaptation of the story, as it is a jumping off point — the show will use the story’s basic premise and go in a completely different direction. The big news is that the SyFy Channel has
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Books: Review:Stephen King: Under The Dome
24 November 2009 10:00 PM, PST
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Stephen King’s newest novel is, at 1,066 pages, his longest in more than a decade—not as big as monsters like It and The Stand, but with a cast of hundreds and an epic scale. What’s really impressive is that for all its brain-bashing size, Under The Dome goes by in a flash. In Misery, King’s novel about the power of fiction, the author hero talks about the “gotta,” the mystical compulsion to find out what happens next. After years of clunky exposition and muddled, intermittently moving character studies, Dome is a rush of blackly comic
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Stephen King's Under the Dome -- book review
23 November 2009 2:54 PM, PST
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I just finished Stephen King’s brand new gargantuan opus Under the Dome ... and boy are my arms tired. Kidding, but at nearly 1,100 pages this is his third longest (heaviest) book, behind It and the revised version of The Stand. It is also an unbelievably quick read -- I did it in just under two weeks. All of the old book critic clichés come to mind here: a gripping, unrelenting, fast-paced page turner that will keep you up until the wee hours ...
But all those descriptors are spot-on. This is Classic King. This is Old School King. As much as I loved the newfound maturity of recent Sk novels like Bag of Bones and Duma Key, this book is truly a return to form. A massively populated epic that is instantly reminiscent of the aforementioned classics It and The Stand.
From the first chapter, when a mysterious dome descends on
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Review: Carriers
20 November 2009 4:02 PM, PST
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With all the hype surrounding the big release of Star Trek this week I was very interested in seeing Chris ‘Captain Kirk’ Pine’s next role in ‘Carriers’ and it was a strange film, fascinatingly apocalyptical but drowning in it’s own idea.
Looking into the history of the film it was interesting to see that it was written and directed by Alex and David Pastor and completed and screened way back in 2007 but Paramount put it on the shelf and it’s likely that the rise in fame of Chris Pine is the reason why it’s been finally given it’s release, and worryingly I entered the screening apprehensive that it was shelved due to being rubbish. But fortunately it wasn’t it was an ok film.
The story is of a world devastated by an unknown disease and the survivors struggle to stay alive by trying to avoid it,
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Spielberg and King To Develop Under the Dome for TV
20 November 2009 5:29 AM, PST
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It is a marketing department’s dream, and it marks the first collaboration between Steven and Stephen in twenty years, as Variety are reporting that the duo are working to bring a mini series adaptation of King’s recently published novel Under the Dome.
Dome has garnered some serious praise, and it is hoped that it will mark the return to form for an author whose prolific nature has lead to an inevitable variance of quality – though there is no-one who can spin a yarn quite like Stephen King.
The central plot of Under the Dome, which will be developed into a mini-series by Dreamworks TV, revolves around the drama that unfolds after an invisible force field suddenly descends on a small vacation town in Maine. As the locals fight for their survival, the town descends into warring factions led by enigmatic characters, according to the paper, and comparisons to
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Spielberg And King Join Forces
19 November 2009 10:13 PM, PST
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Stephen King's whopping new novel Under the Dome was only published a week ago, but plans are already afoot to develop it for the small screen. Steven Spielberg will executive produce, along with Stacey Snyder, Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey of Dreamworks TV, and King himself.The novel is a reworking of King's never-published "lost" work The Cannibals, in which the small Maine town of Chester's Mill is suddenly, inexplicably cut off by an invisible forcefield that doesn't allow exit or entry. Trapped inside, the society-in-microcosm starts to unravel.Yes, it sounds like The Simpsons Movie, but it's been hailed in some quarters as a return to old-school King after a gradual shift of direction and focus in recent years, and has drawn favourable comparisons to his much earlier end-of-the-world tome The Stand. King adaptations for TV have been a mixed bag. Tobe Hooper's Salem's Lot and the 1990 It,
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Advance Review - The Crazies (Remake; 2010)
16 November 2009 4:59 AM, PST
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Remakes fall into two categories, "Wow" and "Why did they bother". Sadly, the "Wow"s are few and far between.
For every Zack Snyder's Dawn Of The Dead or David Cronenberg's The Fly, there's five Gus Van Sant's Psycho. Breck Eisner's The Crazies clearly falls into the "Wow" category. A fast-moving, exciting thrill ride that builds to a flat-out apocalyptic conclusion, this Crazies also has a healthy respect for the George A. Romero original even as it goes off in it's own direction.
David (Timothy Olyphant) is the Sheriff of Ogden Marsh, a small midwestern town. Judy, his doctor wife (Radha Mitchell), is pregnant and everything seems idyllic until a townsperson carries a loaded shotgun to a little league game. From that point on, the two realize the locals of their beloved little town are going insane. Government help is Not helpful, as fighter planes and gun-toting
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HBO to go 'Under the Dome'
14 November 2009 8:46 PM, PST
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I just finished Stephen King's behemoth of a novel, Under the Dome, about half an hour ago. While it was an emotionally taxing novel, I must say that it's one of my favorite books, and somehow manages to convey an epic story within the confines of a small Maine town; it's The Stand trapped under a microscope. And now, it's going to be on the screen.
Stephen King, in one of his few book signings for the novel (or any of his novels), stopped by a Walmart in Dundalk, Maryland, and answered a few questions from the audience. Among questions about what scared him and what he was going to do next, an audience member asked King if Under the Dome would be turned into a movie.
"Uh, I think this is actually going to be an HBO series, Under the Dome," King replied, prompting the audience to cheer.
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Correction: Garris Hosting FearNet Series Post Mortem
11 November 2009
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Correction: Garris wrote in to us to clarify that the show's episodes will run a half hour on FearNet's cable incarnation, while the webisodes will run five minutes.
Filmmaker Mick Garris is returning to his roots: Interviewing fellow genre professionals. Before directing several Stephen King adaptions such as The Stand , The Shining and Desperation or creating the Showtime hit series Masters Of Horror , Garris hosted the local L.A. movie series The Fantasy Film Festival , which boasted a bevy of in-depth chats with directors such as David Cronenberg, John Landis and William Friedkin.
Variety reports that Garris will now host Post Mortem With Mick Garris for FearNet, the site that most recently premiered the original web-series Fear Clinic in October.
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Trailer For Stephen King’s Under The Dome
2 November 2009 3:27 AM, PST
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Stephen King isn’t a good Sci-Fi writer, he’s a great Sci-Fi writer. In what I’m hoping will be a fantastic return to his epic and massive early “The Stand” period, we will soon be enjoying “Under The Dome”, a story of a small Maine town that gets bubbled by forces unknown.
The bigger Steve’s books get the better they get. For Stephen King to do his best work requires him to get really excited and over the top. “Under The Dome” will be 1088 pages and is going to be a great and juicy read. Book trailers seem to the latest marketing thing and I have to say I like them. It can be useful in visualizing what you’re in for or pushing you over into Amazon or Barnes if you’re on the fence. Here’s the book trailer for Dome, enjoy.
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A look back at Night Of The Comet
27 October 2009 11:14 PM, PDT
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So you just saw Zombieland and you're desperately looking for another fun zombie-filled end of the world movie with strong female characters? Look no further than the brilliant '80s horror comedy Night Of The Comet!
When a comet passes over the earth, rendering everyone witnessing it into red dust, the only survivors are two Valley Girl sisters, responsible Regina (Catherine Mary Stewart) and her little sister, spoiled cheerleader Samantha (Kelli Maroney).
The two girls wander Southern California, enjoying malls without crowds, driving fast through empty streets and even DeeJaying at an abandoned radio station (Samantha cheerfully announces she'll be taking requests "from all you teenage mutant comet zombies!"). In a funny commentary on boy/girl relations, when Regina and Samantha run into some teenage box boys, they plan to kill and eat the girls!
Night brings in a secret underground lab, a virus, and other apocalyptic motifs, but never
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50 Influential Scream Queens: Part 2
27 October 2009 10:57 PM, PDT
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Before I launch into the conclusion of my 50 Influential Scream Queens (read part 1 here), please let me remind you that this list is based upon my personal taste, and my personal taste alone. I didn't poll 100 Fango readers, the Fango staff or any other form of 'industry professionals'. It's all opinion, so if you feel I've wronged a certain actress by excluding them from the list, don't leap to brand the entire Fango crew 'vile'. I probably just don't personally find their work to be that influential. Either that or I'm just ignorant to their accomplishments!
25. Mia Farrow: Mia's genre work may be a bit limited, but that doesn't change the fact that Rosemary's Baby will forever be regarded as one of the creepiest films in history. Farrow's portrayal of Rosemary Woodhouse is harrowing to say the least, and will always remain (in my mind) one of the best performances the genre has seen.
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Ricky Gervais to host 67th Golden Globe Awards in 2010
26 October 2009 4:31 PM, PDT
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It has been confirmed by The Hollywood Foreign Press association that British funnyman Ricky Gervais will hos the 67th Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles on January 17, 2010.
Multi-talented Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner Ricky Gervais ("The Invention of Lying," "The Office") will host "The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards" on Sunday, January 17, 2010 on NBC. This year's show will be broadcast live coast-to-coast from 5-8 p.m. (Pt) and 8-11 p.m. (Et) from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. This marks the first time the telecast has had a host since 1995.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, dick clark productions and NBC made the announcement today.
"Not only is this the biggest Hollywood celebration of the industry
which includes both film and TV, but also an environment where I feel I
can get free reign as a host. I have resisted many other offers like
this, but there are
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Stephen King to co-write Vertigo title
26 October 2009 3:04 PM, PDT
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Bestselling horror novelist Stephen King will co-write a new comic book titled American Vampire for DC imprint Vertigo. The author's work has previously been adapted in graphic novel format. Marvel released treatments of The Dark Tower and The Stand, and Del Rey serialised The Talisman, but this is his first original comic book venture. Illustrated by Rafael Albuquerque, the comic's first five-issue arc will consist of two 16-page stories, one penned by King, the other written by former Marvel scribe Scott Snyder. "I love vampire stories, and the idea of following the dark exploits of (more)
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The Golden Globes Get Ricky Gervais!
26 October 2009 8:01 AM, PDT
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The Hollywood Foreign Press made a welcome announcement today when they revealed that the host of the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards would be none other than comedian and filmmaker Ricky Gervais. Having been a highlight of resent award shows, this is certainly exciting news. Here is the official press release:
Multi-talented Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner Ricky Gervais will host "The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards" on Sunday, January 17, 2010 on NBC. This year's show will be broadcast live coast-to-coast from 5-8 p.m. (Pt) and 8-11 p.m. (Et) from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. This marks the first time the telecast has had a host since 1995.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, dick clark productions and NBC made the announcement today.
"Not only is this the biggest Hollywood celebration of the industry which includes both film and TV, but also an environment where I feel I
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Stephen King To Co-Write 'American Vampire' Comic Book
26 October 2009 7:31 AM, PDT
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Acclaimed horror novelist Stephen King is hardly a stranger to comic books thanks to Marvel's adaptations of "The Dark Tower" and "The Stand," and Del Rey's upcoming adaptation of "The Talisman," but the writer is looking to branch out into unchartered territory with entirely original comic book content.
According to The New York Times, King will co-write a new series titled "American Vampire" for DC Comics' Vertigo imprint. The title's first five-issue arc will feature two 16-page stories, one written by King and the other written by Scott Snyder. Rafael Albuquerque will illustrate.
"American Vampire" focuses on "a new breed of vampire through the lens of different eras in American history," according to The Times. Snyder's story features a vampire named Pearl seeking fame during the jazz age, while King tells the tale of "Skinner Sweet, the first American vampire who does not fear the sun."
Perhaps more interesting
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Exclusive: Stephen King's 'The Talisman' In Graphic Novel Form
21 October 2009 10:30 AM, PDT
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From Splash Page: Comic books based on Stephen King's novels have almost become a genre of their own lately, with adaptations and spin-offs of both "The Stand" and his "Dark Tower" series finding new life in the world of graphic novels.
This November, King's 1984 novel "The Talisman" (co-written with Peter Straub) goes the same route with a new graphic novel adaptation published by Del Rey Comics.
The story follows a teenager tasked with retrieving a magical talisman in order to save his dying mother. He must cross back and forth between our world and its alternate—and more dangerous—"twinner" counterpart.
Continue reading Exclusive: First Look At Stephen King's 'The Talisman' Graphic Novel!
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Exclusive: First Look At Stephen King's 'The Talisman' Graphic Novel!
21 October 2009 6:31 AM, PDT
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Comic books based on Stephen King's novels have almost become a genre of their own lately, with adaptations and spin-offs of both "The Stand" and his "Dark Tower" series finding new life in the world of graphic novels.
This November, King's 1984 novel "The Talisman" (co-written with Peter Straub) goes the same route with a new graphic novel adaptation published by Del Rey Comics.
The story follows a teenager tasked with retrieving a magical talisman in order to save his dying mother. He must cross back and forth between our world and its alternate—and more dangerous—"twinner" counterpart.
Longtime King collaborator Robin Furth, who writes Marvel's "Dark Tower" comics, will adapt "The Talisman" novel with art provided by Tony Shasteen ("Occult Crimes Taskforce"). The series is expected to span at least 24 monthly issues.
Del Rey has provided Splash Page readers with an exclusive preview of "The Talisman" #1. Click on
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