Posts Tagged ‘stephen king’
Thursday, January 5th, 2012
You've got red on you.
Somebody somewhere thought it would be a good idea to try another big screen telling of Stephen King’s Carrie (his first published novel). That somebody I’d like to predict will be wrong. MGM and Screen Gems announced last year that they hired playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa to write a new script for Carrie, he’s the guy who came in and saved Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark on Broadway.
Deadline reports his version is “more faithful to the King book, and more grounded than the Brian De Palma-directed film.” I wonder where it will stand against The Rage: Carrie 2, I saw that one in theaters and let me tell you…it can’t be unseen. Kimberly Peirce has since hired to direct the remake, she brought us Boys Don’t Cry in 1999 which landed Hillary Swank an Oscar and has been pretty much off the grid ever since. It’s all coming together for this passion project isn’t it?
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Monday, October 24th, 2011
Back in August we were told that the team of director David Yates and screenwriter Steve Kloves were reportedly set to reunite for a big screen version of the Stephen King saga The Stand.
Now Warner Bros. has moved away from the duo and landed the project on the lap of one Mr. Ben Affleck. The man has certainly done it all; screenwriter/ actor/ director – it’s a pretty solid resume. Fans and literary scholars alike will tell you though, this isn’t like Gone Baby Gone or The Town, The Stand is an epic, over 1000 pages of huge scope. Not to mention the fandom surrounding the work for years after its publication.
There is no word if Steve Kloves is still writing or why David Yates is out, just the report on Affleck being the new director on the project.
Tags: adaptation, ben affleck, david yates, stephen king, Steve Kloves, the stand
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Friday, October 14th, 2011
What is it about little girls that can be so creepy? If you don’t know what I’m going on about, A&E has released the first teaser trailer for the TV adaptation of Stephen King’s Bag of Bones for you to watch below. The two-part mini series was directed by Mick Garris (Sleepwalkers, The Stand), and is set to air on Sunday, December 11th and Monday, December 12th.
The series stars Pierce Brosnan, Melissa George, Annabeth Gish, Anika Noni Rose, Matt Frewer and Jason Priestly.
Bag of Bones is the story of grief and lost love’s enduring bonds, an innocent child caught in a terrible crossfire and a new love haunted by past secrets. Bestselling novelist Mike Noonan, played by Pierce Brosnan, is unable to stop grieving after the sudden death of his wife Jo. A dream inspires him to return to the couple’s lakeside retreat in western Maine where he becomes involved in a custody battle between the daughter of an attractive young widow and the child’s enormously wealthy grandfather, the mysterious ghostly visitations, the ever-escalating nightmares and the realization that his late wife still has something to tell him.
Watch the trailer trailer below:
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Tags: A&E, Anika Noni Rose, Annabeth Gish, Bag of Bones, Jason Priestly, Matt Frewer, Melissa George, Miniseries, Pierce Brosnan, stephen king, trailer
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Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
So it seems Stephen King has been planning a sequel to The Shining for some time, and now it’s officially going to happen. We enjoy us some King around here; he’s influenced many mediums in entertainment and it’s not easy to knock the man. That original book is one of King’s most popular, a lot of that has to do with the Stanley Kubrick film adaptation – a movie King hated.
Dr. Sleep, is the name of the book, and the author is already out reading excerpts from it (video below). King’s official website posted this yesterday:
It’s now official–Stephen is working on Dr. Sleep, the sequel to The Shining. This weekend Steve read an excerpt from this at his appearance at George Mason University. They have given us permission to post their taping of the event here on Steve’s site which we will do as soon as we receive the file. Dr. Sleep’s plot includes a traveling group of vampires called The Tribe which is part of the passage he read from.
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
A collection of links from across the web that may be film, TV and or entertainment related.
- Josh Brolin is set to star in Spike Lee’s remake of the Park Chan-wook revenge thriller Oldboy. [Deadline]
- A Back to the Future and Dukes of Hazard mashup T-Shirt design was only a matter of time. [teefury]
- Takashi Miike’s ‘Ninja Kids’ is set for a Hollywood remake, I for one am stunned. [THR]
- A real life Snakes on A Plane foiled by authorities. [latinofoxnews]
- The next James Bond movie may have a title and story, but probably not. [bleedingcool]
- Steven Spielberg and Stephen King take ‘Under the Dome’ to Showtime. [THR]
The Hunger Games Teaser Trailer:
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Friday, August 12th, 2011
This could very well have been called Stephen King day around here; earlier we talked about his classic The Stand getting big screen treatment and now his 1000-page yet to be released 11/22/63 is looking to be adapted before it even hits stores! This story has so much awesome I’m just going to get right into it: Jonathan Demme who has directed such greats as The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia, and Rachel Getting Married has optioned the rights to King’s upcoming time-travel novel centering on the assassination of John F. Kennedy, 11/22/63. He will write and direct as well as produce the adaptation.
Demme is a great director and as I alluded to earlier, King writes for adults and that’s why I’ve grown to appreciate his work so much more now and it hurts me to see great work get butchered by studios trying to make a buck on his name and books. Jonathan Demme’s talent can be trusted with this one I think, but only time will tell.
Below is the book’s plot is officially described on King’s website:
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Friday, August 12th, 2011
So here we are again talking about yet another Stephen King classic that is getting a big screen adaptation. Just last month Ryan told us that The Dark Tower, another King epic, wasn’t going to be happening anytime soon, so why bother trusting it will happen with The Stand? Well, it’s not so much about believing this will happen, but damn do we want it to.
With Harry Potter behind them, the team of director David Yates and screenwriter Steve Kloves are reportedly set to reunite for a big screen version of the Stephen King saga The Stand. According to HitFix, the duo is closing deals to bring The Stand to screen as a multi-film adaptation for Warner Bros., the same studio behind the Potter franchise.
You might recall that King’s epic was a 1994 TV miniseries starring Gary Sinise that again fell short of living up to expectations when it comes to a true adaptation of King’s work. Do people know that his work is adult oriented, thus a feature film should play that way too? Let’s hope they get this right along with that IT movie that is said to be happening. Check out the plot for The Stand over here.
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I just started reading “IT” last week for the second time, the first time I couldn’t finish it because I’m a big baby. I’m a fan though, and might have to dive into Bag of Bones next as it’s getting some TV treatment with Pierce Brosnan (pictured left with an awesome mustache).
Bag of Bones is set to get a four-hour TV miniseries on the A&E network over two nights near the end of 2011.
The series stars Brosnan as “a man who is unable to stop grieving for his wife, who died suddenly. After returning to the lakeside retreat they shared, he inadvertently gets involved in a local custody battle – while having nightmares about his dead wife.” More on this as it develops.
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So for many regulars here at the City of Films, you may have come to know that I am a huge fan of the Dark Tower book series. Which of course means that when news broke that there would be three movies and two mini series created to bring the epic tale to life, I was ecstatic. Well my dreams have been crushed again.
Universal Studios have announced that they will in fact not commit to the adaptation being pitched by Ron Howard. Deadline has reported that Universal issues their pass after Howard and company would not accept only a one movie commitment. Now the filmmakers are back to square one in their search for a studio to financially back the project.
It’s starting to feel like the long rumored Ender’s Game film project. While an ambitious project, the reward of a great story being brought to the big screen has Dark Tower fans everywhere crossing their fingers in hopes that this one gets made.
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It’s being reported that Javier Bardem is finalizing a deal to appear in The Dark Tower series being helmed by Ron Howard. Bardem will play Roland Deschain, the last living member of an order of gunslingers who becomes the last hope to save civilization as he sets out in search of The Dark Tower.
Gunslinger? Yes.
This is a big production, a risk to say the least; the Stephen King adaptation is planned to span three movies and a limited-run TV series between each film, Deadline reports. Imagine if this just doesn’t catch on with people, what a fail. Ron Howard will begin production on the first film in September. He is also installed to take directorial duties on the first TV series. Howard is now expected to start casting the other roles around Javier.
Stay with us for the official release, and tell us what you think about this series coming to life. CoF’s Ryan Heinrichs has read the books and tells me they are really good. What he doesn’t know is that I can’t read, thanks for bragging Ryan.
Tags: Gunslinger, javier bardem, ron howard, stephen king, The Dark Tower
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