Stephen King

Win a copy of the insightful documentary on Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, Room 237

On September 24th, IFC Midnight will release the wry and provocative documentary Room 237 on Blu-ray and double-disc DVD. The film centers on Stanley Kubrick’s landmark modern horror The Shining. On the same day that Room 237 comes to home video, Stephen King will publish Doctor Sleep, a sequel to The Shining. In the new ….

Stephen King’s The Stand adaptation gets new writer

Ben Affleck is moving forward on the viral adaptation, Stephen King’s The Stand, about survivors of a chemically weaponized super-flu, according to New York Magazine. Executive Producer Affleck has tapped screenwriter David Kajganich to pen the script after Kajganich apparently knocked Warner Bros. off their feet with another recent King adaptation – for the 1986 ….

Stephen King in talks to pen an episode of The Walking Dead

IGN reports that during The Walking Dead panel at Chicago’s C2E2 pop culture event, it was revealed that author Stephen King is in talks to write an episode of Season 2. No surprise since the iconic horror author has a long relationship with show producer Frank Darabont, who adapted King’s The Shawshank Redemption, The Green ….

Preview image of author Stephen King as a biker gang member from Sons of Anarchy

Iconic horror author Stephen King will make an appearance as “Bachman” on next week’s episode of FX Network’s Sons of Anarchy, titled “Caregiver,” airing September 21st at 10:00 PM, and producers have released an image of the legendary writer straddling his ride. In anticipation of the episode, Sons of Anarchy’s (Samcro’s) official production blogger recently ….

Police Academy and Pet Sematary remakes on the way to theaters

THR’s HeatVision reports that New Line is relaunching the Police Academy franchise, with original producer Paul Maslansky onboard for a new spin on the series, which originally spawned six sequels and a television series that lasted one season in 1997. No writer or director are attached to the project yet. The original Police Academy centered ….