All Things: STEPHEN KING

James Franco to Lead Stephen King Hulu Series 11/22/63
http://collider.com/james-franco-stephen-king-hulu-11-22-63/

OOOF. Nothing against Franco...I don't say this based on his qualifications...but this is about as miscast as possible. When I read the book I saw someone much older. And a little less looks friendly. Timothy Olyphant is gonna be out of work soon. He is still too pretty but would have been much more in line with the character. And the chick from Game of Thrones(Gwendolyne Christie?) would have been right for the female lead, but not opposite either one of those. MISCAST.
 
Stephen King’s ‘The Stand’ Is Bloated, Racist, And (Somehow) Still A Masterpiece
http://uproxx.com/movies/2015/05/stephen-king-the-stand-opinion/

Next to Watership Down...the most cherished book of my entire life. Nothing more frightening than the couple of pages where King describes the transmission of the disease so casually. Especially in this day and age. 'Magical Negro' aside, your life is not complete until you read it.
 
THE DARK TOWER Aiming to Get A ROYAL AFFAIR Director Nikolaj Arcel
http://collider.com/the-dark-tower-movie-aiming-to-get-royal-affair-director-nikolaj-arcel/

s we previously reported, Ron Howard, who was long attached to the adaptation, decided to drop out, and now Deadline is reporting that The Dark Tower is looking to hire A Royal Affair director Nikolaj Arcel for the gig. Per Deadline, “taught himself to speak and read English in order to consume Stephen King’s books in the writer’s native tongue. Arcel is a huge fan of The Dark Tower and knows the series well. That impressed the studio, and he showed with the [Swedish version] Dragon Tattoo that he could go dark, which is important in this series, a mix of horror and fantasy.”
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THE STAND to Get 8-Part Showtime Miniseries Before Feature Film Finale
http://collider.com/the-stand-movie-to-conclude-8-part-showtime-miniseries/

I dunno, this Movie/Tv/Movie business model seems like it just won't work. What...they get folks to pay for it, then they give them free(minus cable fees of course) stuff, and then they expect them to pay again. I like the thought of being that expansive of a very large story, but I just can't see it sustaining, especially in Hollywood where you are only as good as your latest ratings/gross.
 
They should just go all out on the cable series if they are going to do it and not just be it a dress rehearsal. :facepalm:
 
Stephen King’s ‘It’ Remake Has Found A New Director
http://uproxx.com/movies/2015/07/stephen-king-it-andy-muschietti-remake-director/

After Cary Fukunaga dropped out of helming the remake of Stephen King’s IT, fans of the book — and that cheesy (yet creepy) TV mini-series from the ’90s — began once again speculating about the possible future of the project. Today, THR reported on Fukunaga’s replacement being lined up by New Line Cinema and it looks like the production will move forward with Andy Muschietti behind the camera.

Muschietti made his directorial debut with 2013’s horror hit Mama, which starred Jessica Chastain and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. The two-part movie adaptation of Stephen King’s classic was supposed to begin production in late June but due to this shakeup, a new start date is unknown as of yet. Now that a new director is in place, New Line will begin looking for a new writer to come in and overhaul the script to fit Muschietti’s vision.
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Hurm. I wish the new guy the best. No offense. But it's a solid dropoff. Looked like Mama was visually solid but the majority of the complaining was story telling(I didn't see it). Maybe he's well rounded...but the resume don't say that. It says he is a horror director. And Fukanaga was everything but. It had the chance to be more than just the horror part of the story. Man, the studios cheaping out is costing us good movies.
 
jerseydevil said:
Stephen King’s ‘It’ Remake Has Found A New Director
http://uproxx.com/movies/2015/07/stephen-king-it-andy-muschietti-remake-director/



Hurm. I wish the new guy the best. No offense. But it's a solid dropoff. Looked like Mama was visually solid but the majority of the complaining was story telling(I didn't see it). Maybe he's well rounded...but the resume don't say that. It says he is a horror director. And Fukanaga was everything but. It had the chance to be more than just the horror part of the story. Man, the studios cheaping out is costing us good movies.
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Agreed.

Did we know it was going to be a "two-part" movie already?
 
The 'Pet Sematary' remake is sounding a lot better than the original movie
http://www.hitfix.com/the-dartboard...finally-give-fans-the-adaptation-they-deserve

While I agree there is room for improvement, I like the original. Fred Gwynne "sometimes dead is betteh" f'rinstance.

And yet for fans of the original novel there is hope for a more satisfying adaption of the story looming on the horizon, courtesy of director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (who helmed the shockingly excellent 2007 sequel "28 Weeks Later") and screenwriter Jeff Buhler ("Midnight Meat Train"). In a recent interview with horror blog Dread Central, Buhler took a few minutes out to discuss the upcoming re-adaptation, during which the scribe echoed a lot of my sentiments in discussing their more humanistic approach to the story:

“This is pretty far from the 1980’s film, which I adore for certain things that are very intrinsic to that time period in terms of the genre, like a truck driver smoking a joint to a Ramones song. But when a little kid comes back with a scalpel and is like, ‘I want to play with you,’ it kind of becomes Chucky. With this one, we really wanted to get into the emotional aspects of it. There’s still plenty of visceral horror that’s explored, but I’ve always felt that if you lean more into the characters and into their emotional lives, when the visceral **** hits the fan, it’s ten times more scary.”
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Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/the-dartboard...e-adaptation-they-deserve#6C3b1albAk0Sx6y8.99
 
Here’s Stephen King, James Franco, And JJ Abrams On The Set Of ’11/22/63′
http://uproxx.com/tv/2015/07/stephen-king-james-franco-j-j-abrams/

I really wish I could be optimistic about this, but Franco, no fault of his, is just not what I envisioned for the character. That was the last book I have read in a while where I visually pegged the characters so explicitly in my mind. I will try to get past that when this finally comes out.
 
The Pet Sematary remake can be improved by replacing "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker" during the scene in which the kid gets ran over with "Beat on the Brat." evil:
 
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