No one could claim there is a shortage of upcoming Stephen King adaptations, from It: Chapter Two to The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep as well as in-the-works big screen versions of In the Tall Grass, The Tommy Knockers, and Firestarter, among other movie projects. There’s also director Josh Boone’s small screen take on King’s epic apocalypse novel, The Stand. But the author himself believes there is room for at least one more: a new version of his 2009 novel Under the Dome, about a small town whose occupants find themselves trapped beneath an invisible barrier. Read More...
Can I get an “AMEN”? Revival, Stephen King‘s 2014 novel of faith and fury, is getting a new special edition as the first project from the new LetterPress Publications, complete with a new series of chilling illustrations and an introduction from the filmmaker who plans to bring it to the screen. The Fault in Our Stars director Josh Boone penned the new preface to hail King’s story of a preacher who experiments with elemental powers to bridge the gap between the living and the dead. Read More...
Sorry, but I’m not going to do a year-end Best Music column this year; I’ve decided to replace it with Best TV instead. Not because there hasn’t been any big audio dynamite in 2009, but because I haven’t heard enough to fill up a column. That’s the bad news. The good news is that in the meantime, I’ve made you my very own Uncle Stevie Mix, guaranteed to please the soul and soothe the savage beast. Read More...
