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EXCLUSIVE: Four-time Emmy winning producer, writer and showrunner Lee Metzger has signed with Verve for representation. The move comes as Metzger expands further into the scripted space following last week’s release of Strawberry Spring, the first-ever podcast adaptation based on a short story by Stephen King.
Lewis Pullman has landed the biggest role of his career so far!
Emily Hampshire listened to her agent when the script for horror series “Chapelwaite” arrived.“When ‘Schitt’s Creek’ was over my agent was like, ‘I want you out of those plaids and baggy jeans,’ and I think putting me in a corset was the furthest she could take that,” said Hampshire about her segue from sardonic, flannel-wearing Stevie Budd on “Creek” to Rebecca Morgan in “Chapelwaite,” set in 1850s Maine and based on Stephen King’s short story “Jerusalem’s Lot.”Premiering Sunday (Aug.
The fan base for Stephen King has been well fed, but ultimately dissatisfied of late with misfires on Paramount+ (“The Stand”) and Apple TV+ (“Lisey’s Story”).
In the wake of the release of “Doctor Sleep,” a direct sequel to Stanley Kubrick‘s iconic haunted house flick “The Shining” starring Ewan McGregor (“Obi-Wan Kenobi,” “Trainspotting“) as an adult, Danny Torrance facing an evil outside of the hotel, J.J. Abrams was looking to developing a spinoff series “Overlook” (the haunted hotel at the center of “The Shining”).
Twitter account for the famous, and famously media-shy author is fake.“The account referenced was verified by mistake and that has since been reversed,” a Twitter spokesperson told The Associated Press on Monday. “The account will also be required to adhere to Twitter’s parody, newsfeed, commentary, and fan account policy.”The McCarthy account, @CormacMcCrthy, had more than 48,000 followers as of midday Monday, among them Stephen King.
Deadline, Sean Penn’s son Hopper had joined the project, which was co-directed by Spielberg and Stephen King’s son Owen King.A heated debate consequently arose between producer Franklin Leonard and Ben Stiller on the advantages that nepotism can bring within the film industry.“Hollywood’s a meritocracy, right?” Leonard wrote in a sarcastic tweet regarding the casting update.Hollywood's a meritocracy, right? https://t.co/jELCVujYyB— Franklin Leonard (@franklinleonard) July 28, 2021Stiller, who is
A back-and-forth Twitter discussion between producer Franklin Leonard and Ben Stiller has opened up a discussion about nepotism in Hollywood.
A tweet from Ben Stiller kicked off a discussion on nepotism during Thursday’s edition of “The View”.
Ben Stiller just got a lesson about meritocracy.
Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, took to Twitter to defend an upcoming project that had been announced via Deadline.The short film, called The Rightaway, is directed by Steven Spielberg’s daughter Destry Spielberg, and Stephen King’s son Owen King.
EXCLUSIVE: Hopper Penn (Flag Day) and Brian D’Arcy James (Spotlight) have signed on to star in The Rightway, a short film from Destry Spielberg and Owen King, which will soon go into production in New York.
Writers getting themselves in over their heads in spooky small towns is Stephan King’s bread and butter, and the upcoming EPIX series “Chapelwaite” looks to be well within that tradition, if not exactly reinventing it with its dark blue and grey, expensive prestige television look.
You wouldn’t know it by the title of the series, but “Chapelwaite” is based on a Stephen King short story, “Jerusalem’s Lot,” which serves as a prequel of sorts to the author’s very famous novel, “Salem’s Lot.” But now that everything King has ever put to paper is being adapted for film or TV, it was only a matter of time before the “Jerusalem’s Lot” story was made into a big-budget series for EPIX.
When we talk about prestige TV dramas on streaming services, we are typically discussing shows that have one A-lister or maybe a well-known filmmaker attached. However, when you talk about “Lisey’s Story,” from the top down, the show is jam-packed with massive talent that makes it a prestige-ier prestige drama than most.
Scottish filmmaker Lynne Ramsay is reportedly going to be reuniting with her “You Were Never Really Here” star and Oscar-winner Joaquin Phoenix for a newly announced project titled “Polaris,” with Phoenix’s partner, actress Rooney Mara (“The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo“) taking a role alongside him. Details on the new film are being kept under wraps, but Ramsay revealed the news herself.
Bryan Fuller is probably best known for his TV work, but it appears the writer-producer is set to jump into the feature film world with the adaptation of Stephen King’s famous novel, “Christine.” READ MORE: ‘Lisey’s Story’: Pablo Larrain, Julianne Moore & Clive Owen Try To Sift Through The Fog Of Stephen King’s Surreal Nightmare [Review] According to Deadline, Bryan Fuller is set to write and direct “Christine,” the upcoming horror-thriller based on the classic Stephen King novel of the same
That’s one scary automobile.
Stephen King's psychological horror story is coming to life as an original series on Apple TV+, and the show tapped some serious star power to bring its spiraling narrative to life.Based on King's 2006 novel of the same name, the series follows Lisey Landon (Julianne Moore), the widow of the renowned sci-fi/fantasy/horror author Scott Landon (Clive Owen).
If you’re familiar with the work of actor Dane DeHaan, there’s no denying the man has a talent for being pretty damn creepy. He’s no stranger to bringing to life some truly dark characters over the course of his long career.
Apple TV+ series Lisey’s Story.King revealed that he came close to dying from a serious case of pneumonia after he was hospitalised in 2003.In a new featurette, which you can watch below, King said of the experience: “I was really close to stepping out”.He added: “When I came home from the hospital, my wife had cleaned out my study and I thought to myself, ‘I’ve died, I’m a ghost.’ The idea for Lisey’s Story came from that.”The new series, which premiers on June 4, has been directed by J.
“Lisey’s Story” is unmistakably a writer’s miniseries, so much that it romances a rough draft. It has immense range, touching upon every shade of darkness within the human spirit.
told the Daily Beast of his spat with the “Harry Potter” author, whose full name is Joanne Kathleen Rowling.“She sorta blocked me and all that,” he said of their Twitter tiff last June that even included Rowling deleting an earlier message of praise for him.Their to-do started when King was asked by fans about his views in the midst of Rowling getting accused of being transphobic over a series of tweets and follow-up blog posts.“Yes.
Lisey’s Story, a new miniseries written by Stephen King.Set to arrive on June 4, the Apple TV+ miniseries is produced by J.J. Abrams and directed by Pablo Larraín (Jackie).
UPDATE MAY 11: Apple TV+ today unveiled the trailer for its upcoming limited series Lisey’s Story, based on the best-selling novel, and adapted and written by author Stephen King. Starring Julianne Moore and Clive Owen, the eight-episode Apple Original series will premiere globally on June 4, 2021, with the first two episodes, followed by new episodes every Friday. Watch the trailer above
One of the more anticipated upcoming series is “Lisey’s Story”, a new Apple TV+ original from executive producers Stephen King, J.J. Abrams, Pablo Larraín and Julianne Moore, who is also the star of the show.
video above.Directed by Pablo Larraín, “Lisey’s Story” hails from J. J.
Apple TV+ today unveiled the trailer for the highly anticipated limited series “Lisey’s Story,” based on the best-selling novel, and adapted and written by author Stephen King. Starring Academy Award-winner Julianne Moore and Academy Award-nominee Clive Owen, the eight-episode Apple Original series will premiere globally on Friday, June 4, 2021, with the first two episodes, followed by new episodes every Friday.
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