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Goldberg Toasts Birthday On Air With Kool & The Gang
3 hours ago | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Whoopi Goldberg had a ball celebrating her 54th birthday on Friday - she was treated to a special performance by Kool & The Gang.
The Oscar winner toasted the milestone on her U.S. TV talk show The View by inviting one of her favourite authors, Stephen King, to drop by for a chat.
But it was the musical dedication from the beloved R&B band which had the actress dancing and singing along, beaming from ear to ear.
Kool & The Gang performed their 1980 disco classic Celebration, with lead vocalist James 'J.T.' Taylor changing the lyrics to honour Goldberg, singing: "A celebration to Whoopi Goldberg and all The View/We gonna celebrate and party with you."
The show's guests then joined the studio audience to sing Happy Birthday to Goldberg, before she was presented with a custom-made three-tiered cake by TV chef Duff Goldman. »
'The Dark Tower': J.J. Abrams out, new novel coming
17 hours ago | Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news »
J.J, Abrams has left The Dark Tower according to comments made on MTV. During an interview, the producer said,” You’ll be hard-pressed to find a huger fan of The Dark Tower than me, but that's probably the reason that I shouldn't be the one to adapt it. After working six years on Lost, the last thing I want to do is spend the next seven years adapting one of my favorite books of all time. I'm such a massive Stephen King fan that I'm terrified of screwing it up. I'd do anything to see those movies written by someone else. My guess is they will get made because they're so incredible. But not by me."
King, now on the road in support of the well-received Under the Dome, has said he wishes to write one more book set between Wizard and Glass and Wolves of the Calla. Over at his message board, »
- Robert Greenberger
'2012' Is Old News: Hollywood Apocalypses Through The Decades
20 hours ago | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
Today, Roland Emmerich's latest world-ending epic, "2012," hits theaters. John Cusack, Amanda Peet and their pals race around the world, beholding one scene of devastation after another as an eco-catastrophe tears the planet apart. The story's premise is built on the belief that the apocalypse will come in the year 2012, as foretold by the Mayan calendar.
Unfortunately for Mr. Emmerich, Hollywood has already trashed the lovely planet Earth roughly a bazillion times over. From viral outbreaks to zombie uprisings, global warming to alien incursions... the people of this world have seen, suffered through and been almost completely annihilated by any threat you can imagine. Looking back through Hollywood history, the world was wiped out countless times, and long before the year 2012.
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For any movies where the time of the apocalypse isn't specified, it's a safe bet that the action occurs in the "present day" in which the movie was made. »
- Adam Rosenberg
Stephenie Meyer turns rainy little Forks – and the world – into a Twilight zone
22 hours ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
For millions of teenagers around the globe, next Friday is the most exciting day of the year: New Moon, the second film in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight saga about a sexy vampire, debuts in UK cinemas.
In less than four years, Meyer, a Mormon mother of three from Arizona, has become one of the world's bestselling authors, despite Stephen King saying she "can't write".
Every two seconds this year, someone in the UK has bought one of her books. Since her first novel, Twilight, was plucked out of an agent's slush pile and published in 2005, Meyer has sold more than 85m copies worldwide. Almost 5m of those were snapped up in the UK.
Twilight the film, released last year, took £11m in the UK, and its soundtrack sold more than 200,000 copies. If advance ticket sales are anything to go by, New Moon, the second book in the four-strong saga to be filmed, »
- Helen Pidd
Revival of Carrie flop announces names for reading
13 November 2009 4:32 AM, PST | Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news »
Carrie’s back! Just a fortnight ago, we told you about early plans to re-stage notorious box office flop Carrie, a musical based on the supernatural film (itself sourced from the Stephen King novel) and it looks like they’re moving forward with gusto (see Related Content, right). When the jazz hands version of the Sissy Spacek blood fest first opened to Broadway audiences in April 1988 it was hugely criticised and closed after just five performances, but an Equity reading of it is being planned for 20th November and now they’ve confirmed the cast that will be assuming the roles of telekinetic teen Carrie, her religious mother and the supporting characters. »
Stephen King Sci-Fi Heading To Television Via HBO
13 November 2009 4:07 AM, PST | SciFiCool.com | See recent SciFiCool.com news »
Mr. King himself has announced, during a book signing for the so far fantastic “Under The Dome”, that “Under The Dome” will be hitting televisions via HBO. We are not sure when. “Under The Dome” recounts the tale of a small town in Maine that for some unexplained reason (I’m only 115 pages in) gets covered by an impenetrable dome force field. Also, King has finished writing the script for “The Cell”, a zombie book for the modern world about a viral telephone call that turns people into (at first) mindless machines of angry and then later, components of a giant hive mind. Stephen King is an awesome Sci-Fi writer. We reported this week that J.J. Abrams won’t be tackling the “The Dark Tower” series as reported. Someone else will have to hit that and whomever does may soon have to include a new “Dark Tower” book into the »
- endymi0n
Stephen King News Pile-Up: Under the Dome to HBO, More Dark Tower, Cell Screenplay By King and More
12 November 2009 1:30 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
While signing copies of his new novel Under the Dome in a Dundalk, Maryland Walmart last night, Stephen King also took part in a decent-length, rapid-fire Q&A that has already been posted to YouTube. You can see the whole thing below the break, or leave it up to me to tell you which bits and pieces I found the most interesting. King says early on in the clip that he "thinks" Under the Dome is "actually" going to be a HBO series. There's no more info than that, and none more out there so far, but watch this space. When asked if he'd continue the Dark Tower saga, King says that he has one more book to write and it will come between Wizard and Glass and Wolves of the Calla. Don't forget that we only just reported how Jj Abrams has stepped away from the proposed Dark Tower movie. »
- Brendon Connelly
Stephen King’s New Dark Tower Book: The Wind Through The Keyhole
12 November 2009 12:20 PM, PST | HorrorYearbook | See recent HorrorYearbook news »
At a book signing for his new novel, Under the Dome, Stephen King said that he had "one more Dark Tower book to write." The S.K. message board followed up his announcement with the following details: "Stephen has given me permission to pass along that he has an idea for a new Dark Tower book, the working title of which will be The Wind Through The Keyhole. He has not yet started this book and anticipates that it will be a minimum of eight months before he is able to begin writing it." »
- Press Release Robot
Stephen King's Under The Dome headed for HBO + Crazy Cell script update
12 November 2009 12:06 PM, PST | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »
Stephen King addressed fans in a wallmart in Dundalk, Maryland yesterday revealing that his new book, "Under the Dome," will be an HBO series. Of course, he says "I think it's going to be an HBO series," but until we get a denial of this news we're running with it since King must have some idea of what is happening with his own products.
He also mentions that he has written a script for Cell, which was also rumored to be getting turned into a mini-series, and has changed the ending because of complaints from fans. Man, I hope all this turns out to be true.
Watch King's entire address to fans (via: Dread Central) after the break.
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J.J. Abrams No Longer Adapting Dark Tower
12 November 2009 11:34 AM, PST | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
J.J. Abrams is unfortunately not adapting Stephen King’s sprawling Dark Tower series. The director/producer had expressed interest in May along with “Lost” executive producer Damon Lindelof, but it seems the possibility was too good to be true. The two even went as far as purchasing the option from King for $19.
In an interview with MTV this week, Abrams said, “The Dark Tower thing is tricky. It’s such an important piece of writing. The truth is that Damon and I are not looking at that right now.”
Lindelof confirmed this by telling USA Today after six years of working on “Lost,” the last thing he wants to do is dive into the seven-novel series. The challenge of staying faithful to the material is the sticking point for Lindelof, who referenced Zack Snyder’s difficulty in bringing Watchmen to the screen.
Update: At a Walmart in Dundalk, Maryland, Stephen King »
- Jeff Leins
More Stephen King News: Under the Dome Heading to HBO; Cell Script Written
12 November 2009 10:22 AM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Oh, man, Stephen King fans are in heaven right now. Along with the release of his new novel Under the Dome (look for a review soon) has come the news that Dome is heading to HBO. In addition, we now know the tentative title of the eighth installment of King's Dark Tower series as well as getting an update on the status of an adaptation of Cell.
King was in Dundalk, Maryland, yesterday, where he dropped the news that Under the Dome will be an HBO miniseries and that he has written a script for Cell (review here). A video of his Q&A appeared on YouTube, which you can watch below for all the details.
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Also, along with pointing us in the direction of the aforementioned video, Lilja's Library ran a quote from King's message board: "Stephen has given me permission to pass along that he has an idea »
- Uncle Creepy
Hordes of zombie books attack!
12 November 2009 8:40 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
If there’s one thing we’ve learned over the years, it’s that zombies are hard to kill. And with the abundance of undead books hitting the shelves this fall and winter, it seems the incredibly popular vampire trend still hasn’t put the bullet in all those flesheating brains. From short-story collections to records of infection to silly survival guides to even some Christmas cheer, the undead have been popping up everywhere on the page; here’s a rundown of some ghoulish literature to feast your eyes upon this season:
Two of the more promising tomes in this list come in the form of anthologies. John Skipp served as an editor and commentator on an omnibus titled Zombies: Encounters With The Hungry Dead, out now from Black Dog & Leventhal. Separating the tales into two sections, “Zombies of the Old School” and “Post Emancipation,” Skipp has assembled an impressive »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Samuel Zimmerman)
Hordes of zombie books attack!
12 November 2009 8:40 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
If there’s one thing we’ve learned over the years, it’s that zombies are hard to kill. And with the abundance of undead books hitting the shelves this fall and winter, it seems the incredibly popular vampire trend still hasn’t put the bullet in all those flesheating brains. From short-story collections to records of infection to silly survival guides to even some Christmas cheer, the undead have been popping up everywhere on the page; here’s a rundown of some ghoulish literature to feast your eyes upon this season:
Two of the more promising tomes in this list come in the form of anthologies. John Skipp served as an editor and commentator on an omnibus titled Zombies: Encounters With The Hungry Dead, out now from Black Dog & Leventhal. Separating the tales into two sections, “Zombies of the Old School” and “Post Emancipation,” Skipp has assembled an impressive »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Samuel Zimmerman)
Hordes of zombie books attack!
12 November 2009 8:40 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
If there’s one thing we’ve learned over the years, it’s that zombies are hard to kill. And with the abundance of undead books hitting the shelves this fall and winter, it seems the incredibly popular vampire trend still hasn’t put the bullet in all those flesheating brains. From short-story collections to records of infection to silly survival guides to even some Christmas cheer, the undead have been popping up everywhere on the page; here’s a rundown of some ghoulish literature to feast your eyes upon this season:
Two of the more promising tomes in this list come in the form of anthologies. John Skipp served as an editor and commentator on an omnibus titled Zombies: Encounters With The Hungry Dead, out now from Black Dog & Leventhal. Separating the tales into two sections, “Zombies of the Old School” and “Post Emancipation,” Skipp has assembled an impressive »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Samuel Zimmerman)
Stephen King Preps New Dark Tower Book
12 November 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »
The Liljas-Library website posted the below video of Stephen King conducting a Q & A session at a signing of his new book Under The Dome . (Check out the trailer for it at our previous news post here !) During the clip, he mentions that HBO plans to make Under The Dome into a series and when asked if he had any plans to continue The Dark Tower series, he says "I have one more Dark Tower book to write." The moderator of the S.K. message board posted the following details: "Stephen has given me permission to pass along that he has an idea for a new Dark Tower book, the working title of which will be The Wind Through The Keyhole . He has not yet started this book and anticipates that it will be a minimum of eight months before he is able to begin writing... »
David Koepp to Direct Bike Messenger Action Film Premium Rush
11 November 2009 9:06 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
David Koepp is best known as one of Hollywood's highest paid screenwriters (and one of Spielberg's scribes). His screenwriting credits include everything from Toy Soldiers, Jurassic Park, and Carlito's Way, to Panic Room, Spider-Man, War of the Worlds and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. For the last decade he's been trying to make the transition into feature film directing. He made his debut with the promising Stir of Echoes, but has since followed up with some lackluster efforts, the 2004 Stephen King adaptation Secret Window and the 2008 Ricky Gervais supernatural romantic comedy Ghost Town. Honestly, I think Koepp is a much better screenwriter than he is a filmmaker, and that's not saying much considering the abundance of lackluster screenplays he's been involved with in the last 10-12 years. With that kind of intro, you must be really interested in his next directorial effort (yes, that was ... »
- Peter Sciretta
‘The Dark Tower’ Wont’ be Scaled by Abrams
11 November 2009 1:08 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
J.J. Abrams, the wizard behind Lost, Fringe, Alias and Mission: Impossible III told MTV that he won’t be bringing Stephen King’s Dark Tower series to the big screen and Shock Til You Drop overheard it. The producer/director/writer made it clear it wasn’t for lack of love:
“You’ll be hard-pressed to find a huger fan of ‘The Dark Tower’ than me, but that’s probably the reason that I shouldn’t be the one to adapt it… After working six years on Lost, the last thing I want to do is spend the next seven years adapting one of my favorite books of all time. I’m such a massive Stephen King fan that I’m terrified of screwing it up. I’d do anything to see those movies written by someone else. My guess is they will get made because they’re so incredible. »
- Scott Miller
Lightning Entertainment Picks up Road Train!
11 November 2009 12:45 PM, PST | 28 Days Later Analysis | See recent 28 Days Later Analysis news »
Road Train has recently been picked up by Lightning Entertainment so a release date is not far off for the film. The writing of Clive Hopkins focuses on four friends left for dead after a vehicle accident in the desolate wasteland that is Australia. Their is also a supernatural aspect as the truck seems to be possessed a la Stephen King's Christine. Have a look at some early footage from the film until released by Lightning later this year or in 2010.
A synopsis for Road Train here:
"Four young friends on a camping adventure in outback Australia are run off the road by an erratically driven road train - a massive three-trailer truck. With their own vehicle wrecked, and the road train stopped, the friends march off to remonstrate with the drivers. But mysteriously, there is no one to be found. Suddenly, the silence is broken by the sound of gunshots. »
- Michael Ross Allen
Stephen King Promises Another Dark Tower Book
11 November 2009 10:46 AM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
A big screen version of Stephen King's The Dark Tower may have just hit a roadblock (read that story here), but during last night's "Times Talks Live with Stephen King" to promote the author's latest novel Under the Dome, he revealed some pretty big news about a possible eighth book in the series.
According to King-centric site Lilja's Library, Zach Dionne of GQ provided the following quote: King stated he will write another Dark Tower novel. It will center around supporting characters and revolve around some important events between Wizard and Glass and Wolves of the Calla. One fan asked him to make sure Oy comes back, and King said not to worry, that Oy would return.
No one should be too surprised by King's decision to return to the world he created for The Dark Tower. After all, the series has become the anchor that ties many of his works together. »
- Uncle Creepy
J.J. Abrams Leaves The Dark Tower
11 November 2009 9:05 AM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
J.J. Abrams finally said no to a project. Unfortunately, MTV Movies is reporting that project was an adaptation of Stephen King’s wildly popular The Dark Tower series that he and Damon Lindelof were previously attached to. While Abrams cited his reluctance to delve into a new story immediately after finishing Lost, Lindelof mentioned the difficulty of adapting an immensely popular work. “Having seen Zack [Snyder] go through what he went through on Watchmen in terms of saying where can I digress from the material, I just get headaches from changing anything,” he said. Hear that fanboys and fangirls? Your reputation for intense scrutiny has gotten so bad it’s scaring people away from good projects. Keep it up and you can kiss that Wheel of Time adaptation goodbye.
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- David Corbin
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