Stephen King Tidbits

A few Stephen King items I felt like sharing cause I love the man. First up he gives his top 10 films of 2009, which I found quite interesting. He claims The Last House on The Left is on par with The Silence of the Lambs (I don't agree, but really liked it) and also picks 2012 and says "You got a problem with that?" Stephen King could really care less about being all cool and picking the "in films" like so many academy members and critics and I dig that about him. I'll have to look for a one he lists that I haven't heard of, Disgrace with John Malkovich. Looks cool. Anyway here's your linktastic link:

Stephen King: Top 10 films of '09 | EW.com

And one of my favorite country artists is outlaw country rocker Shooter Jennings (yes, Waylon's son). I have all his CDs and have seen him numerous times in concert. Well apparently on his upcoming CD, Black Ribbons, Stephen King has a major role. Here's more:

"King is the voice of Will O' The Wisp, a radio talk-show host being phased out due to government censorship. He spends his last hour on the air delivering a diatribe about the decline of America, and playing the music of an important band — which happens to be Jennings' new band, Hierophant."

Huh? I don't know what to make of this, but sign me up. Shooter and King together? This will be interesting. The CD is due out March 2nd and I have the calendar marked.

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Shooter Jennings taps Stephen King for new album

And in a final piece of odd Stephen King news, it seems Shooter isn't the only country cat he's hanging out with as he and John Mellencamp are casting a theatrical collaboration titled Ghost Brothers of Darkland County and so far they have Rosanne Cash and Kris Kristofferson, who will be married. John Mellencamp will be their son, Elvis Costello will be some sort of devil and King will play Uncle Steve. Sheryl Crow and several other singer-songwriters will be in there somehow, too. Yeah, this sounds wild. It's apparently going to be a CD that King says "experience more akin to listening to an old radio show with music." Sold.

Here's more:

Stephen King Casts Musicians in Ghost Brothers

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Bag of Bones Trailer

It's been about a decade since I read Stephen King's "Bag of Bones" novel and frankly I don't remember a whole lot about it except that I enjoyed it and it was sort of spooky. In December, there's a four-hour A&E miniseries starring Pierce Brosnan and Melissa George that looks like it'll be pretty cool that's based on it. I think it was originally going to be a movie but they decided to make it a bit longer and the mini-series will be 4 1-hour episodes... so I've heard. Anyway, Mick Garris (“Sleepwalkers,” “The Stand,” “Desperation” and the Steven Weber version of “The Shining” (which I really like)) directed from a teleplay by Matt Venne ("Fear Itself").

The story centers on a rich novelist who seems to be getting advice from his late wife as he helps a young widow in a custody battle with her son’s wealthy grandfather.

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Steven Spielberg/Stephen King Under the Dome Collaboration Heading to Showtime

Steven Spielberg/Stephen King Under the Dome Collaboration Heading to Showtime:

We've known for a while that Steven Spielberg and Stephen King were joining forces to develop a TV series based on King's supernatural thriller Under the Dome, and now that the project has found a home at Showtime, things should be heating up shortly.

Deadline reports that, in one of Showtime’s "most ambitious" undertakings, the pay cable network is partnering with Spielberg and King for "Under the Dome", a drama series based on King’s 2009 novel, which will be produced by DreamWorks Television. The supernatural thriller revolves around locals at a Maine vacation spot who battle one another when a force field suddenly surrounds their town and cuts them off from the rest of the world.

DreamWorks’ Spielberg and Stacey Snider nabbed the rights to King’s novel shortly after it was published in November 2009 to strong reviews, and although it was previously reported that "The River" scribe Michael Green was working on a script, a new search is under way for a writer for the project, whose executive producers will include King and DreamWorks TV’s Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank. Spielberg has a longstanding relationship with King, previously teaming with the bestselling author to adapt his 1984 novel The Talisman, which was originally developed as a feature and then as a miniseries that was once set up at TNT.

Book Synopsis:

Just down Route 119 in Chester’s Mill, Maine, all hell is about to break loose...

On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day, a small town is suddenly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and rain down flaming wreckage. A gardener’s hand is severed as the dome descends. Cars explode on impact. Families are separated, and panic mounts. No one can fathom what the barrier is, where it came from, and when — or if — it will go away. Now a few intrepid citizens, led by an Iraq vet turned short-order cook, face down a ruthless politician dead set on seizing the reins of power under the dome. But their main adversary is the dome itself. Because time isn’t just running short. It’s running out.

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Read an Excerpt from Stephen King's 11/22/63

Read an Excerpt from Stephen King's 11/22/63: "

Few authors look out for their fans like Stephen King does. He's known for releasing excerpts of his books prior to publication, and his latest, 11/22/63, is no exception. Read on if you're interested in checking out a sneak peek of the novel provided by King's publisher, Scribner.

The excerpt can be found below beneath the book's cover art. Look for 11/22/63 to hit store shelves on November 8th, 2011. If you're the type who prefers audiobooks, you'll be happy to hear that King perennial Craig Wasson (Full Dark, No Stars and Blockade Billy) will be handling narrator duties for 11/22/63.

Synopsis

On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas; President Kennedy died; and the world changed. If you had the chance to change history, would you? Would the consequences be worth it?

Jake Epping is a thirty-five-year-old high school English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine, who makes extra money teaching adults in the GED program. He receives an essay from one of the students — a gruesome, harrowing first-person story about the night 50 years ago when Harry Dunning’s father came home and killed his mother, his sister, and his brother with a hammer. Harry escaped with a smashed leg, as evidenced by his crooked walk.

Not much later, Jake’s friend Al, who runs the local diner, divulges a secret: his storeroom is a portal to 1958. He enlists Jake on an insane — and insanely possible — mission to try to prevent the Kennedy assassination. So begins Jake’s new life as George Amberson and his new world of Elvis and JFK, of big American cars and sock hops, of a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald and a beautiful high school librarian named Sadie Dunhill, who becomes the love of Jake’s life — a life that transgresses all the normal rules of time.

11/22/63 EXCERPT:

On Monday, March 25, Lee came walking up Neely Street carrying a long package wrapped in brown paper. Peering through a tiny crack in the curtains, I could see the words REGISTERED and INSURED stamped on it in big red letters. For the first time I thought he seemed furtive and nervous, actually looking around at his exterior surroundings instead of at the spooky furniture deep in his head. I knew what was in the package: a 6.5mm Carcano rifle-—also known as a Mannlicher-Carcano—-complete with scope, purchased from Klein's Sporting Goods in Chicago...

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Stephen King's Bag of Bones Begins Filming in July

Stephen King's Bag of Bones Begins Filming in July: "

Another adaptation of a Stephen King tale is gearing up to go in front of cameras with Mick Garris at the helm, and we've got the first few details ready to rock for you right here. Dig it!

According to Sea and Be Scene, a mini-series based on Stephen King’s award-winning novel Bag of Bones will begin shooting in Nova Scotia July 6th, 2011, continuing through to August 31st, 2011.The 'haunted vacation house' novel will be directed by Mick Garris, the writer/director on three previous Stephen King TV films including The Shining, The Stand and Desperation. Pre-poduction started today in the province. Thanks to DC reader J. Swinimer.

Book Synopsis:

Several years after his wife's death, novelist Mike Noonan still suffers writer's block. A dream inspires him to return to the couple's summer retreat in western Maine, a lakeside house called Sara Laughs. Shortly after arriving, Noonan is caught in the middle of a custody battle involving the daughter of an attractive young widow and the child's enormously wealthy grandfather. He also discovers that Sara Laughs is haunted and that his late wife, Joanna, still has something to tell him.

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Cover Art Unveiled for Stephen King's 11/22/63

Cover Art Unveiled for Stephen King's 11/22/63: "

The cover art for Stephen King's new time travel inspired book 11/22/63 has made its debut online, and as always we've got a look at it right here for you. Let's hope that the ripple effect caused by the changing of events yields many an unexpected horror!

Look for 11/22/63 to hit book shelves on November 8th, 2011.

Synopsis

On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas; President Kennedy died; and the world changed. If you had the chance to change history, would you? Would the consequences be worth it?

Jake Epping is a thirty-five-year-old high school English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine, who makes extra money teaching adults in the GED program. He receives an essay from one of the students — a gruesome, harrowing first-person story about the night 50 years ago when Harry Dunning’s father came home and killed his mother, his sister, and his brother with a hammer. Harry escaped with a smashed leg, as evidenced by his crooked walk.

Not much later, Jake’s friend Al, who runs the local diner, divulges a secret: his storeroom is a portal to 1958. He enlists Jake on an insane — and insanely possible — mission to try to prevent the Kennedy assassination. So begins Jake’s new life as George Amberson and his new world of Elvis and JFK, of big American cars and sock hops, of a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald and a beautiful high school librarian named Sadie Dunhill, who becomes the love of Jake’s life — a life that transgresses all the normal rules of time.

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