On this day in 1947, Stephen Edwin King, a.k.a. "Richard Bachman", "John Swithen", and "that guy who looks like Frankenstein trying to play rhythm guitar for the Rock Bottom Remainders" was born. Presumably, it was under a full moon with howling wolves and eldritch fog in the distance… King is best known to comics fans…
Variety reports that, as expected, Evan Almighty topped the weekend box-office charts with $32.1 million in ticket sales. What was not expected was that 1408, the movie based on a short story by Stephen King, starring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jaackson, would come in second with $20.1 million. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver…
Do my hands tremble as I type these words? Are there creaks and groans coming from the room behind me? Is the air chill and sticky? What could be happening? Ah, I think I have it! Triskadekaphobia – that must be it! And what is triskadekaphobia? My computer’s dictionary defines it tersely and simply: An…
TNT has a few new series in development that could be of interest to us all: The Talisman – a six-hour limited series scheduled for summer 2008; a new project from DreamWorks Television and executive producer Steven Spielberg, based on the Stephen King and Peter Straub novel of the same title. The Saint – a…
First it was the Marvel comic — now the Hollywood Reporter tells us that Stephen King and J.J. Abrams (Lost, Alias) are in talks to bring The Dark Tower to the screen. No word as to whether it will be for movies or TV. The article also notes that Abrams co-hort Damon (Ultimate Wolverine/Hulk) Lindelof…
