Just a little news from the Stephenking.com forum from Ms. Mod, when asked about a book tour for Doctor Sleep she replied:
We have the dates and cities all set up but the publisher needs to find venues in a couple of the locations. The tour in Europe is a lot farther behind in the planning other than having the couple of weeks in November set aside and that France and Germany will be the only countries involved this time around.
Cool beans.
Brian Grazer and Ron Howard released some news from the Cannes Film Festival:.
From Yahoo:
After getting rejected by two studios on an ambitious multi-platform treatment of Stephen King’s seminal novel series The Dark Tower, Grazer, Howard, Akiva Goldsman and King streamlined their original ambition to adapt nine volumes into three features and two limited-run TV series. Now, Media Rights Capital is committed to make a single movie with Russell Crowe as the gunslinger Roland Deschain, with more movies coming if the first gets results. This isn’t set in stone, as Grazer tells me that he has just been approached by a Silicon Valley investor willing to finance Dark Tower as originally constructed, Now it’s a matter of deciding what path to take.
Sounds like some good news.
Read the rest of Imagine's news HERE.
From Shock Till You Drop:
“On the eve of the Cannes Film Market, Benaroya Pictures and Miscellaneous Entertainment’s newly formed international sales company, International Film Trust, has added a new title to their Cannes slate: the Stephen King adaptation Cell, starring John Cusack.
IFT has acquired the remaining international territories for Cell with Benaroya Pictures now on board to finance and co-produce.
The film will be directed by Tod “Kip” Williams (Paranormal Activity 2) and shooting begins this September.
When a powerful signal is broadcast across mobile networks worldwide, cell phone users’ minds are instantly and dangerously re-programmed. Heading north through New England in search of his wife and son, Clay Riddell (Cusack) is joined by a group of survivors hoping to fend off the bloodthirsty and hyper-connected “phoners.””
Limited Run Design #3 is based on the hilarious autobiographical tale from Stephen’s non-fiction book, On Writing. The surreal mash-up design takes the ridiculous fictional product created by Stephen’s brother and spins it as an electro-pop band from the late 70s/early 80s. Anyone who has read On Writing will undoubtedly appreciate the subtitle title “Love and Adverbs.”
Buy it HERE.
Read that portion of On Writing below:
Cemetery Dance has announced they will publish The Dark Man as Limited Edition Hardcovers on July 30th.
"Randall Flagg came to me when I wrote a poem called 'The Dark Man' when I was a junior or senior in college. It came to me out of nowhere, this guy in cowboy boots who moved around on the roads, mostly hitchhiking at night, always wore jeans and a denim jacket. I wrote the poem in the college restaurant on the back of a placemat, but that guy never left my mind."— Stephen King
The Dark Man: An Illustrated Poem
by Stephen King
NOTE FOR COLLECTORS:
The first 5,000 trade hardcovers printed will be SLIPCASED and shrink-wrapped with a bonus, collectible Glenn Chadbourne Limited Edition bookmark featuring a Dark Man drawing that doesn't appear in the book! (Don't know what a slipcase is? Click here to see some photos of other ones we've produced.)
About the Book:
Stephen King first wrote about the Dark Man in college after he envisioned a faceless man in cowboy boots and jeans and a denim jacket forever walking the roads. Later this dark man would come to be known around the world as one of King's greatest villains, Randall Flagg, but at the time King only had simple questions on his mind: where was this man going? What had he seen and done? What terrible things...?
i have ridden rails...
More than forty years after Stephen King first wrote his breathtaking poem "The Dark Man," Glenn Chadbourne set out to answer those questions in this World's First Edition hardcover featuring more than 70 full-page illustrations from the talented artist behind The Secretary of Dreams.
i have slept in glaring swamps...
This Cemetery Dance Publications hardcover is a true marriage of words and art, with Chadbourne pulling the images from King's imagination and illustrating them in magnificent detail. You'll discover hidden layers and mysterious secrets for years to come as you return to these stunning pages.
i am a dark man...
So who is the Dark Man and why is he traveling the country? The answers are terrifying....
Key Details About Our World's First Edition:
• printed in a very limited and collectible print run — a tiny fraction of what a New York publisher normally prints for a new release
• heavily illustrated — a story told through the blending of King's words and the artwork
• the only trade hardcover edition planned at this time in any market
• beautifully designed with both the collector and general reader in mind
• the first 5,000 copies of World's First Edition, First Printing trade hardcover will be given the deluxe treatment: shrink-wrapped with a different dust jacket, a custom-made slipcase, and a collectible Glenn Chadbourne bookmark featuring a Dark Man drawing that doesn't appear in the book.
You can purchase all of the editions HERE.
Some sample images by Glenn Chadbourne.
Tickets go on sale for the Ghost Brothers Tour on Friday, May 17th. There is a pre-sale tomorrow, Wednesday, May 15. The password is DARKLAND.
Buy your tickets HERE.
For all of our Ghost Brothers coverage including a review of the play click HERE.
Titles for 4 of the episodes of Under the Dome:
Episode 1.04 – “Outbreak”
An epidemic breaks out in Chester’s Mill, and the clinic is running out of medicine to treat people.
Episode 1.05 – “Blue On Blue”
A soldier outside the dome tells Barbie that the military is getting ready to leave, and that the government is afraid that the dome is starting to affect magnetic fields.
Episode 1.06 – “The Endless Thirst”
Store looting becomes a problem when the townspeople worry that water and food are running out.
Episode 1.07 – “Broadcast Signal Intrusion”
Joe and Norrie head for the center of the dome to try to find what's causing it. Harriet goes into labor.
Thoughts? Excited about the show? Comment below.
For all of our Under the Dome coverage click HERE.
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