Category Archives: Small Screen

The argument that ‘Stranger Things’ exists in Stephen King’s world

“Stranger Things,” Netflix’s horror-sci-fi TV series set in the mid-1980s, the second season of which premiered Oct. 27, is a bona fide pop cultural phenomena. The list of 80s films and TV, music and other pop culture that inspired series creators Matt and Ross Duffer is a mile long. But there’s one inspiration that towers […]

Watch the first trailer for “Castle Rock,” the new Stephen King TV series out in 2018

In a nice little Monday morning surprise, Hulu — recent Emmy winners for Best Drama Series for “The Handmaid’s Tale” — dropped the first trailer for “Castle Rock,” the new JJ Abrams-produced 10-episode anthology series based on a number of Stephen King’s Maine-set stories. The series isn’t due to hit your TV until sometime in […]

Two teams of two Mainers to appear on new season of “Alone” on History

Earlier this year, Appleton resident Zachary Fowler was announced as the winner of season three of “Alone,” a reality competition series on cable channel History, in which competitors are dropped off in the remote wilderness and asked to fend for themselves with nothing but a handful of tools and a camera to document it. For […]

New Stephen King/Owen King collaborative novel, “Sleeping Beauties,” also to become TV series

The new book “Sleeping Beauties,” a collaboration between Stephen King and his son, fellow novelist Owen King, isn’t even due out until Sept. 26, but the rights to it have already been picked up for its eventual development as a TV series. Production company Anonymous Content, which has produced TV shows like “Mr. Robot” and […]

Surprise! J.J. Abrams announces new Stephen King series on Hulu, “Castle Rock”

Stephen King fans were likely taken by surprise on Friday, when super-producer J.J. Abrams’ company Bad Robot dropped a teaser trailer for a new Hulu limited series called “Castle Rock.” While very little is known about the series, the trailer points to many of King’s most iconic characters and locations, from Annie Wilkes and Danny […]

Stephen King’s “Wizard and Glass” to be TV series, filling in “Dark Tower” movie backstory

Akiva Goldsman, producer of the upcoming first installment of the “Dark Tower” movie series set to hit theaters Feb. 17, announced today that “Wizard and Glass,” the fourth book in the series that details gunslinger Roland Deschain’s backstory, would be developed into a TV series. Goldsman told Entertainment Weekly that the long-rumored “Wizard and Glass” […]

Stephen King’s 1992 novel “Gerald’s Game” headed for Netflix adaptation

Though it’s been in the works for several years now, it appears that director Mike Flanagan and the man himself have confirmed that Stephen King’s 1992 novel, “Gerald’s Game,” will be coming to the small screen in the near future. Netflix did not confirm directly, but director Flanagan — known for his popular Netflix-released 2016 thriller […]