As one of Stephen King‘s scariest pieces of IP gets the HBO Max series treatment, the bloodbath has commenced with the first episode. Following this week’s debut of IT: Welcome to Derry, the show’s co-creators explained how they pulled off the pilot’s big twist, which they thought they’d “have…

Author Stephen King's prodigious body of published works has spawned many a film or television show adaptation. King's works have especially fueled Hollywood and the box office this year alone with three films and a TV show all inspired by books he wrote arriving in 2025. The Long Walk, directed…

While director Edgar Wright and star Glen Powell were ready to cross the starting line for Paramount Pictures’ forthcoming The Running Man adaptation, the latter had to wait for approval from author Stephen King. Though the Baby Driver director offered the Chad Powers star the lead role, the duo…

EXCLUSIVE: Stephen King novella Rat is getting a movie adaptation from a team including The Witch and The Lighthouse producer Jay Van Hoy. The screenplay adaptation comes from Jeff Howard (The Haunting of Hill House) while directing will be Mexican filmmaker Isaac Ezban, known for movies Mal de O…

David Jonsson is already earning rave reviews for his standout turn in Lionsgate’s Stephen King adaptation The Long Walk, but the Industry alum said he was initially hesitant to take on the project given its “really bleak” nature. In a recent conversation with his Alien: Romulus co-star Cailee…

Stephen King, the renowned American horror author, has apologized after claiming that Charlie Kirk “advocated stoning gays to death.” In the hours after conservative provocateur Kirk was assassinated, The Shining author took issue with Fox News host Jesse Watters, who claimed that Kirk was not a…

What's left of America? The roadsides are littered with burning cars and corpses of disease-ridden cattle, while isolated, poverty-stricken families eat scraps off burning tires. The towns, such as they still exist, are so stripped of life, they may as well be cemeteries. Some large-scale…

Prolific horror author Stephen King has unveiled his top 10 favorite movies of all time — and, naturally, he’s excluding his own adaptations from the list. The multi-hyphenate, whose novels The Long Walk, The Running Man and It are all receiving forthcoming Hollywood projects, tweeted his list…

“Everyone’s dying to see IT,” reads the tongue-in-cheek caption on HBO Max’s X announcement for the IT: Welcome To Derry release date. The anticipated IT prequel series, starring and executive produced by Bill Skarsgård in his return as the terrifying killer clown Pennywise, will launch on October 26…

As The Long Walk makes the trek from the page to the screen, Stephen King recently revealed the one condition he had for adapting his 1979 novel. The author explained that the characters in the book are “the same sort of kids that are pulled into the war machine” of Vietnam, noting that he…

The Institute will be back for another go-round. MGM+ has renewed the thriller series based on the 2019 Stephen King novel for an eight-episode second season. Watch King’s renewal announcement below. The Institute, which ranks as the best premiere ever on MGM+, comes from King, who executive…

It's time for marching orders. Lionsgate dropped a new trailer for The Long Walk today during the pic's Hall H San Diego Comic-Con presentation Friday. Author of the novel that inspired the film Stephen King introduced the clip via video message, alluding to the Vietnam War and drawing attention to…