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Spoilers!Shocked by the end of IT: Welcome to Derry episode 1? The show's creators explained why they had to do it (and how HBO execs reacted)
We've got spoilers incoming, as producer Barbara Muschietti and writer Jason Fuchs describe what led to IT: Welcome to Derry's bloody and beguiling pilot ending
October 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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HBO's It: Welcome to Derry prequel has to get approved by Stephen King for everyone to get onboard - and he did
It: Welcome to Derry has Stephen King’s support
October 27, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Spoilers!Batman, Flash, and DC Studios Easter Eggs are all over IT: Welcome to Derry season premiere - Here's why they weren't just throwaways [Lore Corner]
A certain Scarlet Speedster and Dark Knight Detective are visible briefly in the prequel to Andy Muschietti's IT adaptation, Welcome to Derry. And if you know that filmmaker, you already know why these DCU references matter
October 27, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
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HBO wants to scare you into watching the new IT: Welcome to Derry show
Pennywise the Dancing Clown is the latest horror monster to headline a viral marketing campaign - to advertise IT: Welcome to Derry of course - that Warner Bros. is running from Paris to Madrid to NYC
October 24, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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How Steven Spielberg's Jaws is inspiring Pennywise in HBO's It prequel TV series
With Pennywise, the Welcome to Derry producers believe less is more, so they’ll be keeping the carnivorous clown offscreen for most of the early episodes
October 23, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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HBO's new IT prequel TV series will be closer in texture and feel to Stephen King’s original book than the movies due to one overlooked element, says creators
It: Welcome to Derry producers Andy and Barbara Muschietti say the HBO series will be closer in texture and feel to the Stephen King book
October 23, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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IT: Welcome to Derry's Andy Muschietti & Brad Caleb Kane tease a Dark Tower connection - but not a Stephen King multiverse show
IT: Welcome to Derry has turtles, just not all the way down. Director Muschietti and Kane definitely want you to know about Stephen King's Dark Tower, but don't want you to think this is Castle Rock 2
October 20, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Stephen King is reportedly the most banned author in American public schools, with more than 200 books removed from US schools last year
PEN America tracked 6,800 cases of books temporarily or permanently banned in the 2024-2025 school year, and Stephen King came out as the top author whose work has been pulled from shelves
October 17, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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It: Welcome to Derry actor Kimberly Norris Guerrero says Native Americans finally have a seat at the table in a Stephen King story
It: Welcome to Derry’s Kimberly Norris Guerrero praises HBO for finally putting indigenous representation in a Stephen King story
October 13, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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HBO series It: Welcome to Derry is built from the “hidden story” in the original It novel by Stephen King, say creators
How Andy and Barbara Muschietti found the hidden story that led to the Pennywise prequel It: Welcome to Derry
October 12, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Ahead of IT: Welcome to Derry coming to HBO Max, we're covering the top five MUST READ Stephen King novels [Lore Corner]
And no, IT isn't gonna be on this list. I mean, you should probably read that before Andy and Barbara Muschietti's Welcome to Derry comes to HBO, but I think that's self-evident, don't you?
October 06, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
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Spoilers!I watched the first ten minutes of HBO's IT: Welcome to Derry - here's what to expect
Heads up, we're going to get into some spoilers for IT: Welcome to Derry here, but as the title indicates, none that go beyond the first couple of minutes of Pennywise's latest haunting chapter
October 02, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Stephen King is an idol of horror literature, but he thinks there's one thing you shouldn't be afraid of: spoilers
The creator of Pennywise the Clown doesn't care if you know that Pennywise is defeated at the end of IT. That said, Stephen King thinks there is one horror writer whose work you should approach spoiler-free
September 29, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The opening of IT: Chapter Two makes Derry itself worse than Pennywise [The Coldest Open]
Or I don't know, maybe Pennywise IS Derry. Either way, the opening moments of Andy Muschietti's IT sequel make one thing clear - both of 'em suck
September 26, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Stephen King's condition for keeping The Long Walk movie from feeling like "a superhero movie"
Francis Lawrence's brutal adaptation of King's dystopian tale earns its R-rating, the same way The Long Walk writer seems to think PG-13 Marvel movies earn theirs
September 08, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The Conjuring: Last Rites officially surpasses IT as the biggest horror movie opening weekend ever - and underscores a thriving appetite for horror in 2025
Michael Chaves's wrap-up to the blockbuster Conjuring saga scored a wild $194M at the global box office, floating just above the 2017 adaptation of Stephen King's beloved tale of Pennywise the Dancing Clown
September 08, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Iconic writers Octavia E. Butler, Stephen King, Toni Morrison, Amy Tan, and more get their own baseball cards from publisher McSweeney’s
Collect the likes of Octavia E. Butler, Stephen King, Amy Tan, and more.
September 04, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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With IT: Chapter One's opening scene, Andy Muschietti proves you can be scared even if you know where this is going [The Coldest Open]
Director Andy Muschietti, who is returning to Pennywise's realm for IT: Welcome to Derry on HBO, knows that you know your Stephen King. And that's not gonna stop him
August 22, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Before Pennywise comes to HBO in IT: Welcome to Derry, he’s coming to your gaming table in a Betrayal at House on the Hill expansion pack
Betrayal at the Neibolt House: The Evil of Pennywise weds a classic Stephen King villain to Hasbro's megahit horror boardgame in time to kick halloween off early
August 16, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Stephen King, author of gameshow satire The Running Man, writes novels because he can't watch another gameshow on TV
For Stephen King, who wrote The Running Man under his Richard Bachman alias, "You can only watch so many gameshows on TV" before you get bored
August 14, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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The Long Walk is Stephen King’s dark take on The Odyssey for Vietnam War-era America [If It Bleeds, It Reads]
Stephen King's book, The Long Walk, lifts elements from The Odyssey by Homer for a dystopian story reflecting the bleakness of the Vietnam War
July 24, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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The Running Man reboot introduces Michael Cera as a dystopian Home Alone kid, and I'm so here for it
Not gonna lie, the beard on Michael Cera's Running Man character (debuted in the trailer) looks a little off. But the invader-smashing booby traps are so, so on.
July 01, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Stephen King's 1,100+ page novel, The Stand, is coming to the big screen via Bourne Identity director Doug Liman
I wish Doug Liman the best of luck in trying to compress all of Stephen King's masterpiece, The Stand, into one feature film
June 25, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Iconic author Stephen King isn’t worried about being taken seriously as a writer, because all of his biggest critics “are now dead”
In an interview, Stephen King said that getting "old" has helped him shed his anxieties about being a "popular" writer
June 16, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Billy Bob Thornton tells Misery star Kathy Bates that he, too, was almost in the 1990 Stephen King adaptation Misery
During a discussion about their careers, Thornton told Bates he was originally cast in the movie that won her Best Actress in 1991, much to her surprise
June 16, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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From one generation’s Horror Stephen to another: introducing Stephen Graham Jones to my father [If It Bleeds, We Read]
My dad launched my lifelong love of horror with Stephen King, so I've returned the favor by introducing him to Stephen Graham Jones
June 12, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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I have a hunch why Mike Flanagan worked so much Back to the Future into The Life of Chuck
With the caveat that I do not fully comprehend the brilliance of The Life of Chuck's director Flanagan, or its author, Stephen King, I at least have a theory as to why one scene felt straight out of Hill Valley High
June 06, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Inside the mind & stories of Stephen King's detective for our time, Holly Gibney, ahead of his new novel Never Flinch
Here’s where to find the backstory for Never Flinch’s Holly, and why it’s worth catching up with her story.
May 20, 2025
Avery Kaplan
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The HBO It: Welcome to Derry trailer is either teasing a huge piece of the Stephen King universe... or just reminding us of the 1950s
It's turtles all the way down in Stephen Kings's books, but is that the case in HBO's It prequel series?
May 20, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Popverse Picks: The best Stephen King movie & TV (and more) adaptations, from one King fan to another
It's maybe the greatest horror movie of all time, but King himself doesn't like it - so let's just skip Stanley Kubrick's The Shining altogether and get into some other things based on Stephen's works, yeah?
May 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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There are still two iconic movie killers the Dead by Daylight director still wants to see in the game - here's who they are
Coté's choices won't exactly surprise you, but they will leave you asking why these two horror icons haven't made their way into a Dead by Daylight chapter already
May 11, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Stephen King's never-made Castle Rock season 3 would have focused on the niece of The Shining's Jack Torrance, reveals star Jane Levy
Had Hulu not canceled the series set in a Stephen King-inspired universe, Castle Rock would have had its own take on The Shining, with the star of 2013's Evil Dead remake as its star
April 30, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The Life of Chuck is the latest proof that Stephen King isn’t ‘just’ a horror writer
While King’s reputation may be for horror novels, to dismiss him as 'only' a horror writer is to overlook some of his best work such as Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption to The Life of Chuck.
April 28, 2025
Avery Kaplan
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Stephen King's The Life of Chuck movie adaptation is one of the first "uncynical" projects writer/director Mike Flanagan has ever done
Writer/director Mike Flanagan is making his first movie for his children in The Life of Chuck.
April 17, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Stephen King's Carrie will become an eight episode miniseries from Mike Flanagan and Prime Video
The streamer has officially announced the eight-episode reimagining of King's 1974 classic horror novel, adapted by The Fall of the House of Usher's Mike Flanagan
April 11, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Mike Flanagan & Prime Video may have found their Carrie in former Chucky star Summer H. Howell
Yep, that creepy kid from Curse of Chucky and Cult of Chucky might just be the blood-covered, telekinetic teen that put Stephen King on the map
April 09, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Netflix eyes Darren Aronofsky to direct new adaptation of Stephen King's Cujo
Netflix continues to court top-tier talent, with Aronofsky's name in the mix to direct a new film from Stephen King's story
March 18, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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The first trailer for the Stephen King/Mike Flanagan collab The Life of Chuck is purposefully lowkey, but don't worry: we still see Tom Hiddleston
The universe is large, just like the size of our desire to see this movie.
March 13, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Stephen King has a new book coming out this year called Never Flinch... but he re-wrote the whole thing after his wife gave it an honest, bad review
Never Flinch is due out in May 2025 but wouldn't be in the state it is in without Tabby's "no s***" approach to giving Stephen King feedback.
March 03, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Netflix's Stranger Things might have never happened without Stephen King's Firestarter
Ahead of Stranger Thing's final season 5, it's worth remembering the 1980 novel that creators Matt and Ross Duffer credit as one of the show's biggest inspirations
January 17, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The Life of Chuck release date: Mike Flanagan teams up with Tom Hiddleston in a Stephen King adaptation
The Life of Chuck will adapt a short story by Stephen King from his If It Bleeds collection of stories
December 20, 2024
Jules Chin Greene
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How to watch Stephen King's It and spinoffs in release and chronological order before Welcome to Derry comes out
From the original 1990 miniseries to the upcoming It: Welcome to Derry HBO series, let's hop into the sewers of Stephen King's nightmares
December 03, 2024
Jules Chin Greene
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How to read Stephen King's The Dark Tower in order (release AND chronological)
If you want to read Stephen King's Dark Tower series in its totality, strap in for a wild ride
November 14, 2024
Jules Chin Greene
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"You just do the books" - How Mike Flanagan is adapting Stephen King's Dark Tower series
Speaking at the Fall of the House of Usher panel at New York Comic Con 2024, Mike Flanagan gave Stephen King fans a look through the keyhole into his upcoming Dark Tower adaptation
October 31, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Mike Flanagan credits Carla Gugino for "saving" Gerald's Game
Speaking at New York Comic Con 2024, Gerald's Game director Flanagan told the story of how he and Gugino began working together, starting with a very hectic filming schedule
October 22, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Bring out the pig's blood - Mike Flanagan is adapting Stephen King's Carrie for Amazon Prime Studios
Carrie will be the fifth Stephen King adaptation Mike Flanagan has overseen, after the already-released Gerald's Game and Doctor Sleep, plus the upcoming Life of Chuck and Dark Tower series
October 21, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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One of The Shawshank Redemption's filming locations was haunted, says cast member
Actor Mark Rolston recounted the night he attempted to spend in the Mansfield Reformatory during the filming of The Shawshank Redemption - well, the night he tried to spend there...
October 07, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Mike Flanagan's The Life of Chuck wins Toronto International Film Festival's People's Choice Award, but still doesn't have a distribution deal
The award is often seen as a harbinger of Academy Awards success, but audiences in the US won'e be able to see the movie unless someone buys the distribution rights
September 16, 2024
Graeme McMillan
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Top Gun Maverick's Glen Powell will star in Edgar Wright's adaptation of Stephen King's The Running Man
Last Night in Soho director Wright has been attached to the project since 2021
April 11, 2024
Tiffany Babb
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Is Stephen King ever nervous about movies adapting his books? Mike Flanagan can tell you
Flanagan, who's adapted stories like Gerald's Game and Doctor Sleep, revealed the writer's brilliant philosophy in approaching movies inispired by his novels
April 10, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Enter the Flanaverse: How to watch Mike Flanagan’s films
Want to get started on Mike Flanagan’s Flanaverse films? Here’s how to do it!
March 07, 2024
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Warner Bros. now has three completed movies it'll never release, right out of a Stephen King book (literally)
Trying to figure out if they'll release any film is like consulting a Magic 8 Ball at this point.
February 21, 2024
Trent Cannon
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Stephen King: How to watch all of the author's movie & TV show adaptations
Want to dive into the world of Stephen King? This guide will help you watch his films and television projects.
February 05, 2024
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Edgar Wright is filming a Running Man reboot, with hopes to film in 2024
Running towards the starting line.
October 30, 2023
Fran Ruiz
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Full Panel VideoThe director of Stephen King's The Boogeyman movie, Rob Savage, pulls back the curtain on the Disney horror movie
Stephen King's The Boogeyman has been translated to film, and the director who did it is sharing how it came together
June 14, 2023
Chris Arrant
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HBO's It: Welcome to Derry release date is here, Stephen King lovers
We all floated to HBO Max's socials and found out when Pennywise the Dancing Clown is coming back to your screens
January 01, 0001
Grant DeArmitt