Stephen King’s New Castle Rock Novella ELEVATION Getting Adaptation
Child s Play 3 director Jack Bender recently confirmed he s adapting Stephen King s newest Castle Rock novella Elevation into a film. By Mike Sprague
Director Jack Bender is adapting Stephen King’s newest Castle Rock novella
Elevation into a film. Better yet, Bender says King himself has given him positive feedback and encouragement.
Bender tells CinemaBlend: “
I’ve recently adapted a book of [King’s] called ‘Elevation,’ which we’re going to make into a film. And I invented some stuff and added, and was nervous because he’d never read anything I’ve written, only directed and produced. And needless to say, I was nervous about it, but he loved it. He’s very gracious, and he knows that when we make a TV show, there’s going to be stuff added stuff taken away; that’s just the way it goes.
A file photo of the Hays County Historic Courthouse. Rebecca Harrell
The Hays County Commissioners Court recognized Justice of the Peace Precinct 5 Judge Scott Cary for his service and was provided updates from the county s new mobile vaccine dispensing team at its meeting on Feb. 23.Â
After 12 years of service, Cary announced his retirement effective on Feb. 28. Cary thanked his staff for its help throughout the years and commemorated the new Justice of the Peace Lucinda Doyle.
Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra later opened the floor to receive highlights regarding the countyâs Local Disaster Declaration and COVID-19 updates.
Emergency Services Office Director Mike Jones says second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will be distributed to those who received their initial vaccine at San Marcos High School from 12-8 p.m. on Feb. 25.Â
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Holding Absence: “COVID underlines the fragility of everything”
Holding Absence frontman Lucas Woodland reflects on his personal trauma ahead of the band’s K! Pit stream.
Words: Phil Alexander
COVID has affected us all in different ways. In the case of Lucas Woodland, the singer with melodic Welsh post-hardcore crew Holding Absence, he has felt its impact on both a professional and on a deeply personal level.
“If I’m completely honest, the whole experience has been really bad,” he says candidly. “For me the fact that live music has stopped has been a really negative experience. Who I am day-to-day and who I am in Holding Absence are different people, or at least different sides of me, and having the Holding Absence side of me stripped away has felt weird and horrible. But you have to do what you have to do to get through this, and we have to wait for life to resume. At my age, that’s just hard to do because you want to be out there grabbing life.
Post-hardcore crew Holding Absence reveal uplifting new music and K! Pit show, in association with Nordic Spirit.
Words: Phil Alexander
Recording new music during a global pandemic comes with its own challenges. It’s something that rising Welsh post-hardcore outfit Holding Absence narrowly avoided as they began work on the follow up to their acclaimed, 4K-rated debut album that they released back in March 2019.
“We were quite lucky because we recorded just before COVID really hit,” explains frontman Lucas Woodland. “Not one single lyric on the album was shaped by COVID. Instead, it was shaped by sheer existential dread! I suppose that’s what we’re all living through right now too, actually.”