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CinemaBlend Copy to clipboard The works of Stephen King have been adapted more times than any other living author, with short stories and novels being transformed into movies, shows, and miniseries – and it’s not all that uncommon for filmmakers to take multiple cracks at the same material. For example, King’s first three books were Carrie, Salem’s Lot, and The Shining, and since they were released in the late 1970s all three have been given the Hollywood treatment multiple times. For Constant Readers it’s always interesting to watch how things shake out, which is ...

Michael Greyeyes Joins the Cast of Stephen King’s FIRESTARTER Reboot at Universal & Blumhouse Michael Greyeyes Joins the Cast of Stephen King's FIRESTARTER Reboot at Universal & Blumhouse! By Josh Millican Michael Greyeyes ( Wild Indian, Rutherford Falls, True Detective) has been cast as the character of “Rainbird” in the upcoming reboot of Stephen King’s  Firestarter; the character is described as “a relentless powerful man who has been pushed into a violent life”. The project is currently in the works from Universa...

CinemaBlend Copy to clipboard As of right now, there are a lot of Stephen King adaptations that are currently in the works – both for the big screen and small – but few are as exciting as the developing remake of the 1980 novel Firestarter. The film is set to be produced by Blumhouse and directed by up-and-comer Keith Thomas, and it was reported this past summer that Zac Efron has signed on to play the role of Andy McGee – a young man who has to go on the run with his pyrokinetic daughter while being pursued by a government agency known as The Shop. Now, fans are just waiting ...

CinemaBlend Copy to clipboard As many Stephen King adaptations have been made over the years, it’s actually surprising how few of them have been television series. We’ve seen plenty of feature films, TV movies, and miniseries, but you can count the number of straight-up shows on your fingers: 2002’s The Dead Zone, 2004's Kingdom Hospital, 2010’s It’s not an easy thing to complain about just given the quantity of adaptations we’ve seen going back to the mid-1970s, but the truth is that there are plenty of characters who could easily be the subject of their own ...