Set Report of 'The Mist'

There is a four day set report on 'Ain't it Cool' from 'The Mist', based on a Stephen King short story. Basically a mist envelops a town and we see what happens to the suvivors trapped in the local supermarket. Trust me, all sorts of weird shit starts happening.

It's a great time to be a Stephen King fan....

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'Dark Tower' News....

To promote the release of the new 'Dark Tower' comics (which I have the first on order), Stephen King recently spilled some info...

-The comics will follow Roland through Mejis (all Book 4 stuff), but it definitely WILL go past Book 4 and all the way up to Jericho Hill, which King demanded a giant splash page from Lee.

- Regarding further Dark Tower comics, King said, "There's always more stories."

- King views the Dark Tower series as a first draft and plans to rewrite the entire series, but he promises he won't make them the Special Editions. The originals will always be out there.

- King said that Damon Lindelof and JJ Abrams did express interest, especially Damon, and wanted to develop the project. King said he was resistant to everybody in the past, but trusted Abrams and Lindelof. He said he trusted Frank Darabont, too, but he felt Frank always had too much on his plate. When Abrams and Lindelof approached King about trying to make the project work, King responded, "I'll tell you what... you can option the books and see what you can do with it." Nothing is set up, but they have the option... and if it doesn't work out, then no harm no foul, yeah? How much did Abrams and Lindelof pay for the option? $19, of course.

So plenty of great news.... and more to come soon

The Dark Tower Movie???

IGN has the exclusive scoop!

IGN has exclusively learned that J.J. Abrams is poised to direct The Dark Tower, based on the Stephen King literary series. Abrams' production company Bad Robot had "no comment" on the matter.

Sources advised us that an official announcement is forthcoming. We have been unable to determine whether Dark Tower will be a film project or a TV miniseries, although the latter is a more likely prospect given the complex nature of King's seven-book series. Given Abrams' success on the small screen -- and King's well known love for the Abrams-produced TV series Lost -- the tube seems a better fit for The Dark Tower. That said, IGN now has reason to believe the project will be for the big-screen.

Sources also added that Abrams is indeed only producing Star Trek XI. It was recently reported that Abrams would not direct Trek XI, as many had assumed, but would instead turn his attention to a secret Paramount project titled Cloverfield. Might Cloverfield be a codename for The Dark Tower? Or a completely separate project?

After Lord of the Rings, The Dark Tower books are close to my heart. Fingers crossed that this will be a series of movies... or at least a tv series that has alot of money thrown at it. I'd hate for this to suck in any way, shape or form.... and hopefully we'll see some collectibles from it.