![From ‘Hansel & Gretel’ to ‘The Lengthy Stroll’, Right here’s the entire Stephen King Information You Missed [Derry Monthly]](https://i3.wp.com/www.dreadcentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Derry-Monthly-carrie-copy.jpg?w=1920&resize=1920,998&ssl=1 "From ‘Hansel & Gretel’ to ‘The Lengthy Stroll’, Right here’s the entire Stephen King Information You Missed [Derry Monthly]")
Welcome to yet one more version of Derry Month-to-month with Dread Central’s personal Stephen King professional, Lilja. This month is sort of thrilling and the primary time since I began this column that I’ve extra ebook information than movie information for you. Let’s begin with probably the most attention-grabbing information…
Stephen King Takes On A Basic Fairy Story
We’ve all most likely learn the youngsters’s ebook about Hansel & Gretel in our youth, proper? Properly, now Stephen King has achieved his personal model. He was requested to write down a brand new interpretation to suit the costumes and set design Maurice Sendak created for the Humperdinck opera’s model of the story. His model of the story arrives in September from Hodder Kids’s Books within the UK and HarperCollins within the US. I don’t assume you need to miss this one. I’m positive I gained’t.
We additionally obtained the UK cowl for By no means Flinch from Hodder & Stoughton. It’s fairly much like the US however with extra shade. Feedback from followers have been divided, some liking the American cowl higher however most appear to love the UK extra. Each have their benefits however as ordinary, it’s the content material that issues.
An Replace on The Talisman 3
Since final month, Stephen King has as soon as once more visited The KingCast and whereas there wasn’t that a lot information within the interview (we did get to know that it was King’s concept that he needs to be portrayed in harlequin fashion on the additional cowl within the paperback version of Distress) we did get some updates on The Talisman 3. King is making an attempt to make use of Straub’s phrases within the ebook to make it really feel prefer it’s written by each authors. He additionally confirms that the Territories and Mid World are the identical and that characters from each The Talisman and Black Home will seem within the ebook. No phrase on who although…
King additionally revealed on Threads that there might be massive birds within the ebook referred to as Plunja. I don’t find out about you however I’m very enthusiastic about this ebook. It’s been a protracted look forward to the conclusion of Jack Sawyer’s journey.
One thing else attention-grabbing occurred on February 9. On that day 40 years in the past, the Bangor Each day Information revealed that Stephen King and Richard Bachman had been one and the identical. They did it in a small article on the quilt of that day’s challenge, even spelling King’s title improper (Steven). I suppose it wasn’t such a giant deal. Nonetheless, it could’t be denied that on that day everybody who was a Stephen King fan obtained 5 (sure 5) new King books identical to that. Man, I can’t even attempt to comprehend that. It might have blown my thoughts looking for all these books earlier than they bought out.
What’s The Standing of The Lengthy Stroll?
To conclude, I do have some film information for you. The Lengthy Stroll is sort of achieved. Director Francis Lawrence mentioned he’s very pleased with it and that he’ll quickly be going to London to do the rating for it. Can we dare to hope for a 2025 launch? I believe we’d.
It was additionally revealed that Danny Coughlin’s Dangerous Dream might be a film. Apparently, James Ashcroft will direct after shopping for the rights to it from King for $1. This raises the query as as to whether this can be a Greenback Child. So far as we all know that program was canceled over a yr in the past but when Ashcroft obtained the rights for $1… Properly, I suppose it actually doesn’t matter. Accomplished proper, it’ll be a terrific film.
I’m very completely satisfied to say that proper now is an efficient time to be a Stephen King fan. Why? Properly, we all know By no means Flinch is approaching Might 27. Hansel & Gretel is coming September 2 and we all know that King is engaged on The Talisman 3. On high of that, we have now 4 films and two TV collection within the works. Do I must say extra?
Earlier than we go, I need to take this chance to thank everybody who has reached out and wished me a contented twenty ninth anniversary for my website Lilja’s Library. It’s mindboggling to consider the truth that the positioning has been reside since 1996 and much more thrilling to listen to that there are folks on the market on the planet (in addition to me) who’ve been visiting it repeatedly since then. Subsequent yr we have fun 30 years. Any recommendations on what to do to have fun?
Till subsequent time, learn a ebook, and don’t overlook to look at The Monkey!
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