1976, Brian de Palma directs Carrie, the first novel by Stephen King. Since then, more than 50 directors have adapted the master of horror’s books, in more than 80 films and series, making him the most adapted author alive in the world . What’s so fascinating about him that filmmakers cannot stop adapting his works?
KING ON SCREEN reunites the filmmakers that have adapted Stephen King’s books for cinema and TV, including Frank Darabont (Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Walking Dead), Tom Holland (The Langoliers, Chucky), Mick Garris (The Stand, Sleepwalkers) and Taylor Hackford (Dolores Claiborne, Ray). It is a movie made for the fans and with the fans, led by an international ambition.
Check out the trailer now and see the film in select theaters August 11, 2023 and On Demand and Blu-Ray September 8, 2023.
“Please boss, don’t put that thing over my face, don’t put me in the dark. I’s afraid of the dark.”
The Green Mile, which received four Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Michael Clarke Duncan, Best Sound and Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published, will be released on Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack and Digital on 2/22/22, it was announced today by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.
Released in 1999, the critically-acclaimed The Green Mile was directed by Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption) and is based on Stephen King’s 1996 novel of the same name.
The film stars Academy Award winner Tom Hanks (Philadelphia, Forrest Gump), Academy Award® nominee Michael Clarke Duncan (Armageddon), David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, James Cromwell, Michael Jeter, Graeme Greene, Doug Hutchison, Sam Rockwell, Barry Pepper, Jeffrey DeMunn, Patricia Clarkson, and Harry Dean Stanton.
The film was written and directed by Darabont, based on “The Green Mile” by Stephen King, and produced by Darabont and David Valdes. Mr. Darabont is one of only six filmmakers in history with the unique distinction of having his first two feature films receive nominations for the Best Picture Academy Award: 1994’s The Shawshank Redemption and 1999’s The Green Mile.
Ultra HD* showcases 4K resolution with High Dynamic Range (HDR) and a wider color spectrum, offering consumers brighter, deeper, more lifelike colors for a home entertainment viewing experience like never before.
The Green Mile will be available on Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack for $24.99 ERP and includes an Ultra HD Blu-ray disc with the feature film in 4K with HDR and a Blu-ray disc with the feature film and special features. Fans can also own The Green Mile in 4K Ultra HD via purchase from select digital retailers beginning on 2/22/22.
About the Film: Nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, this emotional film about miracles and the power of redemption stars Tom Hanks as prison guard Paul Edgecomb. When John Coffey (Oscar nominee Michael Clarke Duncan), a giant of a man, is brought to death row, Edgecomb and his fellow guards discover something very unusual about him. Convicted for the sadistic murder of two young girls, but behaving almost like a child himself, Coffey seems to have a supernatural gift of healing living things. Expectations are turned upside down and the guards’ sense of humanity is awakened in this adaptation of Stephen Kings compelling novel.
Ultra HD Blu-ray and Blu-ray Elements The Green Mile Ultra HD Blu-ray contains the following previously released special features:
Commentary by Frank Darabont
Also on Blu-ray: Additional Scenes
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile Documentary
Miracle and Mystery: Creating The Green Mile Featurette Gallery
A 20th anniversary screening of “The Shawshank Redemption”; restorations of Mary Pickford’s “Little Annie Rooney” and Charlie Chaplin’s “The Bank”; a screening series and panel discussion complementing the landmark Hollywood Costume exhibition; and six diverse films from director Edgar G. Ulmer are all part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ November programs. Ticket holders for Hollywood Costume will receive free same-day admission to Hollywood Costume-related public programs.
“THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION” With special guests Frank Darabont, Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins
The Academy will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 1994 Best Picture nominee “The Shawshank Redemption” onNovember 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The evening will feature an onstage discussion with writer-director Frank Darabont, who received an Oscar nomination for his adapted screenplay, Best Actor nominee Morgan Freeman, and star Tim Robbins.
DEFINING CHARACTER: THE ART OF THE COSTUME DESIGNER
Hollywood Costume curator and Oscar nominee Deborah Nadoolman Landis will moderate a discussion on November 10 at 7:30 p.m. at the Bing Theater with two of today’s top costume designers: Judianna Makovsky, who earned Oscar nominations for “Pleasantville,” “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” and “Seabiscuit,” and Michael Wilkinson, whose work includes “300,” “Man of Steel” and the Oscar-nominated “American Hustle.” Hollywood Costume ticket holders will receive free same-day admission to this event.
THE PERFECT MATCH: HOLLYWOOD COSTUME COLLABORATIONS
This screening series explores the collaborative partnerships between costume designers and directors. Mark Bridges will discuss his work with director Paul Thomas Anderson and Jeffrey Kurland will share stories of his experience with Woody Allen as they introduce each evening’s films at the Bing Theater. Moderated by Deborah Nadoolman Landis. Hollywood Costume ticket holders will receive free same-day admission to these events.
THE MARY PICKFORD CELEBRATION OF SILENT FILM THE COSTUME OF SILENT DRAMA: MARY PICKFORD AND LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY
The Academy and the Mary Pickford Foundation will continue their annual celebration of silent film with the restoration world premiere of “Little Annie Rooney” (1925) on November 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Bing Theater. Film historian and author Jeffrey Vance and Academy Film Archive Director Michael Pogorzelski will discuss the restoration of the silent classic. The screening is presented in conjunction with Hollywood Costume, which includes the costume that Mary Pickford wore in the title role. Those who purchase tickets to “Little Annie Rooney” may view the exhibition free of charge immediately before the screening, from 5 to 7 p.m.
THE COSTUME OF SILENT COMEDY: CHARLIE CHAPLIN AND THE TRAMP RESTORED
Fascinating stories, behind-the-scenes footage, never-before-exhibited documents and the earliest filmed images of Charlie Chaplin’s “Little Tramp” character will all be part of a unique presentation hosted by film historian and preservationist Serge Bromberg on November 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the Bing Theater. The evening includes screenings of two Chaplin shorts: “A Night in the Show”(1915) from a new print, and “The Bank”(1915), from a new restoration making its theatrical world premiere. Chaplin’s ensemble from “The Tramp” is currently on view in Hollywood Costume. Hollywood Costume ticket holders will receive free same-day admission to this event.
AFTER EXPRESSIONISM: THE VERSATILE EDGAR G. ULMER
In conjunction with the exhibition Haunted Screens: German Cinema in the 1920s, presented by LACMA in association with the Academy, the Academy will present in November six films directed or co-directed by production designer-turned-director Edgar G. Ulmer: “Detour,” “The Strange Woman,” “People on Sunday,” “The Light Ahead,” “The Black Cat” and “Ruthless.”
Hollywood Costume is organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Swarovski is the presenting sponsor of Hollywood Costume. The crystal house has provided the all-important sparkle to Hollywood’s wardrobes since the 1930s, when Swarovski crystals began to light up the silver screen in classic films likeGone with the Wind, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Breakfast at Tiffany’s. In recent years, Swarovski has worked closely with talents in costume and set design on blockbusters including Black Swan, Skyfall and The Great Gatsby, and its crystals have been the key creative ingredient in the dazzling set design for the Academy Awards since 2007.
Additional support is provided by Pirelli and the Blavatnik Family Foundation.
In-kind support provided by Barco, ARRI, JBL and Samsung.
Presented by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and the Academy, Hollywood Costume is on view October 2, 2014, through March 2, 2015, in the historic Wilshire May Company building at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles.
Your Weekly Source for the Newest Releases to Blu-Ray
Not a huge week for new Blu-Ray releases, but there are certainly a few of significant noteworthiness… and, Triple H is not one of them. Sorry, to all the wrestling fans out there. Resurrected from the 80’s are the slasher flick THE DORM THAT DRIPPED BLOOD and John Boorman’s EXCALIBUR, an under-appreciated telling of the times of Kign Arthur.
*Perhaps the best documentary of 2010, EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP is an intriguing film about art and artist, and the personality in between, but it’s also an adventure into a world with which few of us have any experience. Charles Ferguson’s INSIDE JOB is a documentary about the recent financial meltdown.
*Indicated that I actually feel it IS the best, but am attempting to be impartial.
Writer/director Jeong-beom Lee’s THE MAN FROM NOWHERE is yet another fine example of the quality filmmaking emerging from South Korea. FOUR LIONS is a dramedy about a man who forms a small terrorist cell, a film Time Magazine has placed on it’s Top Ten Films of 2010 list. Finally, and I know it’s not a “movie” but, AMC’s television series THE WALKING DEAD (based on the graphic novels) is so good, it’s worth mentioning. Plus, the first season was directed by Frank Darabont (SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, THE MIST) so, that counts… right?
Blu-Ray for Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
Triple H drives the bus in THE CHAPERONE (2011)
THE DORM THAT DRIPPED BLOOD (1982)
Liev Schreiber & Carla Gugino in EVERY DAY (2010)
John Boorman’s exquisite EXCALIBUR (1981)
Bansky & More in EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP (2010)
Terrorism gets “funny” in FOUR LIONS (2010)
Financial Crisis Documentary INSIDE JOB (2010)
Hilariously Painful JACKASS 3D (2010)
THE MAN FROM NOWHERE (2010)
Harrison Ford in MORNING GLORY (2010)
Russell Crowe in THE NEXT THREE DAYS (2010)
AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD: The Complete First Season (2010)
DVD for Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
ABDUCTED (2011)
APHRODISIAC: THE SEXUAL SECRET OF MARIJUANA
AROUND A SMALL MOUNTAIN (2011)
BRENDA STARR, REPORTER – Serial (1945)
COLIN & BRAD: TWO MAN GROUP (2010)
EVERY DAY (2010)
FOUR LIONS (2010)
HELENA FROM THE WEDDING (2010)
INSIDE JOB (2010)
JACKASS: Two-Disc Edition w/ 3D (2010)
LETTERS TO FATHER JACOB (2009)
THE MAN FROM NOWHERE (2010)
THE NEXT THREE DAYS (2010)
RAGE [Rabia] (2011)
THE SHRIVEN (2010)
SON OF TERROR (2011)
THE WALKING DEAD: The Complete First Season (2010)
Who wants to see how AMC’s upcoming Zombie series THE WALKING DEAD was created? Then take a look at this 17-minute behind the scenes feature.
Synopsis:
The Walking Dead as a six-episode series based on the comic book written by Robert Kirkman and published by Image Comics. The Walking Dead tells the story of life following a zombie apocalypse. It follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes, traveling in search of a safe and secure home. Andrew Lincoln (Love Actually, Teachers, Strike Back) will portray the lead role of Rick Grimes while actor Jon Bernthal (The Pacific, The Ghost Writer) will portray the character Shane, who worked with Rick in the police department before the zombie disaster. Other cast includes Laurie Holden (The Shield), who plays Andrea, one of two sisters who join the survivors of the zombie plague, Steven Yeun as Glenn, an expert scavenger and Sarah Wayne Callies (Prison Break), who plays Rick’s wife Lori.
From Frank Darabont (SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, GREEN MILE) and Gale Anne Hurd (ALIENS, TERMINATOR), THE WALKING DEAD will premiere during AMC’s 14th annual Fearfest. Visit AMC’s official site here. More exciting information will be released through the series official Facebook and Twitterpages.
So close your windows, lock your doors and clear your schedules for The Walking Dead, will premiere on Halloween night, Sun., Oct. 31 at 10PM | 9C. The Sunday night series will debut with a 90-minute premiere episode. Subsequent episodes will be one-hour long presentations.
Here’s the latest on AMC’s zombiefest “The Walking Dead.” So very excited for this series!
AMC released today this new poster for its upcoming original drama The Walking Dead, which premieres Halloween night, Oct. 31 at 10PM | 9C. Executive produced and written by three-time Academy Award nominee Frank Darabont, The Walking Dead tells the story of the months and years that follow a zombie apocalypse.
The series stars Andrew Lincoln (Love Actually), Jon Bernthal (The Pacific), Sarah Wayne Callies (Prison Break), Laurie Holden (The Mist), Jeffrey DeMunn (The Green Mile), Steven Yeun (The Big Bang Theory) and Emma Bell (The Bedford Diaries) as a group of survivors traveling in search of a safe and secure home.
Here’s the original promo:
And the latest tv spot:
Synopsis:
The Walking Dead as a six-episode series based on the comic book written by Robert Kirkman and published by Image Comics. The Walking Dead tells the story of life following a zombie apocalypse. It follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes, traveling in search of a safe and secure home. Andrew Lincoln (Love Actually, Teachers, Strike Back) will portray the lead role of Rick Grimes while actor Jon Bernthal (The Pacific, The Ghost Writer) will portray the character Shane, who worked with Rick in the police department before the zombie disaster. Other cast includes Laurie Holden (The Shield), who plays Andrea, one of two sisters who join the survivors of the zombie plague, Steven Yeun as Glenn, an expert scavenger and Sarah Wayne Callies (Prison Break), who plays Rick’s wife Lori.
From Frank Darabont (SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, GREEN MILE) and Gale Anne Hurd (ALIENS, TERMINATOR), The Walking Dead will premiere on AMC on Halloween night. Visit AMC’s official site here, on Facebook and Twitter.
Close your windows, lock your doors and clear your schedules. Come this Halloween, you’ll have more to fear than trick-or-treaters. AMC has announced that its newest original series, The Walking Dead, will premiere on Halloween night, Sun., Oct. 31 at 10PM | 9C. The Sunday night series will debut with a 90-minute premiere episode. Subsequent episodes will be one-hour long presentations.
If that isn’t enough to “whet your undead appetites” (heh heh,) then perhaps footage from the series will: This official four and a half-minute trailer first screened at the 2010 Comic-Con in San Diego. As the song goes, “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore.”
How’s that for ya, Zombie-lovers? Now we can get all freaked out together during AMC’s 14th annual Fearfest.
Synopsis:
The Walking Dead as a six-episode series based on the comic book written by Robert Kirkman and published by Image Comics. The Walking Dead tells the story of life following a zombie apocalypse. It follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes, traveling in search of a safe and secure home. Andrew Lincoln (Love Actually, Teachers, Strike Back) will portray the lead role of Rick Grimes while actor Jon Bernthal (The Pacific, The Ghost Writer) will portray the character Shane, who worked with Rick in the police department before the zombie disaster. Other cast includes Laurie Holden (The Shield), who plays Andrea, one of two sisters who join the survivors of the zombie plague, Steven Yeun as Glenn, an expert scavenger and Sarah Wayne Callies (Prison Break), who plays Rick’s wife Lori.
From Frank Darabont (SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, GREEN MILE) and Gale Anne Hurd (ALIENS, TERMINATOR), “The Walking Dead” will premiere on AMC on Halloween night. Visit AMC’s official site here, on Facebook and Twitter.
In recent years, I’ve been anything but supportive of cable TV network AMC (American Movie Classics). See, they used to be a great source for watching “old” movies of all kinds, uninterrupted and uncut. Unfortunately, and probably due in part to the needs of the current economy and market, AMC plays mostly 90’s films, mostly action-oriented and does not play everything in it’s entirety. On top of that, AMC now interrupts movies with commercial breaks. Hey, times are tough. So, I’ve become more of a regular viewer of TCM (Turner Classic Movies) and Fox Movie Channel, both of which still show old movies, uncut and uninterrupted. So, my point…
AMC first began making up for this (in my mind) with their original TV series, such as the popular series MADE MEN and BREAKING BAD. I’ve not personally watched these shows, but do plan to catch them eventually on DVD. One project I am excited about however, is something AMC is collaborating on with filmmaker Frank Darabont (SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, THE MIST).
AMC is close to closing a deal with Darabont that will potentially land them a HBO-sized goldmine, which would have Darabont writing and directing a series adaptation of the ongoing Image Comics graphic novel THE WALKING DEAD, written by Robert Kirkman.
Project is set among a group of zombie survivors of an apocalypse who are led by a police officer, Rick Grimes, in search of a safe place to live. — Variety
I’ve felt this popular graphic novel series would make a great TV series for some time now. The story focuses on the lives of the surviving humans, struggling in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse. Zombies still roam the Earth and present frequent problems, but the story isn’t focused on the zombies. Kirkman’s writing is great and, according to Variety, AMC’s senior VP of programming claims the series will remain faithful to the tone of the original novels.
The Mist, the third Stephen King adaptation by Frank Darabont, is a pretty good suspense horror film that is constantly engaging and remains pretty much unpredictable; which is a good quality for horror suspense fair.
Thomas Jane plays David Drayton, a successful movie poster painter living in a small Maine town that is hit by a violent thunderstorm. The storm does some significant damage to the town and knocks out the electricity so Drayton along with his son and neighbor, the stubborn as hell Andre Braugher, head into town, leaving his wife behind looking upon a strange mist rolling out over the lake there house sits on. The trio heads to the grocery store to pick up supplies to find it full of people with the same idea of stocking up supplies when Dan Miller, played well by Jeffrey DeMunn comes screaming into the store, “Something in the mist!” As the mist rolls over the parking lot the supermarket patrons hear screams and the shop violently shakes as it is engulfed in the mysterious haze.
Now to tell you much else would rob the movie of it’s entertainment value in “what’s going to happen next?” Just know it keeps you tensed up and engaged, be it from the terrors outside or the insanity fear brings to some of the people in the supermarket. And that leads me to another point, if you are expecting a balls to the wall creature flick with gory grisly deaths, which there are some, you will be disappointed a bit. There is some of that but the real drama revolves around the people inside the shop and how they react to one another in this desperate time.
A few of the actors deserve some deserving credit for there work in this film. Toby Jones is just great as the smart and witty Ollie who works in the store. Jane is good as always and is criminally under used in Hollywood; he could be a mega star if given a big break. Frances Sternhagen plays is great as an elderly woman who is fighting for her life as hard as anyone in the movie. Sam Witwer is a nice find as a homegrown military boy that just misses getting out of town, while Alexa Davalos is solid as the cute girl next door cashier. Laurie Holden is also pretty good as the mother figure for Drayton’s son during the crisis and has some great back and forth with Marcia Gay Harden who is phenomenal in this film.
Harden owns every scene she is in as the fire and brimstone bible beater and you will love to hate her as the film goes by. Her character’s arc in the film is the most interesting and compelling and sadly is probably fairly accurate if people were in a similar life or death situation. She spouts off to people and just raises everybody’s blood temperature throughout the film and you just dread, in a good way, every time she comes on screen.
Also to note, this film is quite funny at times with some good lines through out. Also the film does a good job of making sure you feel nobody is safe and they aren’t. The special effects at times left a bit to be desired, but Darabont was working with a smaller budget and considering that they are more than good enough most of the time. The mist is also extremely well done but it must have been a pain in the ass to work with.
All in all, this is a solid effort from Darabont and crew and while it isn’t the best thing in the world, it is a fun way to spend a couple hours if you are up for some scares and human drama.
