“Welcome to Derry” – Pennywise TV Series Pushed to 2025

Originally set to arrive for Halloween 2024, HBO has announced this week that their Max series “Welcome to Derry” will now likely be unleashed sometime in 2025 instead. “We had had [Welcome To Derry] scheduled for Halloween ’24 but it will likely [be] pushing into ’25,” HBO CEO Casey Bloys officially announced this morning. The […]

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Madame Tussauds and InterContinental Hotel Invite Horror Fans to a Halloween Slumber Party

This Halloween, Madame Tussauds New York and InterContinental New York Times Square are offering the ultimate spooky overnight stay on October 31 at the entrance of Warner Bros. Icons of Horror, where fans will have the opportunity to privately explore the experience and get up close with some of the most iconic horror characters. It’s […]

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McFarlane Toys’ Revived Movie Maniacs Line Finally Has a Horror Figure… Pennywise! [Toy Fair]

MCFARLANE TOYS’ Last year, McFarlane Toys’ Movie Maniacs line was quietly revived with a laughable series of figures that included characters from The Hangover, Looney Tunes, Harry Potter, and Wizard of Oz. Thankfully, the new line actually includes a horror figure, and it’s a doozy. Take a look at the brand new Pennywise plastic as […]

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‘Escape IT Chapter Two’ – Multi-Room Escape Experience Now Open in Las Vegas!

After the smash hit success of Escape IT last year, the team over at Egan Escape Productions has launched Escape IT Chapter Two in Las Vegas today, which features interactive rooms, state-of-the-art special FX, animatronics, a full-scale retail store and more! Beep, Beep! It’s time to float…again! Prepare for another ultimate scare, Pennywise fans. Warner […]

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Ranking Stephen King’s Writers: From Ben Mears to Scott Landon [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

Of all the advice Stephen King offers in On Writing, “write what you know” may be the best. It’s certainly advice he follows as his vast catalogue is bursting with writers and the occasional villainous scribe. With King’s last literary outing as Richard Bachman behind them, the Losers round up all of King’s fictional writers […]

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All-New ‘IT’ Themed Multi-Room Escape Experience Now Open in Las Vegas!

It’s time to float… Warner Bros. Discovery Global Themed Entertainment and Egan Escape Productions have joined forces to bring fans the new escape room experience Escape IT, inspired by one of the most horrifying and iconic film franchises of all time, Stephen King’s IT. Located in the heart of Sin City off Symphony Parkway and […]

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“The Simpsons” Floats Through Stephen King Parody ‘Not It’ [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

In this special Halloween bonus episode, the Losers head to Springfield — or shall we say, Kingfield — to discuss “The Simpsons” take on Stephen King‘s It. Dubbed “Not It”, this unique “Treehouse of Horror” one-off puts a Simpsonian spin on our favorite novel from 1986 by turning Krusty the Clown into a Pennywise twinner […]

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“The Simpsons” – Images from This Halloween’s Full Episode Parody of Stephen King’s “IT”!

“The Simpsons” is going big with their annual “Treehouse of Horror” special this year, for the first time ever airing TWO DIFFERENT brand new episodes for the Halloween season. One of the two “Treehouse of Horror” 2022 episodes will take the familiar anthology approach, while the other will be a full length, 20-minute parody of Stephen […]

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From Iron Maiden to Pennywise the Clown: Canada’s Steve Newton and his Career in Film and Music Journalism [Interview]

As a documentary filmmaker and archivist, I rely on a few critical things when putting together a new film project. The first thing is patience; finding rare and rarely seen materials is often a marathon, not a sprint. The other thing I rely on is the cooperation from and collaboration with the holders of said […]

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Debating the Highs and Lows of the Stephen King Renaissance [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

It’s been five years since It hit theaters and conquered the box office, becoming the highest grossing horror film of all time and tipping off a new Stephen King renaissance across Hollywood. Today? The scene is dire: Blumhouse’s Firestarter failed to ignite, while ‘Salem’s Lot has completely been vanquished from Warner Bros’ schedule. So, what […]

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“Treehouse of Horror”: This Year’s Episode Will Be a “Bloody & Scary” 20-Minute ‘IT’ Parody!

“The Simpsons” is doing something a little different with their annual “Treehouse of Horror” episode this year, for the first time ever airing TWO DIFFERENT brand new episodes! One of the two “Treehouse of Horror” 2022 episodes will take the familiar anthology approach, while the other will be a full length, 20-minute parody of Stephen […]

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1990’s IT Miniseries Reunion: The Original Cast of Losers Celebrate Their Enduring Friendship [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

“Swear to me. Swear to me that if IT isn’t dead, we’ll all come back.” By now, you’ve heard it a million times: “You know, Pennywise did for clowns what Jaws did for beaches.” Here’s why: In November of 1990, Stephen King‘s 1986 novel IT became a thing of nightmares for an entire generation when […]

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‘Pennywise: The Story of IT’ Filmmakers and ‘IT’ Star Ben Heller Chat with BD’s Boo Crew About Miniseries’ Legacy

The hotly-anticipated documentary Pennywise: The Story of IT is coming exclusively to the Bloody Disgusting-powered SCREAMBOX streaming service this summer, with the doc releasing on VOD and SCREAMBOX on July 26, 2022. Pennywise: The Story of IT is an in-depth look at the 1990 miniseries based on Stephen King’s novel. The film had its world premiere at the Sitges International Fantastic Film […]

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Stephen King’s 10 Best Stories for Summer [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

Don Henley failed to mention it in his 1984 hit, but Stephen King is certainly a boy of the summer. Whether it’s venturing outside of Castle Rock to see a dead body or evading shapeshifting clowns in the barrens of Derry, the best-selling author has carved out a number of parables that make us sweat […]

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“Welcome to Derry”: Writers Room Opens Up This Week on the ‘IT’ Prequel Series

Originally announced back in March, HBO Max is developing a series titled “Welcome to Derry,” which will serve as a prequel to the two Stephen King movies from Andy Muschietti. Variety had reported back in March, “The series will begin in the 1960s in the time leading up to the events of It: Part One, the […]

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