Mike Flanagan

Stephen King News Roundup: On ‘The Monkey’, ‘The Life of Chuck’, and Why ‘Raging Bull’ Isn’t Scorsese’s Best Film [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

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The heat is on across King’s Dominion. To cool off,  The Losers’ Club put on their shades, put the top down on their 1958 Plymouth Fury convertible, and feel the breeze in Hollywood King. It’s another high-octane news episode that finds Losers Michael Roffman, Justin Gerber, Dan Pfleegor, and Ashley Casseday cycling through the latest Stephen […]

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‘The Life of Chuck’ – Mike Flanagan Directing Stephen King Movie Starring Tom Hiddleston

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Mike Flanagan (Gerald’s Game, Doctor Sleep) is headed back into the world of Stephen King with an adaptation of King tale The Life of Chuck, Deadline reports tonight. Tom Hiddleston (Crimson Peak) and Mark Hamill (Star Wars) will star! “Based on the short story from King’s 2020 anthology If It Bleeds, The Life of Chuck is three separate stories […]

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Stephen King News Roundup: On ‘Welcome to Derry’, 4K Releases, and ‘The Wire’ [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

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Spring’s here, but the Summer heat is on across King’s Dominion. Once again, The Losers’ Club is putting on their shades, revving up their Plymouth Fury, and feeling the breeze in Hollywood King. It’s another high-octane news episode that finds Losers Michael Roffman, Justin Gerber, Rachel Reeves, and Jenn Adams cycling through the latest Stephen […]

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Mike Flanagan Comments on ‘Clayface’ Rumors; Will We See the DC Character on the Big Screen?

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As you may recall a few years back, there were rumors about DC villain Clayface appearing in Matt Reeves’ The Batman, which of course ended up being quite untrue. Now rumors are swirling that the character will be appearing in The Batman 2, also being directed by Reeves. Additionally, Mike Flanagan’s name has been coming […]

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Stephen King 2023 Preview: The Books We’ll Read, The Movies We’ll See [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

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Six years, seven seasons! The journey continues… Join Losers Michael Roffman, Randall Colburn, Justin Gerber, and Jenn Adams as they share their highlights from 2022, which includes an interview with Sai King himself, and preview all the books, movies, and events they’re covering throughout 2023. They also read some Needful Tweets and visit Hollywood King […]

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Best of 2022: The Year of Unforgettable Horror Monologues

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A subtle pattern emerged when reflecting upon the year’s standout horror moments and performances: it’s been one hell of a year for knockout monologues. A monologue relays vital information about the story or the character relaying it and supports its central themes, but there’s an art form to its delivery. Some of the most unforgettable […]

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“The Dark Tower” – Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy Planning Epic Stephen King Adaptation

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As we learned last week, Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy‘s Intrepid Pictures is moving from Netflix to Amazon Studios, the duo inking a deal that’ll bring their future series projects exclusively to Prime. What’s next from Flanagan and Macy, you ask? Well, they just revealed to Deadline this week that they’re getting set to climb […]

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“The Midnight Club”: Mike Flanagan Reveals What We Would’ve Seen in Season Two

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The Mike Flanagan and Leah Fong-created series “The Midnight Club” marked the first Netflix series for Flanagan that was intended to continue over multiple seasons, which meant that the inaugural season ended with multiple unresolved storylines and cliffhangers. The news of the series cancellation leaves fans disappointed that those loose ends will remain unresolved, or does […]

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“The Midnight Club” Season 2 Not Happening at Netflix as Mike Flanagan Moves to Amazon

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The news broke just yesterday that Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy‘s Intrepid Pictures has inked a new series deal with Amazon Studios, meaning Flanagan and Macy are no longer making horror shows for Netflix. The duo’s series projects will exclusively stream on Prime Video going forward, but what does that mean for a potential “The […]

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Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy Have Signed a Multiyear Series Deal With Amazon Studios

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After working exclusively with Netflix the past several years on “The Haunting of Hill House,” “The Haunting of Bly Manor,” “Midnight Mass” and “The Midnight Club,” Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy‘s Intrepid Pictures has found a new home at Amazon Studios, Deadline reports. As part of the exclusive multiyear overall series deal that Mike Flanagan […]

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‘The Midnight Club’ – How the Netflix Series Expands Upon the Christopher Pike Novel

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Mike Flanagan’s long-awaited adaptation of The Midnight Club has finally made its way to Netflix. Geared at a slightly younger audience, the series is an adaptation of Christopher Pike‘s novel about five teenagers living out their final days at Brightcliffe Manor, a hospice for terminal youth. Each night they gather in the ornate library to […]

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“The Fall of the House of Usher” – Mike Flanagan Says His Poe Series Delivers Blood-Soaked Giallo Mayhem

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Based on the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, Mike Flanagan‘s next series for Netflix is “The Fall of the House of Usher,” and it’s going to be unlike anything Flanagan has ever done before. The limited series from Intrepid Pictures is “based on multiple works from Poe.” 8 episodes have been filmed, and Flanagan and […]

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Netflix’s “The Midnight Club” Sets Guinness World Record for Jump Scares in Single Episode

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Mike Flanagan typically shies away from jump scares in his horror, but he’s breaking all the rules with Netflix’s “The Midnight Club.” The premiere episode of Flanagan’s latest series, co-created with Leah Fong, just set a Guinness World Record for the most scripted jump scares in a single episode of television. “The Midnight Club” is […]

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‘Something Is Killing the Children’ – Mike Flanagan No Longer Involved in Netflix Adaptation

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It was announced last summer that Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy would be co-writing a pilot for a potential Netflix series adaptation of James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera’s comic book series Something Is Killing the Children, but it looks like those plans have changed. In a new chat with The Wrap this week, Flanagan […]

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‘The Midnight Club’ – All the Christopher Pike Stories the Netflix Series Adapts

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Mike Flanagan’s latest Netflix series, The Midnight Club is an adaptation of not just one Christopher Pike novel, but many of the prolific 80s and 90s YA author’s works. In the past, there has been only one adaptation: a 1996 made-for-TV movie of Fall Into Darkness starring Tatyana Ali and Jonathan Brandis (available for free […]

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