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The Latest Breaking News from Joe Hill

Stephen King's son Joe Hill is adapting one of his own unpublished stories for the big screen, and it's for the most heartwarming reason

Plus, The Black Phone director helped him secure the job

Total Film

The Winds of Winter Update: George R.R. Martin Claims He 'Lives Forever' Until TWOW Finish

George R.R. Martin addresses grim speculation about his mortality and The Winds of Winter delay with a hilarious 'Subway Super Bowl' promise at NYCC.

International Business Times UK

King Sorrow by Joe Hill review – dragon-fired horror epic is a tour de force

This sprawling tale of college kids who summon evil with lifelong consequences is a fantastic read

The Guardian - UK

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Stephen King’s son among writers boycotting British Library event in solidarity with striking workers

King’s son, Joe Hill, joins V Castro and Keith Rosson in withdrawing from the Tales of the Weird festival this weekend in support of industrial action

The Guardian - UK

The ‘Lady of the Dunes’: A nearly decapitated, handless woman lay unnoticed on a Massachusetts beach for weeks. It took 28 years to solve the mystery

Stephen King's son even weighed in with a theory.

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Is George R.R. Martin Ever Finishing The Winds of Winter? Author's Confession at ComicCon Shocks Game of Thrones Fans

At NYCC, George R.R. Martin joked about The Winds of Winter delays and fan backlash, admitting he has 'always had trouble with deadlines' going back decades.

International Business Times UK

I Just Learned How Joe Hill Pitched The Black Phone 2, And I Think More Authors Should Be Involved In Their Adaptations

Who better to resurrect the Grabber than the writer who first imagined him?

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Black Phone 2 Review: The Grabber Returns For A Scary, Standout Sequel That Gets Better The More I Think About It

This isn't the winter wonderland you were looking for.

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The Black Phone 2 director says he didn't actually want to make a sequel, but his mind was changed by a short-and-sweet phone call from Stephen King's son Joe Hill

Though The Black Phone 2 isn't directly based on one of his stories, writer Joe Hill gave the filmmakers the idea for the sequel

Total Film

Stephen King Has Seen Black Phone 2, And I'm In Full Agreement With His Two-Sentence Review

When he's right, he's right.

Cinemablend

Black Phone 2 Star Compares Ethan Hawke's Grabber To Freddy Krueger, So All Those Elm Street Comments After The First Trailer Were On Point

We'll see them both in our nightmares.

Cinemablend

‘Maybe he isn't as gone as we thought he was’: The Black Phone writer teases The Grabber’s return

Even though the character met a grizzly end in the original 2021 horror flick, writer Joe Hill has teased The Grabber "maybe isn’t as gone as we thought he was" in The Black Phone 2.

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Vampire horror movie based on Van Helsing story by the son of Stephen King gets eerie first trailer

Abraham’s Boys: A Dracula Story is based on writer Joe Hill's take on the vampire slayer

Total Film

Scott Derrickson reveals how The Shining inspired Black Phone 2

'Black Phone 2' director Scott Derrickson has revealed the setting of Stanley Kubrick's horror masterpiece 'The Shining' inspired his upcoming sequel, starring Ethan Hawke.

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Black Phone 2 is 'more violent, scarier, more graphic'

Upcoming horror sequel Black Phone 2 is "more violent, scarier" and "more graphic" than the original film, according to director Scott Derrickson.

Total Film

Russian Doll star Natasha Lyonne to star as an axe-wielding heroine in upcoming adaptation of a DC horror comic

Joe Hill's comic book story of revenge and chatty severed heads is getting the movie treatment

The Guardian - US

Democrats search for answers as blue Philadelphia turns towards Trump

Trump grew his support in nearly all of Philadelphia’s wards – what went wrong for Harris in a key Democratic city?

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The Black Phone: A Low-Paid Short Story Becomes Box Office Success

Discover how Joe Hill's original short story, The Black Phone, transformed into a successful movie adaptation, proving the untapped potential of non-establ...

The Guardian - UK

My cultural day out on the Sussex Art Shuttle

With next week’s Turner prize opening in Eastbourne, we try a hop-on, hop-off bus service that takes art lovers around the area’s cultural hotspots

Marie Claire

I quizzed the experts—they predict these are the 6 major hair colours we'll see trending in autumn

It’s time to book your next colour appointment

The Guardian - UK

Oliver Anthony’s divisive song claiming solidarity with workers only benefits the rich who exploit them

The YouTube singer’s US No 1 hit Rich Men North of Richmond rails against billionaires but punches down on the poor. So I decided to write a song in reply

The Independent UK

Longtime US lawmaker dies in jet ski crash

Roy Herron, a longtime Tennessee state lawmaker and former chairperson of the state Democratic Party, has died from injuries sustained in a jet ski accident

The Independent UK

Tennessee lawmaker dies in jet ski crash

Roy Herron, a longtime Tennessee state lawmaker and former chairperson of the state Democratic Party, has died from injuries sustained in a jet ski accident

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