Stephen King
American writer
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| 2025 | Stephen King wrote the short story 'The Extra Hour'. |
| 2025 | Osgood Perkins directs 'The Monkey', an adaptation of Stephen King's short story, which receives a 78% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. |
| 2025 | Edgar Wright to direct 'The Running Man', an adaptation of Stephen King's novel, with current Rotten Tomatoes rating marked as TBA. |
| 2025 | Francis Lawrence to direct 'The Long Walk', an adaptation of Stephen King's novel, with current Rotten Tomatoes rating marked as TBA. |
| 2025 | Planned publication of children's picture book 'Hansel and Gretel' in collaboration with The Maurice Sendak Foundation |
| February 2025 | Fourth Finnish-language adaptation of Misery (Piina) performed by Seinäjoki City Theatre in Seinäjoki. |
| January 2025 | Stephen King's short story 'The Extra Hour' is set to be published in Cemetery Dance Publications Magazine #79, marking a new addition to his short fiction bibliography. |
| 2025 | It: Welcome to Derry, a prequel series based on Stephen King's novel It, is set to premiere on Max, produced by Warner Bros. Television |
| 2025 | Two Stephen King adaptations planned: The Monkey and The Running Man. |
| 2024 | Two Stephen King adaptations planned: The Life of Chuck (85% Rotten Tomatoes) and 'Salem's Lot (45% Rotten Tomatoes). |
| November 2024 | King announced his upcoming novel 'Never Flinch', set to release on May 27, 2025. |
| June 2024 | Release of 'Trapped', an exclusive 40-page chapbook based on a story by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar, including screenplay and behind-the-scenes materials |
| May 2024 | The short story collection 'You Like It Darker' debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times fiction best-seller list. |
| May 2024 | Stephen King publishes five novellas in the collection 'You Like It Darker': 'The Answer Man', 'Danny Coughlin's Bad Dream', 'The Dreamers', 'Rattlesnakes', and 'Two Talented Bastids'. |
| 2023 | Release of 'Pet Sematary: Bloodlines', an origin story based on Stephen King's Pet Sematary, directed by Lindsey Anderson Beer and distributed by Paramount+. The film received a 24% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. |
| 2023 | The Boogeyman adaptation released with 61% Rotten Tomatoes score. |
| 2023 | 'A Face in the Crowd' was published in a hardcover edition alongside Richard Chizmar's 'The Longest December'. |
| November 2023 | The short story collection 'You Like It Darker' was published by Scribner. |
| September 2023 | King released 'Holly', featuring the character Holly Gibney. |
| 2022 | King released the novel 'Fairy Tale'. |
| 2022 | Stephen King published the short story 'Willie the Weirdo' in McSweeney's 66 (Spring 2022), which was originally planned for issue #65 in 2021 but postponed. The story is set to be collected in 'You Like It Darker' (2024). |
| 2022 | Two Stephen King adaptations released: Firestarter (10% Rotten Tomatoes) and Mr. Harrigan's Phone (46% Rotten Tomatoes). |
| November 2022 | Third Finnish-language adaptation of Misery (Piina) performed by Pori Theatre in Pori. |
| May 25 2022 | Stephen King released the short story 'Finn' on Scribd as an ebook and audiobook, with plans to include it in the future collection 'You Like It Darker' (2024). |
| 2021 | He published 'Later', his third book for Hard Case Crime. |
| 2021 | The miniseries 'Lisey's Story' was released. |
| 2021 | 'Chapelwaite' TV series, adapted from Stephen King's short story 'Jerusalem's Lot', premieres on Epix with a 60% Rotten Tomatoes rating. |
| 2021 | King appeared in an episode of Duncanville titled 'That Jing You Do' as himself. |
| September 9 2021 | Stephen King published the short story 'Red Screen' through Humble Bundle as an e-book, which was later collected in the anthology 'You Like It Darker' (2024). |
| 2020 | King released 'If It Bleeds', a collection of four novellas. |
| 2020 | IDW Publishing released a comic adaptation of 'Sleeping Beauties', a novel co-authored by Stephen King and his son Owen King |
| 2020 | 'The Outsider' TV series, adapted from Stephen King's novel, premieres on HBO with a 91% Rotten Tomatoes rating. |
| 2020 | 'The Stand' TV series, based on Stephen King's novel, airs on CBS All Access with a 57% Rotten Tomatoes rating. |
| 2020 | Children of the Corn adaptation released with 11% Rotten Tomatoes score. |
| October 2020 | Stephen King published the short story 'On Slide Inn Road' in Esquire Magazine, which will later be collected in the book 'You Like It Darker' (2024). |
| March 2020 | Stephen King published the short story 'The Fifth Step' in Harper's Magazine, which will later be collected in the book 'You Like It Darker' (2024). |
| 2019 | Stephen King had a role as a Shopkeeper in 'It Chapter Two'. |
| 2019 | King published 'The Institute', further establishing his presence in contemporary horror literature. |
| 2019 | Ice Nine Kills released their album The Silver Scream, featuring 'It Is the End', inspired by the It film adaptation. |
| 2019 | Richard Chizmar writes Gwendy's Magic Feather, a sequel to the novella Gwendy's Button Box which was co-authored with Stephen King, published by Cemetery Dance. |
| 2019 | Creepshow anthology TV series began airing on Shudder, following the formula of the original Creepshow films |
| 2019 | Three Stephen King adaptations released: Pet Sematary (57% Rotten Tomatoes), In the Tall Grass (35% Rotten Tomatoes), and Doctor Sleep (78% Rotten Tomatoes). |
| October 2019 | First Finnish-language adaptation of Misery (Piina) performed by Tampere Theatre in Tampere. |
| September 2019 | Second Finnish-language adaptation of Misery (Piina) performed by Kuopio City Theatre in Kuopio. |
| April 2019 | The Shawshank Redemption made its North American debut at the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri, directed by Bob Paisley. |
| April 18 2019 | Stephen King published the short story 'Squad D' in the anthology Shivers VIII, which was written in the late 1970s and had been previously published in German two months earlier. |
| 2018 | King co-edits 'Flight or Fright' anthology with Bev Vincent, featuring stories by King, Vincent, and Joe Hill |
| 2018 | King published 'The Outsider' and the novella 'Elevation'. |
| 2018 | The series 'Castle Rock' was released. |
| 2018 | Release of 'Children of the Corn: Runaway', another sequel to the 1984 Children of the Corn film, directed by John Gulager and distributed by Lionsgate Films. |
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