CASTLE ROCK: Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason on Getting the Tone Right in a Stephen King Adaptation

With more than four decades of material to play with, Stephen King’s various novels and stories are continuously being adapted. (Since 2017, the list includes films THE DARK TOWER, IT, GERALD’S GAME, and 1922, while MR. MERCEDES just started its second season on television.) Hulu’s CASTLE ROCK is a bit of an abnormality, because while the series shares a character directly from King’s world (and it’s set in one of his most famous fictional locations), the story is an original one.

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CASTLE ROCK: ‘The Queen’ is the Best Hour of the Series So Far

[This post contains light spoilers for the August 21 episode of CASTLE ROCK.]

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CASTLE ROCK at ATX: Live-Blog

CASTLE ROCK—the new series set in the Stephen King multiverse—is paneling at ATX (at 1:30/12:30c), with creators Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason sharing details about what’s to come in the new Hulu series. Follow along for updates! Read more

MANHATTAN: John Benjamin Hickey, Thomas Schlamme, and Sam Shaw on ‘The Prisoner’s Dilemma’ Fallout

[This post contains spoilers for the August 3rd episode of MANHATTAN. Please do not read this until you’ve seen “The Prisoner’s Dilemma.”]

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MANHATTAN: John Benjamin Hickey, Olivia Williams, Sam Shaw, and Thomas Schlamme Preview the New WGN America Series

WGN America’s second scripted series, MANHATTAN — which is about the 1940s-based Manhattan Project, which led to the creation of the atomic bomb — debuts this weekend, and not only is it gorgeous, but it’s also instantly compelling.

After the show’s recent Television Critics Association press tour panel, I spoke with series stars John Benjamin Hickey (Frank) and Olivia Williams (Liza) about what drew them to the series, and with creator Sam Shaw and director/executive producer Thomas Schlamme about the experience of making it…

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