Explained: Elon Musk’s ‘pay for Twitter blue tick’ row
Fp Explainers • 2 years agoThe blue tick indicating a verified account may soon come for a price. Elon Musk, who took complete control of Twitter, is planning on charging people — anywhere between $4.99 and $19.99 a month — to retain their checkmark. The move has unsurprisingly angered people on the platform
Lisey's Story review: Julianne Moore's Apple TV+ show is a clumsy attempt at generating horror through loss and death
Pratishrutiganguly • 4 years agoThis Stephen King adaptation is a yawn-fest with brief fangirl moments when Moore appears on screen.
Stephen King's Christine to get new feature film adaptation; Bryan Fuller to pen screenplay, direct
Fp Staff • 4 years agoStephen King's novel was previously adapted into a 1983 feature film, starring Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Robert Prosky and Harry Dean Stanton.
Stephen King on adapting his favourite novel Lisey's Story for Apple TV+, and responsibility shouldered by horror creators
• 4 years ago"Ordinarily, I send my novels off the way you send a kid to college. You hope they do well, but you’re hands-off. But if you're in it, you're going to be in it all the way."
The Julianne Moore interview | 'To find the reality of your character in a supernatural story is exciting, challenging'
Devanshsharma • 4 years agoJulianne Moore talks about her new supernatural show Lisey's Story, translating Stephen King's favourite novel to screen, and why she thinks psychological dramas are therapeutic.
The JJ Abrams interview | 'Stephen King adapting Lisey's Story himself gave us the confidence we could pull this off'
Devanshsharma • 4 years agoJJ Abrams talks about producing the Apple TV+ adaptation of Stephen King's favourite novel, his association with the author, and choosing Pablo Larrain and Julianne Moore as collaborators.
Apple TV+ series Lisey’s Story, based on Stephen King's novel and starring Julianne Moore, to premiere on 4 June
Fp Staff • 4 years agoLisey’s Story will premiere on Apple TV+ on 4 June with the first two episodes, followed by new episodes every Friday.
Margaret Atwood, John Grisham among writers who will contribute to a new novel around the COVID-19 pandemic
• 4 years agoThe story is set on a Manhattan rooftop in 2020 as the virus spreads worldwide and the rich are fleeing the city.
16 international titles to watch for in March: A lowdown on the best fiction and non-fiction books for the month
• 4 years agoDon't miss these books in March.
Later book review: Stephen King delivers a gory mix of crime and horror in his latest whodunnit thriller
• 4 years agoPublished under the Hard Case Crime imprint, which also distributed The Colorado Kid (2005) and Joyland (2013) — Later is narrated by 22-year-old Jamie, looking back on his formative years. He begins his story at age six, when he first figured out he could see and talk to the dead.