The strength of this relationship led directly to the creation of director Scott Hicks’ Hearts In Atlantis – Castle Rock having acquired the rights to the book of the same name just months after its publication in 1999. According to Tony Magistrale’s Hollywood’s Stephen King, there was a standing deal in place that would see Castle Rock Entertainment own the movie rights to a given story for the price of $1, but King got director, script, and cast approval, as well as five percent of the profits from the very first dollar. The development of so many successful films generated a great deal of trust between Stephen King and Castle Rock – which was obviously fitting given that Rob Reiner named the company after the fictional setting of 1986’s Stand By Me (which is based on the King novella “The Body”).
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The book is a very quick read with illustrations mixed in for each chapter (typically a scenery picture to open the chapter, and a werewolf attack or two also illustrated). It’s also like a short story collection, as the book is divided into 12 chapters based on the full moon each month, and only about 4 of the twelve chapters really feel connected to the main narrative and the rest seem like vignettes. It’s certainly a horror story due to its subject matter. (In the film, the werewolf was played by Everett McGill, aka Big Ed from Twin Peaks, and an actor who one of my favorite podcasts would refer to as a god damned American treasure).Ĭycle of the Werewolf is a book that’s difficult to put into a genre. It’s been nearly twenty years since I’ve seen that movie, but even without reading this book I vividly remember a teenager defending himself from a werewolf with fireworks and the reveal of who the the werewolf was due to an eye patch a short time later. I didn’t realize when I started this that this book is the basis for the 1985 film “Silver Bullet” starring cinema greats Gary Busey and Corey Haim. Michael Lewin, who ran a similar program at Sing-Sing prison in 1953. The program, funded by a $240,000 grant from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, was led by Dr. In 1967, a three-year cosmetic surgery program set on Rikers Island saw recidivism rates drop 36% for surgically altered offenders. And, strange as it may sound, the criminologists were right: recidivism rates plummeted. In the beginning, this was a haphazard affair-applied inconsistently and unfairly to inmates, but entering the 1960s, a movement to scientifically quantify the long-term effect of such programs took hold. From the 1920s up to the mid-1990s, half a million prison inmates across America, Canada, and the U.K willingly went under the knife, their tab picked up by the government. Killer Looks is the definitive story about the long-forgotten practice of providing free nose jobs, face-lifts, breast implants, and other physical alterations to prisoners, the idea being that by remodeling the face you remake the man. The Forgotten History of Plastic Surgery in Prisons You can email questions to our show at or by clicking here. From Silver Age to Silver Screen: Ant-Man, a Hero Spidey Looks Down On.He and co-writer/inker Bob Layton established Iron Mans battle with. David had one of the longest runs on the Spider-Man titles during the 90s and talks about collaborating with Todd McFarlane, Mark Bagley, and Erik Larsen, and provides the show with confirmation on a number of lingering rumors about his time on the series, including an alternate take on Venom’s origin. After beginning his writing career on DC horror titles, David Michelinie moved to Marvel. In this extra special episode Dan and Mark interview David Micheline, former writer of Amazing Spider-Man, Web of Spider-Man, The Avengers, and Iron Man, as well as the creator of Venom, Carnage, Scott Lang, and Taskmaster. Two fans and collectors (Dan Gvozden and Mark Ginocchio) discuss the Spider-Man comic universe in a show that looks to the past, present, and future of Spider-Man. |