Round Table #158 (Year End Bash)

In the 2024 Year End Bash as is tradition the phone lines are open and Tadd and Peter get a page count for Never Flinch, a date for Life of Chuck, a change of date for The Running Man, a first glimpse of The Institute, along with plenty of tangents and Peter with a very cool Jack Mort theory from his latest read-through of the series. 

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Round Table #158

First up the publisher site showing the Never Flinch Page Count & Audible showing the Runtime.

Next up The Life of Chuck is coming May 30! Check it HERE.

Next first look at The Institute. Check it HERE.

Next Autopsy Room Four is getting a film adaptation. Check it HERE.

Next The Running Man is coming a fortnight sooner. Check it HERE.

Next Bill Skarsgård talks Returning as Pennywise. Check it HERE.

Next the article about The Monkey’s tone. Check it HERE.

The Kingcast is going to live on with Anthony Breznican co-hosting! Check it HERE.

King is getting out of the Radio business after 40 years. Check it HERE.

Wizard and Glass Book Club #21 (Pt3, CH3 Sc1-8)

Sections Covered Part 3 Chapter 3, Subchapters 1–8)

 

In the latest Book Club, and last one of 2024, Tadd and Peter join the story with Hambry entering the rainy season. Eldred Jonas runs into Cordelia and takes her for a cup of tea as she spills the tea to him about her suspicions that Susan had slept with Will Dearborn.  We also see Rhea absorbed in the glass and being reminded of Susan and her plans for her. Jonas reeling from the idea that the boy had potentially put something so big over on him and goes to investigate Citgo where he finds the fallen Rook Skull. Jonas sets a trap and sleeps with Coral Thorin. And Musty shows up in Town

 

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Round Table #157

In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter palaver about the latest in the Dark Tower and King world including Flanagan asked about Casting The Dark Tower, King more solidly teasing a new Dark Tower Book, title and date for the 2025 King novel, also some details about Flanagan’s Carrie (including why do it), some actors talking about Life of Chuck and The Long Walk, some King adaptation recommends from Flanagan. Tadd and Peter also Palaver about if Roland is a tragic hero, mostly if he is a hero at all. 

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Round Table #157 Show Notes

First up a reminder to get your nominations for our two brackets for March Insanity 2025, we have the traditional Dark Tower bracket (Favorite Spoken Line) and new this year a non-DT King Bracket (Most Hated Non-DT King Character). Send those in via social media or email before the end of the year. The more nominations for a given candidate the more likely it makes the bracket!

First up King left Twitter and is primarily on Threads now, and he teased a new Dark Tower book it seems. Check it HERE.

The next Holly book is titled Never Flinch and it comes out May 27! Check the details and excerpt HERE.

Next Flanagan is asked if he has any castings in mind for his Dark Tower series. Check it HERE.

Next up Flanagan talks about why he accepted the Carrie adaptation and gives some hints to what it might look like. Check it HERE.

Matthew Lillard talks Life of Chuck. Check it HERE.

Next King stories Flanagan should adapt. Check it HERE.

Flanagan Names some underrated King adaptations. Check it HERE.

Next up Holly will get up into rarified air with Never Flinch and she might be the counter-weight to Flagg. Check it HERE.

Judy Greer teases the dark film that The Long Walk is going to be. Check it HERE

2025 March Insanity Topics

As previously announced the 2025 March Insanity fan vote will now include two Brackets; the traditional Dark Tower bracket and starting in 2025 a non-Dark Tower King Bracket. We have topics (see below) but now through the end of the year we need nominations to fill the brackets out.

So send your nominations in, you can mention as many nominations for either bracket as you want. As is our standard the 16 that get the most nominations will make the bracket (and it will decided seeding once they make the bracket.

So get your nominations in before the end of the year!

Topics

Dark Tower Bracket: Favorite Spoken Line

Non-Tower King Bracket: Most Hated Non-DT Character

Wizard and Glass Book Club #20 (Pt3, CH2 Sc1-8)

Sections Covered Part 3 Chapter 2, Subchapters 1–8)

 

In the penultimate Book Club for 2024 Tadd and Peter jump into Hambry as they begin the harvest and await the coming Reap Festival. Rhea makes up with Musty and the Glass while thinking of a way to pay Susan back. Alain and Cuthbert have it out with Roland and out of it comes and idea for moving to The Drop after warning the Town where they will be and when. The next day on the way Roland makes a mistake with Susan in the window and Cordelia sees, they give their schedule to Avery. Susan has a blow up with Cordelia about the wave from Roland. Avery and company rejoice at the stupidity of the boys, but Jonas doesn’t buy it. 

 

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Round Table #156

In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter announce the topics for the two March Insanity Brackets for 2025, then dive into all of the DT and King news including King tweeting he is back in Mid-World! As well as Flanagan doing a Carrie Series for Amazon, First Look at Welcome to Derry, Fairy Tale is a series now, The Running Man is coming in 2025 and the cast is legit, and ample tangents because that is what we do!
 
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Round Table #156 Show Notes

First up King’s Tweet about returning to Mid-World. Check it HERE.

Next up coverage of New York Comic Con with Flanagan. Check it HERE.

Next the reddit post claiming to have chatted with Flanagan about The Tower. Check it HERE.

Next Amazon is developing a Flanagan Carrie series. Check it HERE.

Next the EW First Look at Welcome to Derry. Check it HERE.

Next up Universal killed the film Fairy Tale but A24 Saved it to do it as a 10-episode Limited Series. Check it HERE.

Next up The Running Man; Gets a Release Date, Katy O’Brian, Josh Brolin, Lee Pace, and finally William H. Macy, Emilia Jones, and Michael Cera all HERE.

Next Book Series that should get video games. Check it HERE.

Then The Monkey gets its first trailer. Check it HERE.

Then Uncle Stevie Recommends: Teacup, Disclaimer, The Oligarch’s Daughter, The Nesting, and Prom Mom.

Wizard and Glass Book Club #19 (Interlude – Pt3, CH1 Sc1-5)

Sections Covered Interlude and Part 3 Chapter 1, Subchapters 1–5)
 
In the 19th Book Club on the 19th Day of October 2024 Tadd and Peter visit Roland’s Second Ka-Tet as they realize the night is holding despite the long tale, and Roland warns them about the rest of the story but they want him to finish. In Mejis the Huntress moon and the Reap begins, and Roland and Susan are delirious in love at the expense of all other things. Cuthbert and Alain are beside themselves with Roland’s actions. Jonas talks about going to investigate the Bar K, and Rhea is livid that her plans with Susan were foiled.
 

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