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Sections Covered: Part 3, Chapter 6, Subchapters 1-8)

 

In the latest Book Club Tadd and Peter find Mejis with a matter of days until reap and the Barony is hard at work to finish the harvest and get ready for Reaping Day. Sheemie delivers some graf to Seafront and with the help of Susan smuggles some fireworks out in the empty barrels. Reynolds checks in at Citgo where a number of towns folks are on guard. Rhea is deteriorating fast as she is shown horrid things through the ball. Cuthbert and Alain set up the gunpowder at the mouth of Eyebolt Canyon. And Susan makes her last visit to the house she shared with Cordelia and makes peace with the decisions she has made, also finding out Cordelia helped cover up her father’s murder.

 

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In the latest episode Tadd and Peter palaver about Never Flinch which has finally announced the narrator for the audiobook and King has a video reading an excerpt, they dive deep into an article breaking down how Flanagan’s DT can take inspiration from Castle Rock. Also there is a first look for The Long Walk and a bunch more!

 

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As mentioned in the episode both June episodes will be delayed a week due to summer activities happening when we should record.

First up Never Flinch has its narrator, Jessie Mueller. Also the runtime is showing 13 Hours. Check it HERE.

Next up King reads an excerpt from Never Flinch. Check it HERE. Also if you want the Etsy link to that Billy Bumbler shirt he is wearing I found it HERE.

Next up that article on how TDT Series could take some inspiration from Castle Rock. Check it HERE.

Next up Breznican’s first look at The Long Walk. Check it HERE.

Next up Matthew Lillard is in Talks for the Flanagan Carrie Series. Check it HERE.

Next up the first ever Stephen King Day in Maine. Check it HERE.

Next up the Overlook… I mean Stanley, is Borrowing Big Money to be a Destination for Horror Fans! Check it HERE.

Next up Emilio Estevez wrote a sequel to Maximum Overdrive that we will never see. Check it HERE.

Last up The Running Man Wrapped Filming a little bit ago. Check it HERE.

Sections Covered Part 3 Chapter 5, Subchapters 6–9)

 

In the latest Book Club Tadd and Peter rejoin Susan and the boys in the graveyard where they talk about Sheemie and Jonas as well as Rhea. They then hypnotize Susan to figure out about the pink dead zone in her mind and they finally figure out what Rhea has. We also flashback to Steven’s final words to the boys before they left on this journey. And Roland rides Susan back to Seafront under the beginning of the Demon Moon.

 

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In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter palaver about the latest news in the King realm including; Flanagan getting a greenlight for Carrie at Amazon as well as he has his Carrie and Sue Snell, Netflix is doing the first re-adaptation of Cujo (Carrie has 4 soon to be 5 and Cujo only has 1 soon to be 2, wild), The Long Walk gets its release date, and Peter is able to react to the March Insanity results and the email jingle returns! Of course plenty of tangents abound as well. 

 

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First up Flanagan got a greenlight from Amazon for Carrie. Check it HERE.

Next Flanagan likely has his Carrie. Check it HERE.

He also has his Sue Snell. Check it HERE.

Next up Netflix is re-adapting Cujo! Check it HERE.

Also they are negotiating with Darren Aronofsky to direct Cujo (RIP Tad if he is the director). Check it HERE.

Next up The Long Walk gets its release Date 9/12/2025. Check it HERE.

So with the Monkey in the rearview mirror here is the schedule for the rest of the year for King works

• The Monkey (February 21)
• The Life of Chuck (June 6, 2025) 
• The Long Walk (September 12, 2025)
• The Running Man (November 7, 2025)
• Welcome to Derry (2025)
• The Institute (TBA)

Next the thing for fantasy recommends if you like The Wheel of Time (Dark Tower is #7). Check it HERE.

Next up the Welcome to Derry poster

Next the new Life of Chuck poster

Then Uncle Stevie recommends

Then there is the article for most hated King characters that strangely aligned with out March Insanity Poll, specifically the top few. Check it HERE.

Sections Covered Part 3 Chapter 5, Subchapters 1–5)

 

In the latest Book Club Tadd and Peter start to see the final plans of both sides. First Jonas meets with Depape, Reynolds, Coral Thorin, and Latigo and they talk about the movement of the tankers that is actively going on. We find out Latigo brought 100 Soldiers and the plan is to kill Mayor Thorin and Rimer and frame the boys as responsible and working for Farson. The boys meet with Susan in a graveyard with their plans of blowing the oil up, and leading then driving the survivors into the thinny. They expect it all to happen on Reap, but Jonas intends to move a day earlier. 

 

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In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter talk about the wild day or two of news that King was writing for the Flanagan Dark Tower, then they hit an article breaking down why adapting The Dark Tower is so difficult (and Peter makes his true feelings known about Tull hahah). Then Gwendy is getting an Omnibus, King is writing a Hansel and Gretel book, and Danny Coughlin’s Bad Dream is getting adapted! Then there is a few minutes of Monkey talk! 

Also don’t forget to vote in March Insanity, check it at DarkTowerPalaver.com/MarchInsanity Round 1 ends on March 8th! 

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First off go HERE to get your vote in for Round 1 of March Insanity!

Next is the IGN Article about King writing for Flanagan’s Dark Tower. Check it HERE. They have the links to King’s post on Bluesky as part of their update.

Next up 10 Reasons Adapting TDT is difficult. Check it HERE.

Next up the article about the Gwendy Omnibus is HERE and the Amazon link is HERE.

Next King is writing for the Maurice Sendak reimagining of Hansel and Gretel. Check the article HERE.

Next up Danny Coughlin’s Bad Dream is getting adapted! Check the article on the director HERE.

Then the link to The Monkey publicity bus days before the film came out.

Sections Covered Part 3 Chapter 4, Subchapters 1–12)

In the first Book Club of 2025 Tadd and Peter dive back into Wizard & Glass. They find the young Ka-Tet leaving for the day and Roland sees something before they leave. Sheemie has to go up the Cöos to deliver something to Rhea and is given something to deliver to Cordelia. Alain senses that something is wrong back at the Bar K, Roland doesn’t seem to care. What he is sense is Jonas destroying and defiling everything and killing their carrier pigeons. Then on finding the defilement there is a massive explosion between Cuthbert and Roland that nearly comes to blows and the words are brutal. After leaving Cuthbert runs into Sheemie coming back down Cöos hill. Jonas returns to find Depape shook as one of Farson’s men has showed up and he is mayhap more than a man.  

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