Mike Flanagan’s love of Stephen King is well documented. The filmmaker has already adapted a couple of King’s works (“Doctor Sleep” and “Gerald’s Game”), and it appears he’s not done there, as he’s adding “Carrie” to the mix.

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According to Deadline, Mike Flanagan is set to develop a new eight-episode limited series adaptation of “Carrie” for Amazon Prime Video.

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NEON has picked up yet another 2024 festival award-winner for distribution. Variety reports that the independent distribution company has a deal ready to pick up Mike Flanagan‘s “The Life Of Chuck,” which just won the People’s Choice Award at TIFF earlier this month.  No word yet if TIFF will get Flanagan’s latest in theaters in time for awards season, but it’s likely they’ll wait to release it next summer.

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Stephen King might have more individual works adapted for the screen than any other writer in history, besting Shakespeare, Dickens, and Christie. With “The Life Of Chuck,” horror impresario Mike Flanagan brings yet another King tale to the big screen, his third straight after “Doctor Sleep” and “Gerald’s Game.” Despite containing the expected horror and sci-fi elements, “The Life Of Chuck” is a bit of a departure for both King and Flanagan as it is a straight drama for much of its runtime—veering closer in tone to “The Shawshank Redemption” and “The Green Mile” than, say, “The Shining.

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Well, it’s official: after starting talks with Blumhouse earlier this month, Mike Flanagan will write, direct, and produce the studio’s next “Exorcist” film.  But Deadline reports that the project isn’t a sequel to “The Exorcist: Believer” anymore.  Instead, Flanagan will helm “a radical new take” on the horror series for Blumhouse and Morgan Creek, effectively starting the franchise over.

READ MORE: ‘The Exorcist: Deceiver’: Mike Flanagan In Talks To Direct Upcoming Sequel From Blumhouse & Universal

That’s a smart move for Blumhouse, considering how poorly “Believer” fared with critics last October.  

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Universal and Blumhouse aren’t ready to give up on their new “The Exorcist” trilogy just yet. Deadline reports that the studios eye horror maestro Mike Flanagan to helm their upcoming sequel “The Exorcist: Deceiver” after David Gordon Green exited the franchise in January. But is that a good idea for all involved?

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It’s easy to see why both studios want Flanagan to join their new franchise, as he’s one of the genre’s most respected filmmakers.

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In today’s episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast, host Mike DeAngelo falls for Netflix’s final Mike Flanagan (“The Haunting of Hill House,” “Doctor Sleep”) collaboration, “The Fall of the House of Usher.” The series follows two wealthy and powerful Pharmaceutical magnates whose family dynasty begins to wash away as their heirs start to meet horrifying ends.

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Hot off the premiere of “The Fall Of The House Of Usher” on Netflix, Mike Flanagan is already working hard on his next project. And it’s another Stephen King adaptation, shooting in Alabama under an interim agreement. Flanagan fans already knew “Life Of Chuck,” based on short stories in King’s 2020 book “If It Bleeds,” has Tom Hiddleston and Mark Hamill leading the cast, but Deadline reports three more names join the project: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillan, and Jacob Tremblay.

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Some families are blessed and born into wealth and privilege, ala the royal Roys; others have to fight tooth and nail for scraps to survive. And some, born from tragedy but still ambitious— maybe believing a cruel and sh*tty world owes them—well, they might be willing to do anything, sell their souls even, for everything they’ve dreamt of. But it always comes at a cost, and one day, the reaper of retribution will come to collect.

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Mike Flanagan is back with his latest Netflix horror series. Sure, his last foray into Netflix horror, “The Midnight Club,” wasn’t the best, but this is still the filmmaker behind “The Haunting of Hill House,” so we’ll cut him some slack. Plus, there’s no denying “The Fall of the House of Usher” looks like a fun time.

READ MORE: ‘The Life Of Chuck’: Tom Hiddleston & Mark Hamill To Star In Mike Flanagan’s Latest Stephen King Adaptation

As seen in the trailer, “The Fall of the House of Usher” is inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe and tells the story of the powerful Usher family who find themselves hunted down by a mysterious killer from their past.

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Mike Flanagan has had a good run of horror projects with Netflix, adapting stories from literary greats like Stephen King, Shirley Jackson, Christopher Pike and Henry James. And he’s also done original limited series like 2021’s “Midnight Mass,” too (although that one wears its King influence proudly).

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Now, Flanagan returns to Netflix this Halloween with another limited series, updating Edgar Allan Poe‘s “The Fall Of The House Of Usher” for the 21st century.

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Mike Flanagan sure does love Stephen King stories, huh? Though his career has always been horror-focused, it wasn’t until “Gerald’s Game,” based on a King story, that people started to really take notice. Then he’d go off and do the ‘Haunting’ series over at Netflix, but then he came back to film with “Doctor Sleep,” the controversial sequel to “The Shining.” Now, it appears Flanagan can’t spend too much time away from a new King adaptation (in addition to a planned “Dark Tower” series), as he preps to film “The Life of Chuck.”

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According to Deadline, Mike Flanagan is set to write, direct, and produce an adaptation of the Stephen King story, “The Life of Chuck.” Not only that but he’s already cast two of the roles, landing Tom Hiddleston and Mark Hamill for the film.

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Back in late January, new DC Studios co-heads James Gunn and Peter Safran announced the first chapter of their new DCEU. Entitled “Gods And Monsters,” the new slate includes films like Gunn’s “Superman: Legacy,” a Batman film in “The Brave And The Bold,” and even a “Booster Gold” movie. Of course, there are some deep-cut characters in the mix, too (as expected with Gunn), with “Swamp Thing” and “The Authority” in the pipeline.

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Last week, news broke that Mike Flanagan and his producing partner Trevor Macy jumped ship from Netflix to Amazon on a new overall TV deal. Now there’s news about what Flanagan’s first project with Amazon might be. And for fans of the director (and Stephen King), it’s great news.

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Variety reports (via a Deadline interview) that Intrepid Pictures, Flanagan and Macy’s banner, acquired the rights to adapt King’s “The Dark Tower” book series into a TV series.

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Horror fans have tuned into Netflix for Mike Flanagan‘s multiple hit shows for over a half-decade. But now they’ll need to sign up for a different streamer to get their Flanagan fix. Variety reports that Flanagan and his regular producer Trevor Macy have a new overall TV deal in place, but with Amazon, not Netflix.  

READ MORE: ‘The Midnight Club’ Review: Mike Flanagan’s Horror Coming-Of-Ager Gets Too Sentimental About The Nature Of Storytelling

Flanagan and Macy’s Intrepid Pictures lived up to their title during their time with Netflix.

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Mike Flanagan is as sentimental about storytelling as he is about horror, for better and for worse. Sometimes that has led to a unique heartbeat in his work—the aching pain in his landmark Shirley Jackson adaptation “The Haunting of Hill House,” or his dedication to making us see the demons of “The Shining” in a different light with his unfairly maligned feature “Doctor Sleep.” But his latest project, co-created with Leah Fong, shows that affinity getting the better of him.

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Mike Flanagan has built an impressive recent resume with his horror miniseries on Netflix. It all started with 2018’s “The Haunting Of Hill House,” with its follow-up, “The Haunting Of Bly Manor” coming two years later. Then last year, “Midnight Mass” dropped to much critical fanfare. But while fans wait for “The Fall Of The House Of Usher” to premiere next year, Flanagan has another miniseries on the way first: “The Midnight Club.”

READ MORE: ‘The Midnight Club’ Teaser: The Creators Of ‘Haunting Of Hill House’ Returns With A New Netflix Horror Series

Based on Christopher Pike‘s 1994 novel of the same name, the series follows eight young hospice patients who make a chilling pact with one another.

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Filmmaker Mike Flanagan really has found his niche on Netflix, hasn’t he? After the success of “Haunting Of Hill House,” he’s gone on to create “Haunting of Bly Manor” and “Midnight Mass,” both of which were just as big as his first show. And now, he’s back for a fourth series, “The Midnight Club.”

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As seen in the teaser for “The Midnight Club,” the show is primarily about a group of eight young people who meet each night to tell scary stories.

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Back in October, it was announced that horror maestro, Mike Flanagan, was set to return to Netflix for yet another limited series, this time tackling “The Fall of the House of Usher.” Not many details were known about the look and feel of the series, but considering his previous works, many assumed Flanagan would bring in yet another great ensemble cast. And that’s exactly what is happening. 

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Mike Flanagan is a name that has quickly become synonymous with quality horror projects. And most recently, he’s proven to be the top filmmaker when it comes to crafting horror limited series with three straight hit shows for Netflix. Now, it seems as if the filmmaker is making a public plea to get his hands on one of the biggest franchises in the entire industry– “Star Wars.”

Recently, Flanagan took to social media to reveal his desire to bring his horror sensibilities to the galaxy far, far away.

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It appears that filmmaker Mike Flanagan is ready to move from Stephen King to another iconic horror author, Edgar Allan Poe, as he sets “The Fall of the House of Usher” for Netflix.

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According to Netflix, Mike Flanagan and his Intrepid Pictures are set to reteam for the fifth time to bring a new horror series to the streaming service.

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Netflix has been generous to Mike Flanagan over the last five years, and the consequence of that generosity is style dilation. Flanagan spent the early stages of his career directing movies like “Absentia,” “Oculus,” “Hush,” and “Before I Wake,” small-scale horror efforts with distinctly human hearts; he wasn’t the first filmmaker to care about his cast of victims-in-waiting, but compassion was his prize ingredient, the quality he expressed even at each movie’s peak of suspense.

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Writer/director Mike Flanagan (“Doctor Sleep“) is back at Netflix with his new series “Midnight Mass” after previously giving us ghost stories in “The Haunting of Hill House” and “The Haunting of Bly Manor.”

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“Midnight Mass” focuses on the small isolated community of Crockett Island.

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Following the surprising breakout success of his indie horror film, “Hush,” Mike Flanagan really established himself as one of the best names in the genre with his Netflix series, “The Haunting of Hill House.” Since then, he’s followed it up with another Netflix series, “The Haunting of Bly Manor” and the Stephen King film adaptation, “Doctor Sleep.” But it appears Flanagan is ready to head back to Netflix for yet another limited series, “Midnight Mass.”

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As seen in the teaser for “Midnight Mass,” Flanagan is once again tackling supernatural horror, though it’s still unclear what story he’s trying to tell.

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When “Joker” became a huge success, there was talk that this approach to DC villains could be expanded to other characters. Though we haven’t heard more about director Todd Philips‘ pitch for a “DC Black” series of films, there is one filmmaker who already has a working relationship with Warner Bros. and has a pitch for an unconventional DC film, Mike Flanagan.

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Despite its water cooler-like success on social media, with critics and audiences, it appears filmmaker Mike Flanagan won’t be expanding on his “Haunting” franchise series at Netflix anytime soon. The series creator took to Twitter to respond to a fan asking if he would be making a third chapter after working on “The Haunting of Hill House” and “The Haunting of Bly Manor.”

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The short answer is no; Flanagan alluding to Intrepid Pictures being too busy with other things at the moment, adding that they don’t have current plans to make any follow-ups. 

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