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Here’s Every Stephen King Easter Egg in ‘The Dark Tower’
There are worlds other than these.
Long before “cinematic universes” were the hottest thing in Hollywood, Stephen King had his own going on throughout his many novels and short stories. Big and small references throughout King’s works unite many of them inside something of a shared storytelling universe, and The Dark Tower saga is at the center of it all.
So I suppose it makes perfect sense that director Nikolaj Arcel worked so many Stephen King Easter eggs into his feature film adaptation of The Dark Tower (read our review), now out in theaters. The film is absolutely loaded with references to other King stories, most of which were unfortunately spoiled by the marketing campaign.
One of the very first shots of the film shows us two twin girls who look a lot like the Grady Twins from The Shining ; they even repeat the iconic line, “Come play with us,” just in case you didn’t get the reference. From there we’re treated to Easter eggs for tales such as Christine, Salem’s Lot, Misery and 1408… to name just a handful.
My personal favorite Easter egg is the appearance of killer dog Cujo, who’s being walked down the street by a mother and son who look a lot like Donna and Tad Trenton!
Check out every Stephen King reference in The Dark Tower below.
STEPHEN KING’S IT
THE SHINING
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
CUJO
CHRISTINE
THE SHINING
MR. MERCEDES
STAND BY ME
MISERY
1408
SALEM’S LOT
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‘The American Winner’: Flula Borg to Star in Horror Satire About a Tech Billionaire with a Monstrous Secret
Flula Borg (The Suicide Squad) and Academy Award winner Troy Kotsur (Primate, CODA) have been set to star in satirical horror movie The American Winner, which is currently in production per Deadline.
The American Winner will mark the feature debut of Iranian writer/director Farbod Ardebili.
Borg stars as “a megalomaniacal tech billionaire who manipulates markets from his residence while protecting the bizarre ‘being’ he’s accidentally impregnated and must feed to keep his progeny alive. The entire film takes place in the palatial bathroom of the Silicon Valley guru.”
The bit about Borg’s character impregnating a mysterious “being” in that logline certainly has our interest.
Producer Daniel Brandt’s comments to Deadline also intrigue: “When we met Flula we knew he was the perfect person to bring our tech-centric Patrick Bateman to life. We view this one as a five-minutes-into-the-future tech world update of American Psycho infused with a The Thing-style monster that is really going to freak people out. The American Winner is a wild blend of horror and satire that pulls no punches and is chock full of relevant commentary that we feel will resonate with audiences today.”
Ashby Gentry (Netflix’s My Life with the Walter Boys), Misha Osherovich (Freaky), Toks Olagundoye (Frasier), Lorena Gonzalez and Shavvon Lin also star.
The film was produced by brothers Dane and Cole Eckerle on behalf of their label Bad Grey alongside Daniel Brandt and Mark Finley of Plain Text.
John Henry Hinkel is also a producer on the film. Exec producers include Tom Spriggs and Atil Singh of Principal Entertainment, Lorena E. Gonzalez, Erin O’Connor and Maurice Black of Story Incubator, Katherine Kendall, Shavvon Lin and Jimmy Cai.
Troy Kotsur as “Adam” and Gia Hunter as “Erin” in Primate from Paramount Pictures.
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