
The Kingcast
A Stephen King Podcast For Stephen King Obsessives
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Apr 23, 2025 • 1h 17min
272: Talking GI Joe and Stephen King with Larry Hama
Larry Hama not only worked on GI Joe, he also dabbled with Wolverine, Nth Man, and Elektra. His work on Joe didn't end with the comics, either. He also penned the majority of the dossier files on the back of all the toys.

Apr 9, 2025 • 1h 18min
271: The Mist with Christopher Landon
Both The Mist and our guest's latest film, Drop, are contained pot-boilers as a small group of people share the same small common area as wild stuff is happening outside. One involves creepy cell phone drops, the other tentacled monsters, but go with us with this comparison.

Mar 26, 2025 • 1h 15min
270: Carrie with Ami Canaan Mann
Carrie is the novel that started everything for Stephen King, a runaway success that set him up to be the master of horror for going on 5 decades now. It tells the story of a sheltered, awkward girl who just so happens to be telekinetic and when she's pushed too far... well, she makes her wrath known to the entire town.

Mar 19, 2025 • 1h 8min
269: Christine with David Yarovesky
Christine tells the story of Arnie Cunningham and his disturbingly close relationship with his car. What does this story have to say about toxic masculinity? How hard is it to film automotive mayhem? And what's with all the wiener grabbing? All these questions and more are asked and answered in today's episode.

Mar 12, 2025 • 1h 19min
268: The Eyes of the Dragon with Dan Berk and Robert Olsen
Eyes of the Dragon sees a small kingdom completely upturned thanks to the murder of their King. An innocent prince is framed for his father's murder and is locked away in a tower while his younger brother takes the thrown, the unwitting lapdog of the evil wizard Randall Flagg.
Thanks to our sponsors this week: Lumi Gummies and A24's Opus

Feb 26, 2025 • 1h 3min
267: A Conversation with Osgood Perkins
Director Osgood Perkins is most famous for the recent genre smash, Longlegs, and he brings his unique point of view to The Monkey, which is out in theaters now from Neon and James Wan's Atomic Monster.
Make sure to check out the movie and read Kingcast co-host Anthony Breznican's wonderful Vanity Fair profile on Osgood Perkins.

Feb 13, 2025 • 1h 3min
266: An Interview with James Wan
James Wan is famous for Saw, Insidious, The Conjuring, and Aquaman, but he's also produced a few Stephen King adaptations, including The Monkey, which is being released February 21st.
We talk a lot about working with Osgood Perkins, how perfectly horror and comedy can work together if crafted correctly, his version of The Tommyknockers which never made it off the ground, and his love of Stephen King's It.

Jan 29, 2025 • 1h 10min
265: Stephen King Returns
King drops some news about his current novel, The Talisman 3, and fields a variety of questions ranging from the adaptations of his work (stuff like the upcoming The Life of Chuck, The Long Walk, and The Monkey, and classics like Cujo and Maximum Overdrive) to nerdy deep dives into his craft, his relationship with Tabby, the new Holly Gibney novel coming this May called Never Flinch, Mike Flanagan, and just what the hell is up with all the corn in his work.
This episode is sponsored by Neon's The Monkey, an adaptation of King's short story of the same name directed by Osgood Perkins (Longlegs), and starring Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, and Elijah Wood, coming to theaters February 21st.

Jan 24, 2025 • 1h 1min
264: Meet Your New Kingcast Co-Host
The Kingcast returns from hiatus next Wednesday, January 29th, with a brand new permanent co-host. Anthony Breznican has signed up for this new tour of duty for the show and before we hit the ground running next week I figured I would post this episode where you can get to know Brez a little bit.
This episode was previously only available on The Kingcast Patreon (www.patreon.com/thekingcast, sign up now!).

Dec 25, 2024 • 57min
263: An Interview with Bill Skarsgard and Willem Dafoe
Chaos reigns as Bill Skarsgard and Willem Dafoe talk with Vespe about their current flick Nosferatu as well as all their favorite Stephen King things. Both actors have King connections. Bill's is obvious, Willem will be a deep cut for King nerds.
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