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Author Dean Koontz Signs With Brillstein, Inkwell
January 9, 2017
Author Dean Koontz has signed with New York-based lit boutique Inkwell Management in all areas, and with Brillstein Entertainment Partners for film and television. Koontz, who has sold over 500 million books in 38 languages, has been without agency representation for several years, so look for him to become more active in having his thriller novels adapted. He had been and continues to be lawyered by Richard Heller at Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz. Inkwell’s Richard Pine and Kim Witherspoon, and Brillstein’s Jon Liebman and Missy Malkin are his new reps.
Read the full article @ Deadline Hollywood.
Related articles:
- A Dean R. Koontz Revival is Upon Us! (Bloody Disgusting)
- Dean Koontz Is Now One Step Closer to Bringing His Novels to the Screen (Film School Rejects)
- Author Dean Koontz Signs With Brillstein, Inkwell (Yahoo! TV)
Rudy Vasquez
January 9, 2017
Sponsored by Trade Craft, this month’s coloring corner was illustrated by Rudy Vasquez. Voted Best Artist by What’s Up readers in 2010, Rudy has worked on Ink Works Official Family Guy trading cards, Ape Entertainment’s U.T.F., Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein graphic novel adaptation published by the Dabel Bros, and Carnival Comics.
Read the full article @ What’s Up.
A Christmas Book to Remember
December 19, 2016
“Click through the interactive book shelf to see what books authors, from Laura Bush to James Patterson to [Dean Koontz], fondly remember as the best book they ever got for Christmas. What is the best book you have ever received as a holiday gift?”
Can you guess Dean’s book in just one try?
Dean is one of the Fab 40
December 19, 2016
During a recent stop at George’s Song Shop in downtown Johnstown, I got some advice from the man himself.
John George, a local historian as well as a merchant and music buff, really liked a recent series in The Tribune-Democrat featuring individuals who had made their mark in the Johnstown region, or who were from here and had gone on to success in various fields.
You should turn that into a book, George suggested – then was pleased to learn that his idea was already in the works.
Now, the book “Fab 40” is available just in time for the holidays.
The title is actually a bit of a misnomer. “Fab 40” contains 80 profiles – 40 featuring local icons of sports and another 40 for individuals in entertainment, business and science.
Robin Quillon, publisher of both The Tribune-Democrat and Johnstown Magazine, was looking to produce a compact book in the “flip” format – two covers, two themes.
So, you can start reading “Fab 40” from either end.
Read the full article and order your copy @ TribDem.com
Peter O'Toole: The Definitive Biography
November 23, 2016
There’s not as much as I was led to believe about Phantoms in this book but there is a quote from Dean.
Dean Koontz @ SDCC '08
November 20, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDupVfc7Rv4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi-9uUhNlxc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIgj7uncaiY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W77CjxNuDBY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T22nQHkx7Yo
'Peter O'Toole' captures what was unique about the enduring star
November 15, 2016
Yet it was arguably O’Toole’s persona – more than his chops as an actor per se – which left the biggest impression on audiences. Whether cast in roles swashbuckling (as the globe-trotting hero in 1962’s “Lawrence of Arabia”) or studious (as the courtly teacher to Chinese Emperor Pu Yi in 1987’s “The Last Emperor”), O’Toole frequently came across as variants of the same man: svelte, dashing, somewhat impetuous.
The point is nicely expressed in a passage in Peter O’Toole: The Definitive Biography, an accurately – if self-aggrandizingly – titled book by Robert Sellers. Discussing the rationale behind casting the actor in “The Last Emperor,” producer Jeremy Thomas itemizes the salient aspects of O’Toole’s façade: “He was the symbol of Western style, in a top hat and tails, and very statuesque with a great clarity of speech.”
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Of course, many of the films O’Toole made in the late 1980s and 1990s were beneath his station. Happily, however, Sellers recognizes that O’Toole brought authority to even the silliest projects. “His name and presence could still add gravitas to any production,” Sellers writes, and a fine case study is made of the two-bit science-fiction film “Phantoms” (1998): O’Toole is described as being genuinely respectful of the screenplay by Dean Koontz and acing a long monologue shot during a snowfall. And although “Supergirl” (1984) is blithely dismissed in a single line, the actor’s function in that film is roughly equivalent to that of Marlon Brando in “Superman” (1978) – he is there to supply a certain stateliness to a pop-culture product, and he does so with panache.
Read the full article @ The Christian Science Monitor.
Woodstock Framing Gallery features exhibit of iconic rock photos from original negatives
November 14, 2016
Joe Stefko, who’ll speak about the collection of rock photos drawn from original negatives that he’s exhibiting (and selling from) at Woodstock Framing Gallery, 4 p.m. Saturday, November 5, stood in front of a pristine print of what the rest of us know as Michael Cooper’s cover for the Rolling Stones’ Their Satanic Majesties’ Request. Around him are other Cooper prints from The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper album shoot, Bob Whitaker’s back cover image from Revolver, iconic shots of T Rex and Iggy Pop, early Beatles photos, John Lennon lithographs, and the pubescent redhead with an airplane that came out on a few hastily-withdrawn covers of Blind Faith’s only album, signed by the girl herself…
It was around the same time that the drummer began designing limited edition books; he currently works with three exclusive authors: Harlan Ellison, Dean Koontz and Tim Powers. He’d already gotten into collecting books while touring with The Turtles.
Read the full article @ HudsonValleyOne.com
Dean's birthday note to someone who hates his books
October 4, 2016
My friend doesn’t like Dean Koontz. I asked for an autographed headshot that read “F*CK YOU!” so I could give it as a birthday gift. He sent me this instead. Good guy Dean Koontz.
Gloria Reuben To Adapt Dean Koontz Novel ‘Dark Rivers Of The Heart’ For TV
October 3, 2016
Mr. Robot‘s Gloria Reuben is teaming with Cathy Konrad’s Tree Line Film and Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park Television to adapt Dean Koontz’s bestselling book Dark Rivers of the Heart for television…
“I’m delighted to be working with Gloria Reuben, and I’m no less delighted by the team that has coalesced around her. Television has become the ideal medium for long multiple-thread novels like Dark Rivers of the Heart, and I look forward to binge-watching this!” said Koontz.
Read the full article @ Deadline.
Ashley Bell paperback trailer
September 23, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv82cRHiDLk
Hideaway Laserdisc
September 2, 2016
Maybe most surprising is that they were still issuing films on Laserdisc in 1995…
WolrdCon finds
August 30, 2016
Dean Koontz items aren’t exactly the thing you go looking for at the World Science Fiction convention but that’s just what I did in the dealer’s room. Ok, there were a smattering of his old SF paperbacks but I don’t exactly need more copies of those. Here’s what I did find however. (The rest of my WorldCon photos can be found on Flickr.)
Frankenstein: Storm Surge graphic novel in Previews
August 1, 2016
Forthcoming: Frankenstein Storm Surge graphic novel
July 18, 2016
Hardcover, 136p, 25 October 2016
And it looks like there’s both a trade and a “Signed Limited Edition” available for $24.95 & $39.99 respectively.
…of Dean Koontz Fame
July 18, 2016
From the Bleeding Cool article “Dan Brereton Covers Kolchak For Moonstone”:
Best-selling author Ed Gorman (of Dean Koontz’s “Frankenstein” fame) and Ricky Sprague pens this original graphic novel of demonic pandemonium.
Obviously the author of this article is not a big Ed Gorman fan.
The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor
July 10, 2016
Yestreday Dean got a birthday shout-out from Garrison Keillor. Take a listen here. (Not sure the link will hold. But the episode can be downloaded an MP3 too.)
Happy 71st Birthday Dean!
July 9, 2016
New Exhibit for Artist Who Created Magic of Sleeping Beauty
June 24, 2016
“An Exhibit of a Disney Legend” was currently on view in the museum of Forest Lawn in Glendale. Many of Earle’s 65 works had never been on public display, and among his many artistic styles are three “Sleeping Beauty” background pieces on loan from Disney.
His work is found in the personal collections of filmmakers Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson. Writer Dean Koontz also has his work. It is a style that is both medieval and midcentury. It is flat, but full of detail, creating depth.
His work was inspiration for a new generation of artists.
The Forest Lawn museum is free and open year-round and is a chance to see Earle’s unique style.
Read the full article & watch a video @ ABC7.com.
Did 'High Tension' Rip Off Dean Koontz's 'Intensity'?
June 21, 2016
Thousands of horror fans — whether lovers of New French Extremity, gore, or simply fast-paced thrillers — adore High Tension. Released in France as Haute Tension in 2003 and in the UK as Switchblade Romance in 2004, the movie combined a great cast and talented young director Alexandre Aja to create one of the most exciting, blood-spattered horror movies since 2000.
However, apart from the usual detractors and haters of movie violence — this was yet another marvelous horror movie that Roger Ebert despised — there’s always been one more interesting criticism leveled at High Tension:
Is High Tension a rip-off of Dean Koontz’s Intensity?
Eight years before Aja released High Tension, horror novelist Dean Koontz published Intensity, which has a very similar storyline. But is it a rip-off? I haven’t been able to find any official word from either Aja or Koontz regarding the matter, although the likely unreliable Wikipedia does note that ”the film is an unauthorized reinterpretation of the novel Intensity by Dean Koontz.”
Read the full article @ MoviePilot.com.