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.

Dean on Anton

June 20, 2016

When Stephen Sommers, the director, told me there was only one person he wanted for the role of Odd Thomas and that his choice was “the best actor of his generation,” I had never heard of Anton Yelchin. I was dubious. Then I educated myself and began to think Steve might have made a good choice. When I saw the finished film with a test audience, within five minutes, Anton had so knocked me out with his performance that I couldn’t see anyone else as Odd.

Read the full article @ DeanKoontz.com.

Anton Yelchin dies in a fatal traffic collision

June 19, 2016

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anton Yelchin, a charismatic and rising actor best known for playing Chekov in the new “Star Trek” films, has died at the age of 27. He was killed in a fatal traffic collision early Sunday morning, his publicist, Jennifer Allen confirmed.

More @ AP.org

Latest MP3-CD Releases

June 11, 2016

Dean Koontz Collection: The Moonlit Mind, Darkness Under the Sun, Demon Seed
Dean Koontz Collection: Watchers & Midnight

Sole Survivor publisher promo material

May 12, 2016

Today’s arrival…

Japanese Laserdiscs

May 5, 2016

Today’s arrivals:

Twilight Eyes promotional booklet

May 1, 2016

Could technically be called an “advance” edition as it contains the first 19 pages of the book and the first of the two full-color fold-outs. (8.5″x11″, 28p)

Fan Sues Dean Koontz for Signed Editions

May 1, 2016

LAS VEGAS (CN) – It’s not a book by Stephen King: It’s a lawsuit from a fan of Dean Koontz, who says the best-selling author refuses to return signed works the fan values at $188,000.
Raymond Davis sued Koontz on Monday in Clark County Court, alleging fraud, conversion, breach of contract and unjust enrichment.
Davis says he acquired a large collection of Koontz’s books, many of them signed, through a friend, John Paul Bodner. Bodner gave his Koontz collection to Davis in 2012, and died a year later.

Full article @ Courthouse News Service

The New Yorker Magazine Special Advertising Section

May 1, 2016

Missed this one when it first came out. It’s the June 12, 2006 issue of The New Yorker which contains an interview with Dean. What makes is more interesting is that the interview is actually a six-page “Special Advertising Section” that’s basically a giant ad for The Husband.
 

Face-Off: Phantoms vs. Hellraiser: Hellworld

March 28, 2016

The film choices for this Face-Off were inspired by the fact that Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill will be facing off on the big screen this weekend in BATMAN V. SUPERMAN. The actors playing the titular characters in that superhero clash have a small number of horror credits to their names, but they did both do some time in the Dimension trenches – Affleck played a role in the 1998 Dean Koontz adaptation PHANTOMS, while Cavill appeared in the eighth installment in the HELLRAISER franchise, 2005’s HELLRAISER: HELLWORLD. This could almost be considered a “skeletons in the closet” edition of Face-Off, but thanks to Kevin Smith PHANTOMS is a very poorly concealed skeleton in Affleck’s past. It’s not likely that BATMAN V. SUPERMAN will have a clear winner, we know they’ll be teaming up by the end, but let’s find out what the outcome is when the battle is PHANTOMS V. HELLRAISER: HELLWORLD.