Stephen King adaptations
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Stephen King adaptations has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Morbid. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Matthew LillardAmerican actor known for Scream, Scooby-Doo and Five Nights at Freddy's
Lillard hopes King will use his influence to get The Dark Tower adapted despite fragmented rights.
“my hope is that as Stephen King gets older, that he will want to see the Dark Tower made”
Morbid: Carrie, Cult Classics & Chaos: A Sit Down with Matthew Lillard (Oct 5, 2026) · Listen from 43:56
Lillard says Stephen King watched the full Carrie series twice.
“He watched it twice through. Which is such a huge compliment”
Morbid: Carrie, Cult Classics & Chaos: A Sit Down with Matthew Lillard (Oct 5, 2026) · Listen from 38:57
Alaina UrquhartCo-host of Morbid, autopsy technician and author of the Butcher novels
Urquhart pitches Lillard to play Leland Gaunt in a Needful Things adaptation.
“I think you should be Leland Gong then for Needful Things. I think we should do that”
Morbid: Carrie, Cult Classics & Chaos: A Sit Down with Matthew Lillard (Oct 5, 2026) · Listen from 44:22
Podcasts
- Morbid · 1 episode
Episodes
Carrie, Cult Classics & Chaos: A Sit Down with Matthew LillardMorbid · Oct 5, 2026 · 1 h 52 min
Actor Matthew Lillard joins Morbid hosts Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart to discuss Mike Flanagan's Carrie, Scream, Five Nights at Freddy's, his career and Dungeons & Dragons.