Castle Rock is an upcoming American psychological horror web television series based on the stories of Stephen King, intertwining characters and themes from the fictional town of Castle Rock. It is set to premiere on July 25, 2018 on Hulu.
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Premise
Castle Rock will "combine the mythological scale and intimate character storytelling of King's best-loved works, weaving an epic saga of darkness and light, played out on a few square miles of Maine woodland."
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Cast and characters
Main
- André Holland as Henry Deaver, a death-row attorney who hasn't returned to his hometown since the townspeople turned on him after an accident -- of which he has no memory -- killed his father and left him the sole suspect.
- Bill Skarsgård as "The Kid," a mysterious, feral inmate discovered in a cage deep beneath Shawshank State Penitentiary.
- Melanie Lynskey as Molly Strand, the owner of a real-estate business in Castle Rock.
- Scott Glenn as Alan Pangborn, the world-weary former sheriff of Castle Rock, now retired.
- Sissy Spacek as Ruth Deaver, Henry's adoptive mother, who struggles with dementia.
- Jane Levy as Jackie
- Terry O'Quinn as Dale Lacy, the warden of Shawshank.
- Frank L. Ridley
Recurring
- Chosen Jacobs as Wendell Deaver
- Allison Tolman as Molly Strand's sister
Episodes
Production
Development
On February 17, 2017, it was announced that Hulu, J. J. Abrams, and Stephen King were collaborating on a new series entitled Castle Rock based on King's large canon of work. It was further reported that the series would be written by Sam Shaw and Dusty Thomason and produced by Abrams' Bad Robot Productions and Warner Bros. Television. Four days later, Hulu further revealed that they had given the production a series order consisting of a first season of ten episodes. Additionally, it announced that executive producers would include Abrams, King, Shaw, Thomason, Ben Stephenson, and Liz Glotzer.
On July 12, 2017, it was announced that Michael Uppendahl was joining the production as a co-executive producer and would direct the pilot episode.
Casting
On May 11, 2017, it was announced that André Holland had been cast in the series' lead role. In June 2017, it was announced that Jane Levy, Sissy Spacek, and Melanie Lynskey had joined the main cast. On July 10, 2017, Bill Skarsgård was added to the series' main cast. In August 2017, it was reported that Frank L. Ridley, Scott Glenn, and Terry O'Quinn had been added as series regulars. On March 1, 2018, it was announced that Chosen Jacobs had joined the series in the recurring role of Wendell Deaver, the son of Holland's character. On June 8, 2018, it was announced during the annual ATX Television Festival that Allison Tolman had joined the cast in the recurring role of Lynsky's character's sister.
Filming
Principal photography for the first season was expected to take place in Massachusetts in locations such as Orange, Massachusetts and at New England Studios in Devens, Massachusetts. In August, production began in Devens and in Orange, where the downtown area of the town had been refitted to appear as the town of Castle Rock, and where production was expected to continue through January 2018. That month, crews also shot scenes at Vernon Hill School in Worcester, Massachusetts and at an old Victorian house in Lancaster, Massachusetts. Filming returned to Orange during the week of August 21st for production of the series' second episode. In late September 2017, filming took place in Tewksbury, Massachusetts at The Public Health Museum on the campus of the Tewksbury State Hospital. In October 2017, filming took place at the Central Cemetery in Orange where a funeral scene was shot. The downtown area was refitted with a more modern look in November for another phase of production. From September 4, 2017 until the end of the month, production took place at the former West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville, West Virginia which appeared as the fictional Shawshank State Prison. On November 21, 2017, filming took place in Worcester in the lobby of the Mercantile Building which had been refitted into a boardroom. On December 18, 2017, production for the season finale began. and by January all filming in Orange was completed and the production proceeded to donate $3,500 dollars to the town. The Fire Department has received $2,500 for helping facilitate production, and the Trustees of Soldiers' Memorial will receive another $1,000.
Release
Marketing
Simultaneously with the series announcement, Hulu released the first teaser trailer for the series. The teaser trailer mentions titles of and characters from a number of Stephen King novels, including: It, Dolores Claiborne, Needful Things, Salem's Lot, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, Dreamcatcher, Night Shift, The Green Mile, Misery, Hearts in Atlantis, The Shining, The Mangler, Four Past Midnight, Different Seasons, Nightmares & Dreamscapes, The Dark Half, and The Night Flier.
On October 8, 2017, a second teaser trailer was unveiled at the annual New York Comic Con and subsequently released online. On February 1, 2018, released a thirty-second television commercial for the series online that eventually aired three days later during Super Bowl LII. Hulu reportedly paid $5 million dollars to air the advertisement during the football game. On May 2, 2018, a third teaser trailer was released alongside the announcement of the show's premiere date of July 25, 2018.
Premiere
On June 8, 2018, the series took part in the annual ATX Television Festival in Austin, Texas where a "first look" at footage from the series took place. Following the premiere of the footage, a question-and-answer panel occured with creators and executive producers Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason.
See also
- Castle Rock, the fictional town the series is based on.
References
External links
- Castle Rock on IMDb
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