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‘Castle Rock’ Trailer Reveals Stephen King’s Multiverse

After much anticipation, Hulu has finally released a full length trailer for ‘Castle Rock‘. Although we’ve seemingly been hearing about the show for ages, all we really knew about the series was that it would intertwine various stories by acclaimed author Stephen King into a singular narrative. We’ve also seen several teaser trailers for the series, but this full-length trailer offers our first good look at how the narrative will play out is what is being billed as King’s “multiverse”.

The trailer itself is creepy, tense and surprisingly effective. Aside from this, ‘Castle Rock‘ looks to be an absolute easter egg fest. I’m certainly no King aficionado, but apparently the fictional town of Castle Rock has made appearances in a number of the author’s works, including ‘Cujo‘, ‘The Dark Half‘, ‘IT‘ as well as numerous short stories like ‘Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption‘. Although showcasing a variety of easter eggs in a trailer like this is a great way to get people excited, I hope that the show focuses on the story and characters rather than the interconnected-ness of the references.

IT‘ star Bill Skarsgard is featured most prominently in the trailer (you can check out our interview with him here), but the ensemble cast also includes André Holland, Melanie Lynskey, Sissy Spacek, Jane Levy, Terry O’Quinn and Scott Glenn. Sam Shaw & Dustin Thomason developed the project for television and serve as executive producers along with J.J. Abrams, Ben Stephenson and Liz Glotzer. Check out the first trailer for the series, along with the official synopsis for ‘Castle Rock’ below:

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A psychological-horror series set in the Stephen King multiverse, Castle Rock combines 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. The fictional Maine town of Castle Rock has figured prominently in King’s literary career: Cujo, The Dark Half, IT and Needful Things, as well as novella The Body and numerous short stories such as Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption are either set there or contain references to Castle Rock. Castle Rock is an original suspense/thriller — a first-of-its-kind reimagining that explores the themes and worlds uniting the entire King canon, while brushing up against some of his most iconic and beloved stories.

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About Taylor Salan

Taylor Salan is a independent filmmaker who currently resides in the San Fernando Valley. Since childhood, Taylor Salan had a fascination with movies. Although he was an avid fan of film as a child, it wasn’t until his years as a young adult that his passion for the art of filmmaking truly came to fruition. A current student of the film production program at California State University Northridge, Taylor studies Cinematography but ultimately has plans to direct full time if afforded the opportunity. In his spare time, Taylor produces audio podcasts and blogs about film for ageofthenerd.com. He is also a longtime musician, playing drums for over 8 years.

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