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Stephen King has been unusually central to the news cycle over the past few days, not for a new horror novel but for the collision of his cultural clout, his political voice, and the ever-churning world of King adaptations. According to Fox News Digital, King apologized and deleted a post on X after falsely claiming that conservative activist Charlie Kirk had advocated stoning gays to death. He clarified in a follow-up post that Kirk had in fact been demonstrating how some people cherry-pick biblical passages, and King admitted, I was wrong, and I apologize, I have deleted the post. That public walk-back, coming amid intense online criticism and even talk from Senator Mike Lee about potential legal action, marks one of the more serious recent flashpoints in Kings long, outspoken history on social media and will likely stand as a notable late-career controversy in any future biography.
In industry news with long-term significance for his legacy on screen, Parade and AOL Entertainment report that two highly anticipated adaptations have been canceled as 2026 begins. The Duffer Brothers confirmed that their planned series adaptation of The Talisman is no longer moving forward at Netflix, just as King is said to be completing a third Talisman novel, often referred to as The Talisman 3. Separately, The CWs adaptation of his short story The Revelations of Becka Paulson has been definitively scrapped. Those cancellations arrive at the same time that Collider and Screen Rant note a continued surge of interest in successful recent King projects: The Long Walk has been drawing attention as one of the most brutal Stephen King adaptations in decades, while the series The Institute is enjoying a strong streaming performance ahead of an expected second season, underscoring how uneven but persistent the King adaptation pipeline remains.
Looking forward, CinemaBlend reports that 2026 will be a comparatively quieter year for new King material, but several major developments are still in motion. Mike Flanagan is deep into work on an eight-part Carrie limited series for Prime Video, and he continues to push his long-gestating adaptation of The Dark Tower, which he has described as a slow, tanker-like process. CinemaBlend and other outlets also highlight Kings completed first draft of the as-yet-untitled third Talisman novel, the first in that universe he will write without his late collaborator Peter Straub, a project that could become one of the defining works of his later career.
On social media, coverage from AOL notes that King has also continued his habit of weighing in on U.S. politics, including a recent prediction post about Donald Trump and the coming 2026 election. Details of that prediction are political and speculative by nature and sit more in the realm of Kings personal commentary than verifiable future fact, but they reinforce his role as a public intellectual as much as a novelist.
Even local cultural calendars reflect his enduring reach: libraries in Massachusetts and Texas are running Stephen King book clubs and Misery film tie-in events, and venues from Michigan to California and Missouri are promoting King-themed seminars, improv shows, and horror nights built around his work, as shown in listings from the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library, the Hyannis Public Library, the Lesher Center for the Arts, and Eventbrite.
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