Stephen King Multiverse Headcanon Multiverse Timelines by Iceman109

[iceman109]

Weeeeell... "20??"...
Probably 2030s to 2040s.

Maybe 2039? That's 20 years after Castle Rock

 

[Pro Bot]

That's as good as anything!

 

[Pro Bot]

I think you missed the first Carrie movie.

 

[Pro Bot]

Might want to move that.

 

[iceman109]

I'm thinking of adding one of the Running Man movies to the timeline but I don't know if I should add the 1987 version or the new version

 

[Pro Bot]

Probably the new version, but I don't know.

 

[FruityWho50]

I'm not counting Misery or the IT 1990 mini series just because the it remake connects better with the shining and the dark tower and castle rock and the fact that misery is definitely set in the late 1980s/early 1990s due to newspaper props so any adaptations whether tv or film that are newer adaptations that connect to other newer adaptations and retcon the older versions are considered non canon or at least in an older separate Stephen king multiverse

 

[FruityWho50]

Also the running man 2025 or the long walk 2025 do they have any clear Easter eggs or connections to any other adaptations or is it just they are based on the original book by Stephen king? If so I wouldn't include anything unless we are absolutely sure that there is a link connecting them.

 

[FruityWho50]

Also doctor sleep happens around September 2019 due to a missing child print out of Baseball boy gone missing since I think it says Sept 21 2019 but I'm not 100% certain also The Shining occurs from Oct 30th to Mid December 1979

 

[FruityWho50]

Also I'm pretty sure Cell is set in a post apocalyptic alternate 2016 and is the green mile canon too because that occurs in 1935 with bookends from 1999.

 

[Pro Bot]

I'm not counting Misery or the IT 1990 mini series just because the it remake connects better with the shining and the dark tower and castle rock and the fact that misery is definitely set in the late 1980s/early 1990s due to newspaper props so any adaptations whether tv or film that are newer adaptations that connect to other newer adaptations and retcon the older versions are considered non canon or at least in an older separate Stephen king multiverse

Did anyone say anything about the IT miniseries?

 

[Pro Bot]

I was talking about the 11.22.63 TV series that features the exact same Christine car used in the movie and a cameo from Randell Flagg from The Stand (1994).

 

[FruityWho50]

Did anyone say anything about the IT miniseries?

I was using IT as an example to better get my point across

 

[Pro Bot]

Ah, no, that makes sense.

 

[Pro Bot]

Btw, this is proof that The Shawshank Redemption is canon to Castle Rock. The exact same Warden Norton.

 

[Pro Bot]

I'm not counting Misery or the IT 1990 mini series just because the it remake connects better with the shining and the dark tower and castle rock and the fact that misery is definitely set in the late 1980s/early 1990s due to newspaper props so any adaptations whether tv or film that are newer adaptations that connect to other newer adaptations and retcon the older versions are considered non canon or at least in an older separate Stephen king multiverse

I guess if you view Christine in Cat's Eye as a variant, not the same one from the movie, then perhaps Cujo, Cat's Eye (and Pet Semetery 1-2?) could be a mini-continuity and the newer Pet Semetary could be canon instead. There was a reference to Derry in the 2019 film...

 

[Pro Bot]

Also I'm pretty sure Cell is set in a post apocalyptic alternate 2016 and is the green mile canon too because that occurs in 1935 with bookends from 1999.

The Green Mile doesn't have any known connection I'm aware of, but the original story is of course canon in the books.

 

[iceman109]

@Pro Bot what do you think of my placement of Running Man?

 

[Pro Bot]

I was using IT as an example to better get my point across

Maybe this might be an interpretation that could avoid any errors with canon conflicts for your personal thing.

Cujo/Cat's Eye Universe
1978 - Christine
1985 - Cat's Eye
1985 - Cujo
1989 - Pet Semetary
1992 - Pet Semetery Two

Cujo happens in 1985 with three victims instead of four. Christine is in Cat's Eye, so either it's a different universe version... or the movie happens in both this timeline and the main one. Let's throw in the old Pet Semetary movies due to the Cujo easter egg.

Shared Universe
1960 - Castle Rock: Friday the 13th (The Attic)
1962 - IT: Welcome to Derry 1x01, "The Pilot"
1962 - IT: Welcome to Derry 1x02, "The Thing in the Dark"
1962 - IT: Welcome to Derry 1x03, "Now You See It"
1962 - IT: Welcome to Derry 1x04, "????"
1962 - IT: Welcome to Derry 1x05, "????"
1962 - IT: Welcome to Derry 1x06, "????"
1962 - IT: Welcome to Derry 1x07, "????"
1962 - IT: Welcome to Derry 1x08, "????"
1966 - The Shawshank Redemption
1969 - Pet Semetary: Bloodlines
1975 - 'Salem's Lot
1978 - Christine
1980 - The Shining
1981 - Castle Rock: Friday the 13th (The Dog)
1984 - Castle Rock: Friday the 13th (Homecoming)
1989 - IT
1994 - The Stand 1x01, "The Plague" [JFK Lives Timeline]
1994 - The Stand 1x02, "The Dreams" [JFK Lives Timeline]
1994 - The Stand 1x03, "The Betrayal" [JFK Lives Timeline]
1994 - The Stand 1x04, "The Stand" [JFK Lives Timeline]
2016 - 11.22.63 1x01, "The Rabbit Hole"
2016 - 11.22.63 1x02, "The Kill Floor"
2016 - 11.22.63 1x03, "Other Voices, Other Rooms"
2016 - 11.22.63 1x04, "The Eyes of Texas"
2016 - 11.22.63 1x05, "The Truth"
2016 - 11.22.63 1x06, "Happy Birthday, Lee Harvey Oswald"
2016 - 11.22.63 1x07, "Soldier Boy"
2016 - 11.22.63 1x08, "The Day in Question"
2016 - IT Chapter Two
2017 - The Dark Tower
2018 - Castle Rock: Friday the 13th (The Guard)
2018 - Welcome to Castle Rock
2018 - Castle Rock 1x01, "Severance"
2018 - Castle Rock 1x02, "Habeas Corpus"
2018 - Castle Rock 1x03, "Local Color"
2018 - Castle Rock 1x04, "The Box"
2018 - Castle Rock 1x05, "Harvest"
2018 - Castle Rock 1x06, "Filter"
2018 - Castle Rock 1x07, "The Queen"
2018 - Castle Rock 1x08, "Past Perfect"
2018 - Castle Rock 1x09, "Henry Deaver"
2018 - Castle Rock 1x10, "Romans"
2019 - Pet Semetary
2019 - Doctor Sleep
2019 - Castle Rock 2x01, "Let the River Run"
2019 - Castle Rock 2x02, "New Jerusalem"
2019 - Castle Rock 2x03, "Ties That Bind"
2019 - Castle Rock 2x04, "Restore Hope"
2019 - Castle Rock 2x05, "The Laughing Place"
2019 - Castle Rock 2x06, "The Mother"
2019 - Castle Rock 2x07, "The Word"
2019 - Castle Rock 2x08, "Dirty"
2019 - Castle Rock 2x09, "Caveat Emptor"
2019 - Castle Rock 2x10, "Clean"

Everything here has a solid link and isn't contradicted by newspapers or shorts. Even better, almost all of it is a Warner Bros. property so it's actually legally possible.

Pet Semetary (2019) isn't connected or anything, it just fits better with Castle Rock due to the events of Cujo matching closer to the book in both. This is a hypothetical. It's not owned by WB either. Everything BUT Pet Semetary, though... yeah, it all connects.

@Pro Bot what do you think of my placement of Running Man?

It's good! The near future placement means it doesn't conflict with anything. I like that Chapelwaite fits as a prequel to 'Salem's Lot (2024) in your viewing order.

 

[iceman109]

Is the Homecoming short Carrie?

 

[Pro Bot]

Is the Homecoming short Carrie?

Kinda, but it's not actually Carrie in the short itself. Carrie wasn't set in Castle Rock. It's a reference to it, though.

 

[iceman109]

Was the Cujo movie set in Castle Rock?

 

[Pro Bot]

I don't think it was clarified.

 

[iceman109]

What story is The Attic based off of?

 

[JudgeDreddpool]

Probably the new version, but I don't know.

Bruh, how can you consider the newer version over peak like THIS?!

 

[Pro Bot]

@FruityWho50
I personally think Cat's Eye intentionally connected what it did connect to, but something should be noted. At one point, a character is watching The Dead Zone on TV, and at another, we see a character reading Pet Semetary.

So, yeah. If you take this to mean that the Saint Bernard dog is just a random dog and the Christine car is just being driven by a fan of King's works, perhaps it's easier to have a consistent timeline where there's no continuity link to Cujo.

 

[FruityWho50]

@FruityWho50
I personally think Cat's Eye intentionally connected what it did connect to, but something should be noted. At one point, a character is watching The Dead Zone on TV, and at another, we see a character reading Pet Semetary.

So, yeah. If you take this to mean that the Saint Bernard dog is just a random dog and the Christine car is just being driven by a fan of King's works, perhaps it's easier to have a consistent timeline where there's no continuity link to Cujo.

I was thinking if the Stephen king adaptations were more like a multiverse in the same vein of the MCU atm but also structured like the canon universe and legends universe from Star Wars

For example misery could be considered canon to adaptations that released around the same time as it such as dreamcatcher or the it miniseries and we would call them them Universe B and that would leave all the newer adaptations like it 2017 and the dark tower to exist in the main continuity without inserting films or tv from other universes such as the older or alternate timeline adaptations.

 

[FruityWho50]

Btw I've started keeping track of the days in IT welcome to derry S01

E01: Matty & Lilly flashback = Dec 31st 1961/Jan 1st 1962
E01: Prologue = Jan 4th 1962
E01: Main Events = April 5th to April 7th 1962

E02: Cold opening = April 7th/April 8th or April 15th 1962
E02: Main events = April 8th to April 11th or April 15th to April 18th 1962

 

[FruityWho50]

I've found all of the Stephen King Adaptations excluding the episodes he produced for other tv shows like X-files and Monsters,etc. as they have a separate continuity.

Thought we could go through them and fill in the settings and reorder them chronologically and then figure out which groups of adaptations work well together.


Carrie (1976) (Set in 19??)
Salem's Lot (1979) S01E01 - S01E02 (Set in 19??)
The Shining (1980) (Set in Late 1979)
Creepshow (1982) (Set in ??)
Disciples of the Crow (1983) (Set in ??)
Cujo (1983) (Set in 1981/1985?)
The Dead Zone (1983) (Set in ??)
Christine (1983) (Set in 1978-1979)
Children of the Corn (1984) (Set in ??)
Firestarter (1984) (Set in ??)
Cat's Eye (1985) (Set in ??)
Silver Bullet (1985) (Set in ??)
Maximum Overdrive (1986) (Set in ??)
Stand By Me (1986) (Set in July or Sept 1959)
Creepshow 2 (1987) (Set in ??)
A Return to Salem's Lot (1987) (Set in ??)
The Running Man (1987) (Set in ??)
Pet Sematary (1989) (Set in ??)
Graveyard Shift (1990) (Set in ??)
IT S01E01 - S01E02 (1990) (Set in Spring-Summer 1960/May 1990)
Misery (1990) (Set in ??)
Sometimes They Come Back (1991) (Set in ??)
Golden Years S01E01 - S01E07 (1991) (Set in ??)
Pet Sematary Two (1992) (Set in ??)
Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992) (Set in ??)
The Lawnmower Man (1992) (Set in ??)
Sleepwalkers (1992) (Set in ??)
The Dark Half (1993) (Set in ??)
Needful Things (1993) (Set in ??)
The Tommyknockers S01E01 - S01E02 (1993) (Set in ??)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) (Set in 1947-1966)
The Stand S01E01 - S01E04 (1994) (Set in ??)
The Langoliers S01E01 - S01E02 (1995) (Set in ??)
The Mangler (1995) (Set in ??)
Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1995) (Set in ??)
Dolores Claiborne (1995) (Set in 1995)
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995) (Set in ??)
Sometimes They Come Back… Again (1996) (Set in ??)
Thinner (1996) (Set in ??)
Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering (1996) (Set in ??)
The Night Flier (1997) (Set in ??)
Trucks (1997) (Set in ??)
Quicksilver Highway (1997) (Set in ??)
The Shining S01E01 - S01E03 (1997) (Set in ??)
Apt Pupil (1998) (Set in ??)
Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998) (Set in ??)
Sometimes They Come Back… For More (1998) (Set in ??)
Storm of the Century S01E01 - S01E03 (1999) (Set in ??)
The Green Mile (1999) (Set in 1935/1999)
The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) (Set in ??)
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return (1999) (Set in ??)
Hearts in Atlantis (2001) (Set in ??)
Children of the Corn: Revelation (2001) (Set in ??)
Firestarter: Rekindled S01E01 - S01E02 (2002) (Set in ??)
Carrie (2002) (Set in ??)
The Mangler 2 (2002) (Set in ??)
Rose Red S01E01 - S01E03 (2002) (Set in ??)
The Dead Zone S01E01 - S01E13 (2002) (Set in ??)
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (2003) (Set in ??)
Dreamcatcher (2003) (Set in ??)
The Dead Zone S02E01 - S02E19 (2003) (Set in ??)
Kingdom Hospital S01E01 - S01E13 (2004) (Set in Late Oct-Early Nov 2003)
Secret Window (2004) (Set in ??)
Riding the Bullet (2004) (Set in ??)
Salem's Lot S01E01 - S01E02 (2004) (Set in ??)
The Dead Zone S03E01 - S03E12 (2004) (Set in ??)
The Mangler Reborn (2005) (Set in ??)
The Dead Zone S04E01 - S04E12 (2005) (Set in ??)
Desperation (2006) (Set in ??)
Creepshow 3 (2006) (Set in ??)
Nightmares and Dreamscapes S01E01 - S01E08 (2006) (Set in ??)
The Dead Zone S05E01 - S05E11 (2006) (Set in ??)
1408 (2007) (Set in 2006/2007)
The Mist (2007) (Set in 2007)
The Dead Zone S06E01 - S06E13 (2007) (Set in ??)
Dolan's Cadillac (2009) (Set in ??)
Children of the Corn (2009) (Set in ??)
Haven S01E01 - S01E13 (2010) (Set in ??)
Children of the Corn: Genesis (2011) (Set in ??)
Bag of Bones S01E01 - S01E02 (2011) (Set in ??)
Haven S02E01 - S02E13 (2011) (Set in ??)
Haven S03E01 - S03E13 (2012-2013) (Set in ??)
Carrie (2013) (Set in ??)
Under the Dome S01E01 - S01E13 (2013) (Set in ??)
Haven S04E01 - S04E13 (2013) (Set in ??)
Mercy (2014) (Set in ??)
Big Driver (2014) (Set in ??)
Under the Dome S02E01 - S02E13 (2014) (Set in ??)
A Good Marriage (2014) (Set in ??)
Haven S05E01 - S05E26 (2014-2015) (Set in ??)
Under the Dome S03E01 - S03E13 (2015) (Set in ??)
11.22.63 S01E01 - S01E08 (2016) (Set in ??)
Cell (2016) (Set in ??)
My Pretty Pony (2017) (Set in ??)
The Mist S01E01 - S01E10 (2017) (Set in ??)
The Dark Tower (2017) (Set in ??)
Mr. Mercedes S01E01 - S01E10 (2017) (Set in ??)
IT (2017) (Set in Summer 1989)
Gerald's Game (2017) (Set in 2009)
1922 (2017) (Set in ??)
Children of the Corn: Runaway (2018) (Set in ??)
Mr. Mercedes S02E01 - S02E10 (2018) (Set in ??)
Castle Rock S01E01 - S01E10 (2018) (Set in ??)
Pet Sematary (2019) (Set in ??)
In the Tall Grass (2019) (Set in ??)
Doctor Sleep (2019) (Set in Sept 2019)
IT: Chapter Two (2019) (Set in Aug or Sept 2016)
Castle Rock S02E01 - S02E10 (2019) (Set in ??)
Creepshow S01E01 - S01E06 (2019) (Set in ??)
Mr. Mercedes S03E01 - S03E10 (2019) (Set in ??)
Children of the Corn (2020) (Set in ??)
Creepshow Specials E01 - E02 (2020) (Set in ??)
The Stand S01E01 - S01E09 (2020-2021) (Set in ??)
Creepshow S02E01 - S02E05 (2021) (Set in ??)
Creepshow S03E01 - S03E06 (2021) (Set in ??)
Lisey's Story (2021) (Set in ??)
Chapelwaite S01 (2021) (Set in ??)
The Timekeepers of Eternity (2021) (Set in ??)
Firestarter (2022) (Set in ??)
Mr. Harrigan's Phone (2022) (Set in ??)
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (2023) (Set in 1969)
Creepshow S04E01 - S04E06 (2023) (Set in ??)
The Boogeyman (2023) (Set in ??)
The Life of Chuck (2024) (Set in ??)
'Salem's Lot (2024) (Set in ??)
The Monkey (2025) (Set in ??)
The Long Walk (2025) (Set in ??)
The Institute S01E01 - S01E08 (2025) (Set in ??)
IT: Welcome to Derry S01E01 - S01E08 (2025) (Set in April 1962)
The Running Man (2025) (Set in ??)

Coming Soon:

Carrie S01E01 - S01E08? (2026) (Set in ??)
IT: Welcome to Derry S02E01 - S02E08 (202?) (Set in 1935)
IT: Welcome to Derry S03E01 - S03E08 (202?) (Set in 1908)



Stephen King's Son's Adaptations with possible connections to his father's universe:

Horns (2013) (Set in ??) (Stephen King's Son's Adaptation)
The Black Phone (2021) (Set in ??) (Stephen King's Son's Adaptation)
The Black Phone 2 (2025) (Set in ??) (Stephen King's Son's Adaptation)
Locke & Key S01E01 - S01E10 (2020) (Set in ??) (Stephen King's Son's Adaptation)
Locke & Key S02E01 - S02E10 (2021) (Set in ??) (Stephen King's Son's Adaptation)
Locke & Key S03E01 - S03E08 (2022) (Set in ??) (Stephen King's Son's Adaptation)
NOS4A2 S01E01 - S01E10 (2019) (Set in ??) (Stephen King's Son's Adaptation)
NOS4A2 S02E01 - S02E10 (2020) (Set in ??) (Stephen King's Son's Adaptation)

Miscellaneous Stephen King Adaptations:

One for the Road (2023) (Set in 1981)
Michael Jackson's Ghosts (1996) (Set in ??)
The Woman in the Room (1984) (Set in ??)
The Boogeyman (1982) (Set in ??)

 

[Pro Bot]

I think, in terms of what we KNOW is connected (so you can add further additions):

Carrie
Carrie
The Rage: Carrie 2

Salem's Lot
Salem's Lot 1x01-1x02
A Return to Salem's Lot

The Shining
The Shining
Christine
The Shawshank Redemption
The Stand 1x01-1x04
11.22.63 1x01-1x08
The Dark Tower
IT
Castle Rock 1x01-1x10
Doctor Sleep
IT: Chapter Two
Castle Rock 2x01-2x10
'Salem's Lot
IT: Welcome to Derry 1x01-1x08

Creepshow
Creepshow
Creepshow 2
Creepshow 3
Creepshow 1x01-1x06
Creepshow Specials 1x01-1x02
Creepshow 2x01-2x05
Creepshow 3x01-3x06
Creepshow 4x01-4x06

Cujo
Cujo
Cat's Eye
Pet Sematary (1989) (?)
Pet Sematary Two (?)

Children of the Corn
Children of the Corn (1984)
Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return
Children of the Corn: Revelation
Children of the Corn: Genesis
Children of the Corn: Runaway
Children of the Corn (2020) (?)

Sometimes They Come Back
Sometimes They Come Back
Sometimes They Come Back… Again
Sometimes They Come Back… For More

The Mangler
The Mangler
The Mangler 2
The Mangler Reborn

Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary (2019)
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines