Stephen King Multiverse Headcanon Multiverse Timelines by Iceman109

[iceman109]

Once again like many of my timelines I will be doing it in a viewing order

Popular Adaptation Universe

1850: Chapelwaite
1935: The Green Mile
1947-1966: The Shawshank Redemption
1959: Stand By Me
1960: Castle Rock: Friday the 13th: The Attic
1962: It: Welcome to Derry
1963-2016: 11.22.63
1969: Riding the Bullet
1975: Salem's Lot
1978: Christine
1979: The Long Walk (Alternate Timeline)
1979: Carrie
1980: The Shining
1981: Castle Rock: Friday the 13th: The Dog
1983: Children of the Corn
1983: Children of the Corn 2: The Final Sacrifice
1983: The Dead Zone
1984: Castle Rock: Friday the 13th: Homecoming
1984: Cat's Eye
1984: Cujo
1986: Maximum Overdrive
1989: IT
1989: Pet Semetary
1989: Storm of the Century
1990: Graveyard Shift
1991: The Dark Half
1991: Needful Things
1992: Pet Semetary 2
1993: The Tommyknockers
1994: The Stand 1994 (Alternate Timeline)
1995: Dolores Claiborne
1995: Children of the Corn 3: Urban Harvest
1996: Children of the Corn 4: The Gathering
1996: Thinner
1997: Trucks
1997: The Night Flier
1998: Children of the Corn 5: Fields of Terror
1999: The Rage: Carrie 2
1999: Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return
2000: Children of the Corn: Revelation
2003: Dreamcatcher
2007: The Mist
2010-2011: Haven
2011: Children of the Corn: Genesis
2012-2020: N0S4A2
2014: A Good Marriage
2016: IT: Chapter 2
2017: The Dark Tower
2017: Under the Dome
2018: Castle Rock: Friday the 13th: The Guard
2018: Welcome to Castle Rock
2018-2019: Castle Rock
2018: Children of the Corn: Runaway
2019: In the Tall Grass
2019: Doctor Sleep
2020: The Outsider
2020: Children of the Corn 2020
2024: The Monkey
2024: Misery
2025: The Running Man (Alternate Timeline)

 

[iceman109]

Do you guys think Mr Mercedes and The Outsider should be in the same universe even though Holly Gibney is white in Mr Mercedes while in The Outsider she's black?

 

[selfishmisery]

Gerald's Game and Dolores Claiborne both have flashbacks that occur during an eclipse where bad things happened concurrently.
In Dolores Claiborne, it occured in 1975. Present day events occur in 1995.
The year is not given in Gerald's Game, but it has to be 1975. That also puts the present day events of that same film in 2009. Carla Gugino was 46, her child self during the year of the eclipse was 12 - so 46 - 12 = 34 + 1975 = 2009.

 

[selfishmisery]

Once again like many of my timelines I will be doing it in a viewing order

Popular Adaptation Universe

1850: Chapelwaite
1947-1966: The Shawshank Redemption
1959: Stand By Me
1962: It: Welcome to Derry
1963-2016: 11.22.63
1969: Riding the Bullet
1975: Salem's Lot
1978: Christine
1979: The Long Walk (Alternate Timeline)
1980: The Shining
1983: Children of the Corn
1983: Children of the Corn 2: The Final Sacrifice
1983: The Dead Zone
1985: Cat's Eye
1985: Cujo
1986: Maximum Overdrive
1989: IT
1989: Pet Semetary
1989: Storm of the Century
1990: Graveyard Shift
1991: The Dark Half
1991: Needful Things
1992: Pet Semetary 2
1993: The Tommyknockers
1994: The Stand 1994 (Alternate Timeline)
1995: Dolores Claiborne
1995: Children of the Corn 3: Urban Harvest
1996: Children of the Corn 4: The Gathering
1996: Thinner
1997: Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return
1997: Trucks
1997: The Night Flier
1998: Children of the Corn 5: Fields of Terror
1999: The Rage: Carrie 2
2000: Children of the Corn: Revelation
2003: Dreamcatcher
2007: The Mist
2010-2011: Haven
2011: Children of the Corn: Genesis
2012-2020: N0S4A2
2014: A Good Marriage
2016: IT: Chapter 2
2017: The Dark Tower
2017: Under the Dome
2018-2019: Castle Rock
2018: Children of the Corn: Runaway
2019: In the Tall Grass
2019: Doctor Sleep
2020: The Outsider
2020: Children of the Corn 2020

Stephen King, I seem to recall, has a list of what has his stamp of approval and thus a place in canon - and others that he disowned so not-canon.

I'll try to find it, but I am certain he hates a lot of the Corn sequels.

 

[Pro Bot]

Stephen King doesn't really dictate the adaptations though. They're sometimes connected, sometimes not, but probably all part of his wider multiverse in the end. It's not really his universe at the end of the day (let me explain), they're just random adaptations of his work that aren't really connected to one another (except when they are, since there are connections between a lot of them). The Dark Tower movie is canon to the books and connects to The Shining and The Shawshank Redemption, which connects to Castle Rock (TV Series), which connects to Christine, which connects to a bunch of things, but mainly, this proves that the film adaptations are technically canon even though they're not part of his universes.

He mainly deals with the book universe and any reality connected to The Dark Tower.

 

[iceman109]

I'm torn on weather I should put the 1987 Running Man or the 2025 Running Man in the popular adaptations universe

 

[selfishmisery]

Stephen King doesn't really dictate the adaptations though. They're sometimes connected, sometimes not, but probably all part of his wider multiverse in the end. It's not really his universe at the end of the day (let me explain), they're just random adaptations of his work that aren't really connected to one another (except when they are, since there are connections between a lot of them). The Dark Tower movie is canon to the books and connects to The Shining and The Shawshank Redemption, which connects to Castle Rock (TV Series), which connects to Christine, which connects to a bunch of things, but mainly, this proves that the film adaptations are technically canon even though they're not part of his universes.

He mainly deals with the book universe and any reality connected to The Dark Tower.

I'm talking stuff like Lawnmower Man, Mangler 2 and 3, or Creepshow 3 which King has explicitly hated and wants no association with.

 

[Pro Bot]

That's what I mean. He doesn't have to be associated with them when adaptations aren't part of the original book canon. Heck, he could love an adaptation and it'd be just as canon as one he hates - not at all (with an asterisk that some adaptations are canonized by The Dark Tower film).

 

[iceman109]

Could this technically be a part of the Stephen King multiverse considering it's heavily inspired by Carrie in plot and characters?
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheWeightOfBlood

 

[iceman109]

Should the 2025 Running Man be in the main universe timeline or the remake universe timeline

 

[Pro Bot]

Should the 2025 Running Man be in the main universe timeline or the remake universe timeline

It's hard to decide when there's not any substantial connections. It's easier with some films and shows where you can point to a solid link.

 

[iceman109]

When do you guys think the new Running Man will be set? I'm thinking between 2050-2080

 

[FruityWho50]

Just watched IT Welcome to Derry Ep1 and now I'm obsessed with all the other adaptations that connect to the Recent IT franchise but I'm conflicted with when the Dark tower film occurs as it seems to happen around late May/Early June but I don't know what year to go with 2016 (the year it was filmed) or 2017 the year it was released. Honestly can't find a year anywhere in the film.

 

[Pro Bot]

Just watched IT Welcome to Derry Ep1 and now I'm obsessed with all the other adaptations that connect to the Recent IT franchise but I'm conflicted with when the Dark tower film occurs as it seems to happen around late May/Early June but I don't know what year to go with 2016 (the year it was filmed) or 2017 the year it was released. Honestly can't find a year anywhere in the film.

For me, currently, I take it as:
Stephen King Movie 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
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"
1994 - The Stand 1x02, "The Dreams"
1994 - The Stand 1x03, "The Betrayal"
1994 - The Stand 1x04, "The Stand"
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 - 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"

 

[Pro Bot]

I would guess that the multiverse of Stephen King might include every film simultaneously with the books rather than a reset which might only affect The Dark Tower events, but in terms of reading/viewing order, this works for me.

 

[iceman109]

I know it's not related to any of the stuff above but hypothetically what years would you put the Long Walk and new Running Man in?

 

[mrvl]

I didn't know this thread exist until yesterday lol. I haven't seen many Stephen King adaptation (only It, Salem's Lot 2024, Shawshank Redemption and The Long Walk recently) but this summer I started my journey with his books. So far I've read 6 books (11/22/63 has to be my favorite), currently reading The Green Mile. I came up with an idea of creating a timeline for books and I've searched on this site to see if there already is one and I saw this timeline. So far I haven't read enough of his books to create my own thread, but I will be noting as much timeline indicators that I'll find as I can. As of now I don't know if it's going to a reading order or a detailed chapter by chapter timeline because reading order could be easy to make and will probably be boring because most of King's works take place the year they were published and for the other hand the chapter detailed timeline could be too hard to make maybe because of The Dark Tower series, which I haven't even started but I'm sure it's not a simple, one dimensional story.
What are your thoughts?

 

[iceman109]

What did you think of the Long Walk

 

[mrvl]

What did you think of the Long Walk

The film was great, so was the book. I do like the ending in the film more though.

 

[iceman109]

I liked the movie also, just wished it was longer

 

[Pro Bot]

I didn't know this thread exist until yesterday lol. I haven't seen many Stephen King adaptation (only It, Salem's Lot 2024, Shawshank Redemption and The Long Walk recently) but this summer I started my journey with his books. So far I've read 6 books (11/22/63 has to be my favorite), currently reading The Green Mile. I came up with an idea of creating a timeline for books and I've searched on this site to see if there already is one and I saw this timeline. So far I haven't read enough of his books to create my own thread, but I will be noting as much timeline indicators that I'll find as I can. As of now I don't know if it's going to a reading order or a detailed chapter by chapter timeline because reading order could be easy to make and will probably be boring because most of King's works take place the year they were published and for the other hand the chapter detailed timeline could be too hard to make maybe because of The Dark Tower series, which I haven't even started but I'm sure it's not a simple, one dimensional story.
What are your thoughts?

How will you deal with The Dark Tower (2017) being a sequel to the books but having The Overlook Hotel from The Shining (1980) and the poster from The Shawshank Redemption? I think that means that the adaptations must take place in the same multiverse somehow.

Unless you'll ignore The Dark Tower movie and assume that the cinematic multiverse had the same general events as the book in the prior loop (so it's a sequel to a loop that resembles the books but we never see or read about it)?

 

[iceman109]

If the book loop has every Stephen King book why doesn't the movie loop have every adaptation?

 

[Pro Bot]

I don't know if the loops are multiversal or whether that's only the case for the Gunslinger's world.

 

[iceman109]

Would the Bachman Books be part of the main book universe?

 

[Pro Bot]

Apparently the apocalyptic future in 11.22.63 references The Stand, so I guess that mini-series is canon to the main timeline... wait, maybe that series explains the continuity errors with Cujo? Cujo was affected by the time travel and became the Castle Rock 1981 version, where the kiddo died too perhaps? Then the newer Pet Semetary films could fit in (though I don't think they have any right to, so...).

 

[FruityWho50]

I haven't read any of the books so I'm just connecting Stephen king adaptations that have crossovers or connections between them. Starting with the IT franchise and working my way through what works and what doesn't


All Confirmed Connected so far:

IT: Welcome to Derry S03 (1908)
IT: Welcome to Derry S02 (1935)
IT: Welcome to Derry S01 (1962)
Christine (1978)
(car toy based on the film appears in the dark tower)
The Shining (1980)
(Dan appears in derry s01 and overlook hotel pic appears in the dark tower)
IT (1989)
IT: Chapter Two (2016)
The Dark Tower (2017)
(Pennywise sign appears in mid world in the dark tower)
Doctor Sleep (2019)


Possibly connected:
The Shawshank Redemption (1947-1966)?
(Prison bus appears in derry s01 trailer waiting for context and clarification)
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (1969)?
The Mist (2007)? (Mist appears in derry s01 trailer)
Castle Rock S01 (2018-2019)? (Shawshank prison appears many times)
Pet Sematary (2019)?
Castle Rock S02 (2019)?

 

[Pro Bot]

The Castle Rock TV series shares 100% continuity with The Shawshank Redemption because the warden from that movie appeared in a portrait. The poster used to cover the hole from The Shawshank Redemption was in The Dark Tower. Further, in Castle Rock, Jack Torrence using an axe and the Overlook Hotel not being burned down are deliberate connections to The Shining (movie), since he didn't use an axe in the book and the Overlook Hotel wasn't burned down until Doctor Sleep in the movie continuity. They even show us the room number used in the book being changed to the movie version. Christine also appears a few times in the show in the background. Castle Rock considers The Shining and The Shawshank Redemption both canon.

Also, 'Salem's Lot (2024) is confirmed canon to the IT films and features Christine.
https://www.polygon.com/horror/458602/salems-lot-director-interview-stephen-king-2024-movie/

What did you learn from It that helped you on Salem's Lot? And did you ever think about this being a true continuation? As in, true to so much of King's work, could this be happening in the It cinematic universe?

"I do think these exist in the same world, in the same universe, without question. I mean, they do in the book. It's one of the things I love about his work — he's a guy who created a universe without announcing he's creating this universe. It's just these little Easter eggs for the people who have read his other books. You get it? If you did, that's cool. You get a little chuckle out of it. I have Christine, the actual [evil car from King's novel Christine], in the mechanic shop in town. I have a bunch of those types of things. I dropped in Easter eggs around town — the production designers had a ton of fun thinking about that stuff. Everything's connected."

 

[Pro Bot]

This is Christine's licence plate in IT Chapter Two, confirming that it is in 100% continuity.


In Cat's Eye, both Cujo and Christine appear. Christine has a new licence plate, so maybe that's why the old one was seen in IT Chapter Two.

 

[Pro Bot]

The actress for Annie Wilkes in Castle Rock implied that her version is the younger incarnation of the movie character despite that movie releasing in 1990 and being set at that time - seemingly it was retconned. I believe that one of the protagonist's books from exclusively the movie appears in season 2, but honestly I'm not sure if I'm misremembering the details. It had a different cover, anyway.

https://variety.com/2019/tv/feature...k-season-2-annie-wilkes-interview-1203350357/

I was a big fan of the first season of the show. I watched it when it first came out, well before I had any idea I would be involved in the second season. So I knew the "Castle Rock" model is to take some of the familiar characters and then to put them into completely novel situations. In the first season they took some of the more obscure characters; in our season obviously Annie Wilkes is one of the most iconic characters in both the book "Misery" and of course the film "Misery." So it was daunting, for sure. I wasn't sure how much I wanted to incorporate what I loved about Kathy Bates' performance into my own performance, but if you break up Annie Wilkes' life into three parts, there's her childhood, there's the bulk of what our story is about, and then there's what you see of her in the film. Even though the situations that she finds herself in are very, very different than anything you would imagine in just watching the film, I wanted to have our Annie feasibly be able to become that Annie in the future. So there were different shades of how to attack that, and I thought a lot about how, if I was just a viewer of the show, I wasn't going to be particularly interested in seeing a brand new, completely start-from-scratch version of Annie Wilkes — because what Kathy Bates did was so beloved; it certainly was for me. I wanted to have a few shades to quite a few shades of her performance in my own just so it felt like our Annie Wilkes could grow into hers.

 

[Pro Bot]

If the Cujo movie is canon, then the newer Pet Semetary movies can't be. In those films, Cujo is said to have killed four people rather than three. However, the original film features this easter egg. It is unknown what the intention is, but it could give us a version of Pet Semetary in this movie timeline.