Dark Tower Movie Update!

I am a little hesitant on all this. I'm not sure a movie or a TV series could even scratch the surface of the world that King created for this. I'm wondering how they will show things like the Plaster Man or the Prancers... oh wait... CGI. Bardem seems like a good choice, though.

I am shocked at how well they adapted The Stand. For a book that took me ages to get through, it was done pretty nicely.

I was skeptical at first because the book really tugged on my emotional strings and when the TV show ended, I almost cried at how the three main characters were killed. I'd have to say The Stand is King's magnum opus.

If done correctly.

Deadline is reporting that writer Mark Verheiden, currently a showrunner on TNT's Falling Skies, will be co-writing with Akiva Goldsman the TV portion of NBC's adaptation.

Writes Deadline: "This marks Verheiden's return to NBC and UMS following his turn as a supervising producer on Heroes. He also was a writer/co-exec producer on the NBCU series Battlestar Galactica, which ran on Syfy. He most recently served as a co-executive producer of TNT's upcoming sci-fi series Falling Skies, from DreamWorks TV."

I can't believe this crazy concept of crossing TV and film is actually going to happen!

Last edited by thefinalsolution (2011-04-13 03:01:14)

Javier Bardem Is Roland Deschain In The Dark Tower!!!

The New York Times reports:

"Javier Bardem has officially signed an epic deal to star in the movie and TV adaptations of Stephen King's "Dark Tower" book series. The Oscar-winning actor will play Roland Deschain in the eagerly awaited Ron Howard and Brian Grazer adaptation of King's beloved seven-novel saga.

It's a momentous deal because each of the three movies in the series is to be followed by a TV miniseries. A well-placed source confirmed to Page Six, "Bardem has signed on to the first movie and the miniseries, but the intention is that he will star in all three movies and each of the TV series. It's an enormous deal for any actor, but Bardem was always the first choice."

I'm so stoked for this choice. Just watch 'No Country For Old Men", slap a cowboy on him and imagine him relentlessly hunting down the Man In Black and gunning down slow mutants. Awesome!

Last edited by thefinalsolution (2011-04-27 15:57:17)

I am skeptical that they can pull it off without rewriting the story given it is sooooo long and so strange of a series. I jut started book 4.

thought i read somewhere that this was cancelled.  Can't find where tho.

I'm somewhat skeptical too.  Maybe because I found the story so great.  Although I breezed through the others, it's been two years and I still didn't even finish the the last one yet, The Dark Tower.  In fact, let me get back to it now.

So very excited, and so very hesitant. I know I'll watch it regardless, so here's hoping its done well. I really need to go read the books again, and throw them comics into the reading order also.