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Old 09-09-2010, 11:26 AM  
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Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" Coming To Film & Television
The Dark Tower to Become a Film Trilogy and TV Series


by SuperHeroHype
Sep 9th, 2010

Based on Stephen King's series of novels

Universal Pictures Chairman Adam Fogelson and Co-Chairman Donna Langley—along with Jeff Gaspin, Chairman, NBC Universal Television Entertainment and Angela Bromstad, President, Primetime Entertainment, NBC & Universal Media Studios—today announced that Universal Pictures and NBC Universal Television Entertainment have acquired the rights to produce three films and a television series based on the seven epic novels, short stories and comic books from Stephen King's The Dark Tower.

Ron Howard will direct the first film and the first season of television, which will be written by Akiva Goldsman. Goldsman will produce the film through his Weed Road Pictures with Howard and Grazer for Imagine Entertainment. Howard, Grazer and Goldsman will executive produce the television series for Universal Media Studios. Kerry Foster will executive produce the first film for Weed Road Pictures along with Todd Hallowell and Erica Huggins for Imagine Entertainment.


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Old 09-12-2010, 11:13 AM   #61
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Old 10-29-2010, 10:43 AM   #62
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Ron Howard's first movie based on Stephen King's The Dark Tower has been scheduled for May 17, 2013.

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Old 10-30-2010, 02:47 AM   #63
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The problem with making any Dark Tower movie is that you have to start with book one, and that one is the slowest book of the bunch. If it tanks we don't get the drawing of the 3, which is my favorite of the series.
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It is a slow book. But I think it lends itself to film better than most of the other books in the series. It has the biggest upside, I guess. I think it could/should be visually stunning and it'll be the shortest of the films. There's a lot that can go right with Gunslinger. It's everything that comes after that makes me nervous. At least on film. The books get better... but the potential for ****-up also exponentially increases.
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He does, but he also has this anger boiling just under the surface presence to him that I'm not sure would work for Roland. It's been a few years since I read the series, so my recollection may be off, but I always envisioned Roland as being more of an Obi Wan badass yet still calm mentor type. Kind of like Gandalf with a gun.
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I saw that somebody on the site with the full story suggested james mcavoy for eddie... i could get behind that!
I like olyphant for roland, not sure who i'd like to see as susannah. I don't know if i'm excited or scared for this whole project! It could be very awesome or incredibly terrible... It is such an awesome story! I read through it probably once a year, and i'd hate to see it get trashed!
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I saw that somebody on the site with the full story suggested james mcavoy for eddie... i could get behind that!
I like olyphant for roland, not sure who i'd like to see as susannah. I don't know if i'm excited or scared for this whole project! It could be very awesome or incredibly terrible... It is such an awesome story! I read through it probably once a year, and i'd hate to see it get trashed!
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I would think they'd combine several books into a movie if only 3 movies are planned.
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I would think they'd combine several books into a movie if only 3 movies are planned.
You don't think they'll just pick 3 books out of the 7 and leave the other 4 books completely out?
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The basic film/tv breakdown (if I'm reading this right) seems to be something like:

Film 1 - The Gunslinger
Season 1 - The Drawing of the Three
Film 2 - Wastelands
Season 2 - Wizard and Glass
Film 3 - Wolves of the Calla/Song of Susannah/Dark Tower
I'm sure the content of the final three books will be massively truncated. Some have speculated that Wolves & Song of Susannah may be cut almost entirely.

I guess we'll have to wait and see. I am excited for a little more info on the exact breakdown.
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I'm sure the content of the final three books will be massively truncated. Some have speculated that Wolves & Song of Susannah may be cut almost entirely.

I guess we'll have to wait and see. I am excited for a little more info on the exact breakdown.
That would suck if they cut Wolves. I thought that story was awesome.
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That would suck if they cut Wolves. I thought that story was awesome.
Wolves is actually my favorite book in the series. I'd be really, REALLY bummed to see it cut. It's a really exceptional book. It's so visual too.
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That would suck if they cut Wolves. I thought that story was awesome.
I enjoyed the story, but it felt a little out of place in the meta-story. I could definitely see the vast majority of that book being cut...
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