Posted on 05/16/2013 5:34:17 PM PDT by OddLane
Ron Howard and Brian Grazers original plan for adapting Stephen Kings The Dark Tower series was to do it as a series of movies bridged by a few seasons of TV. It always struck me as ambitious to the point of arrogance, while also rich in potential and, actually, quite exciting. But I wasnt surprised when both Universal and Warner Bros. turned them down.
Since then, they managed to lock a deal with MRC to produce a single film, with the possibility of more if it turns out to be a hit. Thats the way these things usually go, of course. In that deal, Russell Crowe has been attached to star as The Gunslinger, Roland Deschain.
But according to Grazer, speaking to Deadline, there is another option. A new plan thats much the same as the original plan.
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I quit reading King when I stried to read Gerald’s Game. I couldn’t sir thought that one.
I think I read that one, but I can’t remember what it was about....says a lot, LOL.
Point taken-—thanks.
I thought Insomnia was great, too. King’s best works are the ones you fall into and forget where you are while you’re reading them, and Insomnia was one of those for me. But, man, he can be heavy-handed with the political messages.
Next month, CBS is doing a 13-part series based on Under the Dome, one of King’s more recent novels. I enjoyed the book, and I want to see what the show will be like, but I hope the politics will be left out. In the book, the main villain can’t stand Obama.
Yes, "The Stand", and "The Dark Tower" series were connected, loosely, in the character of "the walking man". He was apparently, a universal 'bad guy' in the Steven King multiverse...
There was a key reference to Roland and the Dark Tower in “Insomnia”.
The boy who was supposed to live was drawing a picture of a king and a tower. The mother asked who it was and the kid said “It’s king Roland”.
The book “Insomnia” is also tied in but you only get a one sentence reference to “King Roland”.
Russel Crowe as Roland? Maybe a few years ago but he’s WAAAAY too fat to be Roland now.
I think I remember that.
The Tower has been referred to in other King books, as well. It figured in Black House, the sequel to The Talisman.
And there’s something about a field of flowers...maybe roses?
The tower is in a field of roses
Okay. Yeah, I definitely am going to start on the series.
Thank you!
Like others have said, the first book is a bit of a slog, but the series is definitely worth exploring.
I’ll make it through, even if I get bogged down a little.
:)
...even though it is by far the shortest of the series.
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