The Dark Tower Discussion Thread (2013)

[ThePlumber702]

The Dark Tower

Release Date: 2013
Studio: Imagine ent.
Director: Ron Howard
Screenwriter: Stephen King (novel), Akiva Goldsman
Starring: Javier Bardem
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci Fi
Official Website: http://www.darktowermovies.com/

Plot Summary:Gunslinger Roland Deschain roams an Old West-like landscape in search of a dark tower, in the hopes that reaching it will preserve his dying world.

Trailer: Coming Soon

 

[ThePlumber702]

Together with Akiva Goldsman, the ex-Battlestar Galactic writer and co-executive producer, Mark Verheiden, has been brought in to co-write the Dark Tower TV series. Along with his writing duties, Verheiden will also take the helm as executive producer on the TV series (two seasons expected). Ron Howard will be directing the first movie and TV season, yet has still to confirm if he will also direct the second and third movies.

The move to bring in Verheiden seems promising especially as Battlestar Galactica was a dark, gritty and very real experience…even if the last season labored on somewhat. As well as being a script writer and producer, Verheiden has written a number of stories for DC Comics, which includes works such as The American, Aliens and Superman.

All this lends great depth to Verheiden, which I hope will transfer well to the Dark Tower universe.

Everything is now starting to fall into place for the DT movies and it’s great to finally see things moving along more quickly.

Really looking forward to this flick. If it's a fraction as good as the books were it'll be epic.

 

[Fuji Vice]

Agreed dude, it has the potential to be something really special and I am glad that they have waited this long to do the adaptation.

 

[Citan]

It's been cancelled. :/

 

[TroyTheAverage]

Yeah, it was cancelled awhile ago. Sad too, I really was hoping to see this made. Maybe at some point they can strike it back up and get the ball rolling on it again and get it made.

 

[Castiel]

...what?

 

[TroyTheAverage]

...what?

Yeah, it was cancelled awhile ago. Sad too, I really was hoping to see this made. Maybe at some point they can strike it back up and get the ball rolling on it again and get it made.

Did you not see what Citan and I said about it?

 

[Krisis]

The plan they had for it was too ambitious IMO. I'm sorry to see that its not being done just yet. But I would rather it not be done than to get made and be terrible.

 

[TroyTheAverage]

I do agree with that Krim. What they planned on doing with a trilogy and then 2 made for TV movies it had the chance to get saturated and be pretty bad.