Dark Tower Movie?

[coopthepirate]

so There NEEDS to be a movie for these books right?
has there been any thought or consideration by the mr. king for such a project? what kinds of things could i/we do as a dark tower-loving community to help spur along something like this?

[Moderator]

J.J. Abrams has been given the option to come up with a proposal to adapt The Dark Tower to film. If Steve approves the concept proposal, then it can move on to a production.

[michal]

I'm a bit worried about that. Cramming 7 not-so-short epic books into a two hours Hollywood-style movie can easily ruin the story. To top that, there are some great parts that will have to go and many story lines that will have to disappear. It'll be hard for anyone who really loved the series, but of course -Lord of the Rings was nothing like the books it was based on, and still managed to be a great film.

[Jake Featherston]

It'd have to be a trilogy, or something.

[Stranger]

i agree it would not be able to be stuck all into one movie, not if they had any hope of keeping the story the way it should be. i have seen this with so many stephen king movies.....things just get chopped out, and some of those things seem important to me...to important to just take out altogether, i hope if this project happens that they consider putting the time and effort and money into it that it truly deserves

[dawnde]

I can't even fathom all those books in one film . No way. It wouldnt do it justice . I won't go!! Can you imagine The Tolkien Trilogy crammed into one movie?

[Lily Sawyer]

J.J. Abrams? The option to pull together a Dark Tower project?

Shoot, I'd go see the film before reading the book if it's Abrams. It'll be a hyper-interesting hybrid of Lost & Alias.

[Jake Featherston]

Sawyer, you speaketh blasphemies with a forked tongue.

[Prince of Darkness]

Hi,

It could be done as a series of 7-Movies, like with the Harry Potter books. The last ones might be long, but of course the previous movies would have hooked them and they wouldn't mind the length.

Once again, on the topic of a DT Movie, this is just a simple opinion.

Long days and pleasant nights

[AndyDufresne]

I think it could be less movies. From a technical standpoint, 'Wizards and Glass' doesn't even have to be included, as it is sort of separate from the rest (doesn't deal with the four main characters). So that could be done as a separate movie (sort of like the Hobbit is now a prequel movie to the Lord of the Rings films). The first two books could be combined, so that it is just one film. That leaves five movies, and would be easier to pull off, I think.

[THISisWHEREiMAKEmySTAND]

I really hope they don't try and consolidate the books into one film, no way!! It would lose its ( at least some of its) magic

[BTRNYC]

NO WAY they can do it justice in one movie, if that's actually the talk. Five to seven, imo, are a must.

And I think they should include Wizard and Glass, too much good stuff with long, tall and ugly, when he was short, young and pretty.

[B4victorycomestemptation]

I would never watch a movie of this series. I like to read Stephen King much better.

[Jake Featherston]

I would never watch a movie of this series. I like to read Stephen King much better.

I'd watch if it came out, would presumably give it the Igantius J. Reilly treatment ie., "What an abortion! The people who made this piece of degenerate filth should be whipped to death!"

Of course, its always possible I could be surprised. In that event, I can imagine Edward Norton playing Eddie Dean...although he may now be a little too old for that. I suppose Clint Eastwood would have to play Roland. Anthony Hopkins could revise his role as, um, that guy from Hearts in Atlantis.

[ericon74]

Whith the magnitude of the hole serie, wouldn't it be better to adapt it to a tv series, like lost, or any other for that matter. That way they wouldn't have to cut out so much of the plot. then they might make it through in about 3-4 seasons, with 20 or so episodes in 1 season.

[ericon74]

and another thing, the wizard and glass could be a pilot in film lenght linked to the first episode of the gunslinnger.

[CruelPuppet]

I read somewhere that King sold Abrams the movie rights for $19. :)
Also, apparently King turned down the director of Shawshank/Green Mile before accepting Abrams.

Anyone think it would work better as a mini-series or even as a regular tv series?

[morganelafee]

hold on, who said that there was gonna be only one movie?,( if they decide to make one) i think they should do like the harry potter, or the LOTR. adapt every book, make two movies for one book if necessary, but please, please, don't ruin everything with a single >resume it all> movie.

[morganelafee]

wisard and glass have to be included, it explain the story of Roland, after all, he's the main character. i think they should do 7 movies, like Harry Potter. if they do only one, i won't bother go to see it, and if it plays on tv after, i'll switch channel, what's the point of doing one movie with a gigantic story like that. it took me 9 days to read the whole serie. i don't want a resume of only 2 hours!

[Captn_Tripps]

I don't think they should make the movies...maybe a LONG tv series, but if it has to be movies, they could probably fit the first two together, as The Gunslinger was pretty short, and The Drawing of Three wasn't too much longer, and it could be a 6 movie series, with each being 3 hours long.

[BigJimVt]

I can't imagine it being any good as a TV series, they would have to edit out to much to make it ok for sponsors etc. I would hate to see it made into a TV series.

I think a series of 7 movies would be ideal, maybe 5 as you could condense at least 2 of the books into two others. I thought LOTR was done really well considering you will always lose something when taken from book to movie. The only part they really had to take out was the whole bit with Tom Bambodil.

[Beatbox]

J.J. Abrams has been given the option to come up with a proposal to adapt The Dark Tower to film. If Steve approves the concept proposal, then it can move on to a production.

In a recent interview jj stated that he was giving up on the adaptation of the dark tower. Does this mean that someone else can be granted the rights to adapt the film of will this be stuck in movie limbo as jj has the rights.

[*Iris*]

I would loooove to see Dark Tower becomes a movie *as all of you I imagine:love:* I' ve read somewhere that the movie will be displayed in 2011, after Lost episodes and that it would be a trilogy not 7 movies. I don' t know if all these are just rumors or reality...:dunno: Anyway, rumors or not, I wish with all my heart that someday *very soon* to see Black Tower in the big Screen. And in 3D version please. I want to live inside the movie. Do I ask much?!:oo:

*Where is Santa Claus?! Oh no, he left back to Alasca...:eek2: I guess that I have to prepare my letter for next Christmas... and that I have to be a good child eh? Ok. I' ll be. I promise*:biggrin2:

[Fran D'Amico]

The gunslinger could not be a TV movie.Too much blood,too much sex ,and too much cursing.All the charm would be lost.

[WalterKovacs]

I'm only starting out with the series, but it already seems to me that it would work better as a miniseries than as a 2 or 3 hour movie. It would have to be made by HBO so as not to be censored. I'm thinking 10 episodes of one hour each so you could devote an hour and some change to each book. It's not perfect, but it would involve less butchering than a movie would. I think if they filmed entirely in green screen (like Sin City or 300) it would keep the budget manageable and also look cool. I would also prefer if actors were cast instead of movie stars. Quality would suffer if they blew half the production budget on hiring Christian Bale.