The Painting

[Jesse Lovett]

I loved this movie i haven't read it yet but plan too as soon as i am finished with The Stand!! Hey did anyone happen to notice who he was painting in the very beginning??
I just freaked out when i saw he was painting the Gunslinger !!!!

[mbrown7349]

Thought it was a great DT reference for us in the know. :)

[Bev Vincent]

You can see a picture of this painting on the floor of SK's office toward the back of my new book.

[ComeUntoSweetDeath]

I loved this movie i haven't read it yet but plan too as soon as i am finished with The Stand!! Hey did anyone happen to notice who he was painting in the very beginning??
I just freaked out when i saw he was painting the Gunslinger !!!!

Ha. I did to. :smile2: I was like that's Roland:biggrin2:

[CaseyM]

Ha. I did to. :smile2: I was like that's Roland:biggrin2:


Same here! I loved the reference, and the painting was also excellent!:biggrin2:

[SKFaninNJ]

Same here! I loved the reference, and the painting was also excellent!:biggrin2:

I remember freaking out in the movie theater! I was like "wow....thats the gunslinger!". My fiance looked at me as if I was crazy :laugh:

[Mr Nobody]

I didn't get it, for the very good reason that I hadn't read any of the DT books before seeing the film. My immediate thought was 'Clint Eastwood, but not'.
What that painting did do, though, was make Roland easier to imagine when I did get round to reading The Gunslinger.

[SpencerC]

Any idea who painted that painting for the movie, or what happened to it?

[Moderator]

That was done by Drew Struzan (http://www.drewstruzan.com/). Steve has the original--it was a gift from Frank Darabont.

[rose key]

Thank you! I love that painting. All of us freaked out a bit when we saw that. I know I had a smile on my face from ear to ear when I first saw it. Thanks for the link, Ms. Mod, now I can really have a good look at it!:love:

[gage04]

I thought that was such a great touch!

[cloudsover31]

i loved that painting, and i love how its connected to the dark tower, and how it makes us think that those monsters came from rolands world. they were most likely from the todash darkness.

[Addiction314]

My first thought was that it would be a great precursor to the Dark Tower movies which would soon (or maybe could already) be in production...

Well, maybe once Lost is finished, we may see something...but I'm kind of doubtful as to whether the movies would ever be made, or if they could even be worth the time it would take to watch them.

[terrain]

When i saw that painting i thought, 'this could be a great movie'...he obviously had a fair amount of input into the direction. what a great reference for DT fans.

[Moderator]

My first thought was that it would be a great precursor to the Dark Tower movies which would soon (or maybe could already) be in production...

Well, maybe once Lost is finished, we may see something...but I'm kind of doubtful as to whether the movies would ever be made, or if they could even be worth the time it would take to watch them.

J.J. Abrams et al have decided not to go forward with a Dark Tower film adaptation as they did not feel they would be able to do it justice. No one else currently has the option to do a film.

[Nisi]

I was really excited when I saw the painting. Because I was thinking: Oh maybe they will made a movie of the DT books. So I was really happy.

I think a movie about Roland and his Tet must be a great one :blush:

[Addiction314]

In my opinion, it would be almost impossible to do a good job of it, and then you have to think about the economic issues.

A good series would need at least 7 movies...and this isn't Harry Potter we're talking about...there's no way they would make enough back to warrant such an expense. The other way is the miniseries option; this means watered-down stories (but I have liked most of the miniseries better than the big-screen movies).

Although I would go see anything made, I wouldn't have high hopes.

Hey, anyone else have $19 to get the movie rights? We can make a fanfic movie!

[Gavvo1976]

I didn't get it, for the very good reason that I hadn't read any of the DT books before seeing the film. My immediate thought was 'Clint Eastwood, but not'.
What that painting did do, though, was make Roland easier to imagine when I did get round to reading The Gunslinger.
Same here! I just thought it was a good painting - I only started reading The DT series last month and that's the very image I have of Roland in my head! I'm now on Wolves Of the Calla....DT is immense!!!!