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eddysnake's Thread of Stephen King
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 1:48 pm
by eddy
and just like that a movie is coming...
Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group chairman Tom Rothman has found a franchise to sink his teeth into. Sony Pictures has teamed with MRC to co-finance The Dark Tower, Stephen King’s novel series set in a world woven with magic and revolving around the gunslinger Roland Deschains. Sony will distribute what is planned to be the first in a series of movies. A complementary TV series is also being developed by MRC.
http://deadline.com/2015/04/dark-tower- ... 201407880/
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Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 1:56 pm
by dodint
I'm sure that won't suck at all.
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Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 2:40 pm
by PFiDC
I'm sure that won't suck at all.
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Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 2:41 pm
by dodint
I didn't know you valued my opinion so highly. That's sweet.
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Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 6:15 pm
by AuthorTony
I'll believe it when I see it.
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Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 6:35 pm
by obhave
I'll believe it when I see it.
I feel like we have gone through this cycle of it happening to being scrapped every year or so.
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Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 8:22 pm
by AuthorTony
I'll believe it when I see it.
I feel like we have gone through this cycle of it happening to being scrapped every year or so.
Yeah, this project is so huge that it's a thousand to one odds that it'll actually happen. And if it does, having Akiva Goldsman as the screenwriter isn't a good sign.
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Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 8:54 pm
by Willie Kool
Yeah, this project is so huge that it's a thousand to one odds that it'll actually happen.
Really wish HBO had stepped up for a 8 - 10 season series.
And if it does, having Akiva Goldsman as the screenwriter isn't a good sign.
The article says the movie will be based on
The Gunslinger. I don't think the screenplay could be much worse than the book.
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Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 9:06 pm
by shafnutz05
Regarding the Dark Tower (full spoilers ahead):
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 6:32 pm
by eddy
McConaughey for Roland? That would certainly bode well for the series, I think they need someone big to carry this series so we actually get to see it finished.
http://www.thewrap.com/matthew-mcconaug ... exclusive/
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 6:35 pm
by eddy
Apparently they offered him the Roland and man in black and he likes the man in black...
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 7:00 pm
by AuthorTony
They could cast McConaughey to play Odetta and I'm pretty sure he'd nail it.
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 8:30 pm
by PFiDC
I'm reading Drawing of the Three and it may be my favorite of the series. Roland basically acts like Buzz Lightyear in our world.
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 8:31 pm
by PFiDC
They could cast McConaughey to play Odetta and I'm pretty sure he'd nail it.
Alright alright alright honkey mahfuh
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 8:31 pm
by Freddy Rumsen
Just bought the set to read for the first time.
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 8:33 pm
by AuthorTony
They could cast McConaughey to play Odetta and I'm pretty sure he'd nail it.
Alright alright alright honkey mahfuh
I literally lol'ed.
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 8:33 pm
by PFiDC
Enjoy. Do you read other King works?
Might I suggest reading Salem's Lot before book V. Actually, its more of a demand than a suggestion. Insomnia is Cliffs Noted pretty well in book VI. Talisman and Black House are good to read too but not as important as those events, while directly related to the tower, don't come up in the series.
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 8:35 pm
by Freddy Rumsen
Enjoy. Do you read other King works?
Might I suggest reading Salem's Lot before book V. Actually, its more of a demand than a suggestion. Insomnia is Cliffs Noted pretty well in book VI. Talisman and Black House are good to read too but not as important as those events, while directly related to the tower, don't come up in the series.
I've read the Stand, Pet Cemetery, and a couple others.
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 8:36 pm
by Willie Kool
They could cast McConaughey to play Odetta and I'm pretty sure he'd nail it.
Alright alright alright honkey mahfuh
I literally lol'ed.
x2
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 8:38 pm
by PFiDC
Enjoy. Do you read other King works?
Might I suggest reading Salem's Lot before book V. Actually, its more of a demand than a suggestion. Insomnia is Cliffs Noted pretty well in book VI. Talisman and Black House are good to read too but not as important as those events, while directly related to the tower, don't come up in the series.
I've read the Stand, Pet Cemetery, and a couple others.
The Stand will help you a little. Salem's Lot is a must IMO.
I'm interested to see the viewpoint of someone who isn't deep into King's work. This series is the culmination of everything he has ever written and will ever write.
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 8:39 pm
by Willie Kool
Second the suggestion to read Salem's Lot first.
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 8:42 pm
by PFiDC
Second the suggestion to read Salem's Lot first.
Go ahead and read the first 4 and then Salem's Lot. Also, don't judge the series on the first book. He was 19 when he wrote it and had no idea what it would become. The revised version pulls a lot from book IV which is almost all a flashback and some really important Roland back story.
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 11:04 pm
by dodint
hrnggngngngngggnnnggggggooonnggnggnggggifff.
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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 7:14 am
by eddy
Book 1 is my favorite, I've never read salems lot, will need to change that soon.
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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 7:32 am
by shafnutz05
Could you get Lena Dunham to play Mordred?