http://deadline.com/2015/04/dark-tower- ... 201407880/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.
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and just like that a movie is coming...
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I'm sure that won't suck at all.
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I'm sure that won't suck at all.
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I didn't know you valued my opinion so highly. That's sweet.
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I'll believe it when I see it.
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I feel like we have gone through this cycle of it happening to being scrapped every year or so.I'll believe it when I see it.
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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.I feel like we have gone through this cycle of it happening to being scrapped every year or so.I'll believe it when I see it.
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Really wish HBO had stepped up for a 8 - 10 season series.Yeah, this project is so huge that it's a thousand to one odds that it'll actually happen.
The article says the movie will be based on The Gunslinger. I don't think the screenplay could be much worse than the book.And if it does, having Akiva Goldsman as the screenwriter isn't a good sign.
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Regarding the Dark Tower (full spoilers ahead):
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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/
http://www.thewrap.com/matthew-mcconaug ... exclusive/
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Apparently they offered him the Roland and man in black and he likes the man in black...
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They could cast McConaughey to play Odetta and I'm pretty sure he'd nail it.
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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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Alright alright alright honkey mahfuhThey could cast McConaughey to play Odetta and I'm pretty sure he'd nail it.
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Just bought the set to read for the first time.
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I literally lol'ed.Alright alright alright honkey mahfuhThey could cast McConaughey to play Odetta and I'm pretty sure he'd nail it.
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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.
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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I've read the Stand, Pet Cemetery, and a couple others.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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x2I literally lol'ed.Alright alright alright honkey mahfuhThey could cast McConaughey to play Odetta and I'm pretty sure he'd nail it.
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The Stand will help you a little. Salem's Lot is a must IMO.I've read the Stand, Pet Cemetery, and a couple others.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'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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Second the suggestion to read Salem's Lot first.
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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.Second the suggestion to read Salem's Lot first.
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hrnggngngngngggnnnggggggooonnggnggnggggifff.Source of the post Insomnia
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Book 1 is my favorite, I've never read salems lot, will need to change that soon.
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Could you get Lena Dunham to play Mordred?
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