Evilgrin 72
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Dark Tower Series - The Movie(s) / Series (1 Viewer)
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mlball77
Footballguy
So is it true that JJ Abrams & Damon Lindelof are making a run at the Dark Tower series, possibly after Lost concludes? (or is this total bogus)
I read a couple of things that indicated this, but don’t know if they were pure speculation or if there really is a good shot of this happening.
I read a couple of things that indicated this, but don’t know if they were pure speculation or if there really is a good shot of this happening.
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Homer J Simpson
I don't push
True. King sold Abrams the rights to the series for 19 dollars (how friggin' cool is that?) and they're going to make a run at it after Lost concludes.http://thedailywire319.wordpress.com/2009/...wer-movie-news/
mlball77
Footballguy
Awesome. Obviously this series has a ton of potential, but it is good to hear that talented execs are going to be steering this thing. As Lindelof stated in his quote that you linked, in order to get through all seven books, the first movie is going to have to really draw folks in.And $19? Very cool.
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Buddy Ball 2K3
Footballguy
These books are by far my favorite of all time. I really hope that JJ does as well with the DT as Jackson did with Lords. I sorta doubt that they will be able to do 7 feature films though, you are looking at a process that would take at least 10 years if done correctly.
mlball77
Footballguy
In general, I don't mind Bale (while at the same time not a huge fan either), but for some reason I don't think he is right for the part of Roland... that casting would sort of bother me as well. The poster earlier in this thread that mentioned/hoped for Josh Holloway (Sawyer) has a better fit, imho. Holloway I think I could see doing a respectable job with Roland. - I'm sure it will be tough to find someone for the role that will keep most of the Dark Tower book fans happy, but for some reason I think it might end up not being a big star like Bale. All of that said, I do sort of hope the Bale rumor is just that, a rumor and nothing more.MacArtist said:
mlball77
Footballguy
I'm wondering if they start developing this after work on Lost is wrapped up... how long would it realistically take to make the first film and get it to theaters??? I have zero clue on how long the whole moving making process takes. Are we looking at a couple years most likely (assuming things go forward)?
mlball77
Footballguy
The more I think about this, the more I think it might be unrealistic to think seven films could be made. Obviously I’d like to see that happen, but that is a huge task to undertake. But seeing Lindelof comment on the possibility of seven films makes me think there’s a chance anyway.
I wonder if Roland’s pursuit of the Dark Tower might make a good TV series for maybe five seasons. That said, some of the stuff in the books definitely isn’t appropriate for prime-time TV. So TV probably isn't the proper format for the story either... hmmm.
I wonder if Roland’s pursuit of the Dark Tower might make a good TV series for maybe five seasons. That said, some of the stuff in the books definitely isn’t appropriate for prime-time TV. So TV probably isn't the proper format for the story either... hmmm.
Roland is really old. It won't be Bale. It needs to be Eastwood. Make it Happen Hollywood!
mlball77
Footballguy
With time being off kilter for Roland, I know he is ancient in actual time, but based on time that he has experienced, I thought of him more as a guy about 45 years old or so (in appearance) when he first encounters Jake. A little past his prime, but not old. Maybe I’m wrong, but that is how my mind sees him.
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mlball77
Footballguy
Looks like Abrams and Lindelof are no longer seriously considering the Dark Tower?
http://movies.ign.com/articles/104/1044277p1.html
http://movies.ign.com/articles/104/1044277p1.html
mlball77
Footballguy
Found this tidbit:
ComicBookMovie.com has reported that NBC Universal has set the release date for the first Dark Tower film. Opening May 17th 2013, the first film will be released just in time for the summer movie season.
Last month this was the press release:
http://www.stephenking.com/promo/dark_towe...k_tower_pr1.pdf
ComicBookMovie.com has reported that NBC Universal has set the release date for the first Dark Tower film. Opening May 17th 2013, the first film will be released just in time for the summer movie season.
Last month this was the press release:
http://www.stephenking.com/promo/dark_towe...k_tower_pr1.pdf
Sarnoff
Footballguy
Ron Howard & Universal have offered the part of Roland to Javier Bardem, for the movies & the TV series.
Negotiations may begin soon.
Negotiations may begin soon.
Psychopav
Help us, Joebi-Wan Brynobi, you're our only ho
This is a great concept for how to pull off this series. If he pulls it off (and fixes the freaking ending, this could be one of the best franchise efforts ever.
SmoovySmoov
The Way of the Samurai
Blasphemy.
Roland of Gilead
Footballguy
DropKick
Footballguy
My first thought.
That was the only way it could end.
cstu
Footballguy
It should be Viggo's part IMO but Bardem is a great actor and could pull it off. He needs to lose a lot of weight for the role though. My biggest concern is Howard's ability to get the atmosphere of the books right.
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AcerFC
Footballguy
Its frustrating not being able to read this thread. No idea if this has been discussed but since hearing Ron Howard on Howard Stern last week, I have been thinking of casting. Like I said, only started book 4 yesterday so my characters are limited to the first three
Roland- Vigo Mortensen- No doubt in my mind that this needs to happen. I can not think of anyone else right now who is such a perfect fit
Eddie- Eddie Cibrian- I know, same name which is probably why I thought of him first but I do think that he would be great and pull it off nicely
Susannah- Zoe Saldana - Please make sure there is a sex scene with her involved. Thanks
Jake- I picture him as the kid who played Anakin in my thoughts when I read the book but he cant act so they may need to find someone fresh for this role
Walter, The Man in Black- Robert Knepper - When I first started reading I had an image of a comedian from the 80s who was tall and curly black hair. As I read on though, it morphed into Knepper.
Tick Tock man-
- Lock it upBlaine- James Earl Jones. Is he too known for this part. I dont know but in my head, that is what Blaine sounds like
Gasher- This guy
Ageless Stranger- I dont know enough about him yet but I was thinking someone like Edward Norton might not be bad. I need to learn more about him first
Allie- Ali Larter- Another one with the same name but put a scare on her and I think she fits. She may be too young for the role but it never hurts to do a google image search on her
Mr. Chambers- Gary Oldman
Jack Mort- Phillip Seymour Hoffman- can definitely see him playing some deranged guy
I think that covers most of the characters that I have read so far. Cant wait to read the next 4 books (although it might take 6 months to a year to finish it)
Roland- Vigo Mortensen- No doubt in my mind that this needs to happen. I can not think of anyone else right now who is such a perfect fit
Eddie- Eddie Cibrian- I know, same name which is probably why I thought of him first but I do think that he would be great and pull it off nicely
Susannah- Zoe Saldana - Please make sure there is a sex scene with her involved. Thanks
Jake- I picture him as the kid who played Anakin in my thoughts when I read the book but he cant act so they may need to find someone fresh for this role
Walter, The Man in Black- Robert Knepper - When I first started reading I had an image of a comedian from the 80s who was tall and curly black hair. As I read on though, it morphed into Knepper.
Tick Tock man-
- Lock it upBlaine- James Earl Jones. Is he too known for this part. I dont know but in my head, that is what Blaine sounds like
Gasher- This guy
Ageless Stranger- I dont know enough about him yet but I was thinking someone like Edward Norton might not be bad. I need to learn more about him first
Allie- Ali Larter- Another one with the same name but put a scare on her and I think she fits. She may be too young for the role but it never hurts to do a google image search on her
Mr. Chambers- Gary Oldman
Jack Mort- Phillip Seymour Hoffman- can definitely see him playing some deranged guy
I think that covers most of the characters that I have read so far. Cant wait to read the next 4 books (although it might take 6 months to a year to finish it)
Frostillicus
Footballguy
nysportsfan
Footballguy
I must live in a hole because this is the first time I've heard of this stuff.
I am very, very interested
I am very, very interested
Evilgrin 72
Distributor of Pain
Which ending? The last page or the addendum that King warned us not to read?
Lehigh98
Footballguy
1. Danville & CK2. Mordred(Hopefully names alone aren't much of a spoiler)
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Lehigh98
Footballguy
mlball77
Footballguy
I feel pretty similarly. And actually, I didn't love the ending at first... but it could just be that I was sad there were no more books in the series to entertain me. -But after I thought about the ending and had a couple days to ruminate over the entire story, I concluded that it was the perfect ending for Roland. As for Bardem, I have trouble seeing him as Roland. Not saying he isn't a talented actor, just that I have trouble seeing him as Roland.
bigbottom
Footballguy
He just seems a bit big for the role. I always pictured Roland to be tall and lanky.
AcerFC
Footballguy
Finished book 4
Can we please get Selena Gomez to play Susan Delgado
Also see Sam Elliot or Kris Krostofferson as Jonas
Don't know this Barden guy but epic fail not asking Vigo IMO
About 350 pages into wolves so far.
There is this large comedian women who was on last comic standing and now is on the Chelsea Handler show. She would make a great roont
Can we please get Selena Gomez to play Susan Delgado
Also see Sam Elliot or Kris Krostofferson as Jonas
Don't know this Barden guy but epic fail not asking Vigo IMO
About 350 pages into wolves so far.
There is this large comedian women who was on last comic standing and now is on the Chelsea Handler show. She would make a great roont
PizzaDeliveryGuy
extra sausage
Javier Bardem is perfect for the part.
timschochet
Footballguy
bigbottom said:
Roland is Clint Eastwood around 1985 or so.
mlball77
Footballguy
Not that this directly ties into the Dark Tower movies etc…. But I found it interesting King has another book in the works for this series (supposedly).
“Here's the letter from King himself as published on StephenKing.com:
Dear Constant Readers,
At some point, while worrying over the copyedited manuscript of the next book (11/22/63, out November 8th), I started thinking—and dreaming—about Mid-World again. The major story of Roland and his ka-tet was told, but I realized there was at least one hole in the narrative progression: what happened to Roland, Jake, Eddie, Susannah, and Oy between the time they leave the Emerald City (the end of Wizard and Glass) and the time we pick them up again, on the outskirts of Calla Bryn Sturgis (the beginning of Wolves of the Calla)?
There was a storm, I decided. One of sudden and vicious intensity. The kind to which billy-bumblers like Oy are particularly susceptible. Little by little, a story began to take shape. I saw a line of riders, one of them Roland’s old mate, Jamie DeCurry, emerging from clouds of alkali dust thrown by a high wind. I saw a severed head on a fencepost. I saw a swamp full of dangers and terrors. I saw just enough to want to see the rest. Long story short, I went back to visit an-tet with my friends for awhile. The result is a novel called The Wind Through the Keyhole. It’s finished, and I expect it will be published next year.
It won’t tell you much that’s new about Roland and his friends, but there’s a lot none of us knew about Mid-World, both past and present. The novel is shorter than DT 2-7, but quite a bit longer than the first volume—call this one DT-4.5. It’s not going to change anybody’s life, but God, I had fun.
-- Steve King”
“Here's the letter from King himself as published on StephenKing.com:
Dear Constant Readers,
At some point, while worrying over the copyedited manuscript of the next book (11/22/63, out November 8th), I started thinking—and dreaming—about Mid-World again. The major story of Roland and his ka-tet was told, but I realized there was at least one hole in the narrative progression: what happened to Roland, Jake, Eddie, Susannah, and Oy between the time they leave the Emerald City (the end of Wizard and Glass) and the time we pick them up again, on the outskirts of Calla Bryn Sturgis (the beginning of Wolves of the Calla)?
There was a storm, I decided. One of sudden and vicious intensity. The kind to which billy-bumblers like Oy are particularly susceptible. Little by little, a story began to take shape. I saw a line of riders, one of them Roland’s old mate, Jamie DeCurry, emerging from clouds of alkali dust thrown by a high wind. I saw a severed head on a fencepost. I saw a swamp full of dangers and terrors. I saw just enough to want to see the rest. Long story short, I went back to visit an-tet with my friends for awhile. The result is a novel called The Wind Through the Keyhole. It’s finished, and I expect it will be published next year.
It won’t tell you much that’s new about Roland and his friends, but there’s a lot none of us knew about Mid-World, both past and present. The novel is shorter than DT 2-7, but quite a bit longer than the first volume—call this one DT-4.5. It’s not going to change anybody’s life, but God, I had fun.
-- Steve King”
Sarnoff
Footballguy
AcerFC
Footballguy
OK, so it took me a little less the 4 months to read the last 4 booksLets palavar for a second about the ending
I liked it. I thought the killing of the CK was weak as the guy that takes care of him was introduced in the last quarter of a series. But what I dont get is how Roland is going to change things. He has the horn but does that change him from doing the exact same things over again especially since he loses his memory of doing it. And what happens if he changes things? I guess Im just a little confused about the intent of him starting over again. Like I said, I enjoyed it but Im not seeing what King intended (I think)
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Forget about arguing over the cast. I really don't like the choice of director for a series like this. I like a couple of his movies, but they were mostly dialogue/character movies - ie Frost/Nixon. I haven't seen enough good work from him to have much confidence that a project like this will turn out well.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
My feeling is that he gets a little closer to doing things "right" each time - picking up the horn, getting closer to his companions, etc... Once he finally does things correctly, he'll be able to die. Or to get meta, he'll become the Tower. That's my take, but King gets sloppy on this macroverse stuff all the time so who knows if even he can explain it.I waffle on things like the CK's demise. I think we're so used to these ultimate baddies being nigh on invincible that it's jarring to see one go out with a whimper. But in a way, it feels more "real" (relatively speaking) that the CK made a series of mistakes because he was a nutball, including locking himself on that balcony. In real life, people do dumb things all the time no matter how powerful they are. Same with Mordred. Roland was able to kill him mainly because Mordred was starving and ate some poisoned meat - another random, stupid thing. And I think Flagg's death gets the most complaints because readers have been with him since The Stand in the late 70s. But again, he was overconfident and made a fatal mistake.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
It does seem like an odd pairing. He should be able to draw a good cast and screenwriters though.Bardem's an interesting choice for Roland. I wouldn't have thought of him myself, but I think he's good enough to pull it off. Like everyone else, I have a mental picture of the characters I'm reading about and feel a little lost when a cast member doesn't look the way I pictured him/her (Elrond/Legolas/Denethor/Theoden from LOTR all threw me for a bit of a loop) but I can get past that pretty quickly if they're done well.
Hell, Lonesome Dove's main characters - Gus & Call - were cast with actors who are almost the exact physical opposite from the way they're described in the book. But that one turned out ok, so it can be done.
AcerFC
Footballguy
yeah, that worried me as well
AcerFC
Footballguy
uruk
I actually thought the whole Mordred story line was not needed. I dont think it added one thing to the series. Im sure there is some literary tool and all but to me, it was a strike out (as I think the whole 6th book was). Could have rolled 6 and 7 into one and make a better read IMO without Mordred.
I actually thought the whole Mordred story line was not needed. I dont think it added one thing to the series. Im sure there is some literary tool and all but to me, it was a strike out (as I think the whole 6th book was). Could have rolled 6 and 7 into one and make a better read IMO without Mordred.
AcerFC
Footballguy
Overll I enjoyed it. Now I'm off to The Stand
