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| Stephen King's 'The Dark Tower' Gets 3 Film Order; Plus Television Series | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 9 2010, 10:42 PM (509 Views) | |
| Rick | Sep 9 2010, 10:42 PM Post #1 |
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Universal to produce three films and TV series based on Stephen King's 'The Dark Tower' by Lynette Rice Universal announced today that it has acquired the rights to produce three films and an NBC series based on the seven novels, short stories and comic books from Stephen King’s The Dark Tower. Ron Howard will direct the first film and the first season of the TV show, which will be written by Akiva Goldsman (The Da Vinci Code). “I’ve been waiting for the right team to bring the characters and stories in these books to film and TV viewers around the world,” said King, in a statement. “Ron, Akiva, Brian along with Universal and NBC have a deep interest and passion for the The Dark Tower series and I know that will translate into an intriguing series of films and TV shows that respect the origins and the characters in The Dark Tower that fans have come to love.” More than 30 million copies of The Dark Tower have been sold in 40 countries. After the series of seven books was completed, a prequel of comic books based on one of the characters was also published. “The worlds of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series are richly detailed, inter-locking and deeply connected,” said Goldsman in a statement. “By telling this story across media platforms and over multiple hours—and with a view to telling it completely—we have our best chance of translating Roland’s quest to reach The Dark Tower onto screen. We are proceeding with tremendous excitement, fidelity to the source material and, quite frankly, no small amount of awe at this opportunity.” Stephen King exclusive: Who should star in 'The Dark Tower'? 'The Twilight cast, of course!' by Kristen Baldwin With news that Stephen King’s enormously popular book series The Dark Tower will be coming to a big and small screen near you, we here at EW.com could not stop ourselves from reaching out to the bestselling author (and EW columnist) via email to get a few more answers about the highly-anticipated project. Here’s what he had to say: ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: The Dark Tower is such a dense series — did you always think it needed more than a single movie or TV show treatment? STEPHEN KING: I always thought it would take more than a single movie, but I didn’t see this solution coming — i.e., several movies and TV series. It was Ron [Howard] and Akiva [Goldsman]‘s idea. Once it was raised, I thought at once it was the solution. What about Ron Howard and NBC makes them a good fit for the franchise? When working as a director, Ron is very similar to the way I work as a writer. We both tell honest stories that have (I flatter myself) style and substance but not a lot of show-offy frills. In a perfect world, who would play Roland? Eddie? Susannah? Jake? The Twilight cast, of course! Just kidding. I haven’t got as far as casting in my thoughts, but when I write about Susannah Dean, I always kind of see Angela Bassett in my mind’s eye. Mostly I just want good people in those parts. Ron Howard will find them, I’m sure. And who would you want to play? I’d love to be the voice of Blaine the Mono. There’s a lot of blood in the series — how much is the TV series going to be censored? It likely would have been easier to join forces with a network without restrictions, à la HBO, no? I don’t see that as a problem at all! We’ll have just enough latitude to make a great series. I’ve worked in network TV before, and every time I was squeezed a little, it just made me look for creative solutions. Besides, I always like to play in the biggest auditorium available! |
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| Rick | Sep 9 2010, 10:44 PM Post #2 |
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This is by far the most exciting news I've heard this week! And he wants Angela Bassett as Susannah Dean :wub: |
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| Michael Baldwin | Sep 10 2010, 12:18 AM Post #3 |
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Huh Rick, I don’t know... I am a huge Stephen King fan and I have red almost all his books (Dark Tower serial twice). I was satisfied with only few his screenings and because that I am afraid that it will be disaster. But, we will see…. And yes, I agree...Angela Bassett as Susannah Dean would be perfect choice :wub: |
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| Mateo | Sep 10 2010, 01:22 AM Post #4 |
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Awesome news! Thanks for posting Rick. :D |
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| CodeBlazeNuke | Sep 12 2010, 11:48 PM Post #5 |
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i like Ron Howard he done so good movies. |
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