Thankee sai!!!
I guess this news is a few months old but I just found out about it tonight. They have finally started production on a Dark Tower Movie/TV series. I know that they had planned one a few years ago with JJ Abrams set to make it, but that fell through. Now Ron Howard is at the helm.
http://screenrant.com/dark-tower-movie-trilogy-tv-series-ross-77542/ (http://screenrant.com/dark-tower-movie-trilogy-tv-series-ross-77542/)
I am very excited for this. The Dark Tower is one of the greatest stories ever. I loved those books.
And rj, if you're a Dark Tower fan, I suggest your next comic read be the Dark Tower prequel series that Marvel has been running the past few years.
The way they plan to bridge the movies with the TV series is pretty interesting.
::will watch::
Quote from: mistercharlie on January 13, 2011, 11:30:26 PM
Thankee sai!!!
I guess this news is a few months old but I just found out about it tonight. They have finally started production on a Dark Tower Movie/TV series. I know that they had planned one a few years ago with JJ Abrams set to make it, but that fell through. Now Ron Howard is at the helm.
http://screenrant.com/dark-tower-movie-trilogy-tv-series-ross-77542/ (http://screenrant.com/dark-tower-movie-trilogy-tv-series-ross-77542/)
I am very excited for this. The Dark Tower is one of the greatest stories ever. I loved those books.
And rj, if you're a Dark Tower fan, I suggest your next comic read be the Dark Tower prequel series that Marvel has been running the past few years.
and akiva goldsman is writing. sigh. give up hope all ye who enter here...
JJ Abrams would have been something worthwhile.
Ron Howard?
Have you seen any of his more recent adaptations? He sure did a hell of a job with The Grinch!
Quote from: ytowndan on January 14, 2011, 02:20:41 AM
The way they plan to bridge the movies with the TV series is pretty interesting.
::will watch::
That's what I think make's it sound all that much better. There are definitely bigger plot points in the books that will make great movies and then there is a lot of littler plot points that will make a good serialized tv show. I hold out hope that Ron Howard will do a good job on this. Sure he can be hit or miss, but with material this awesome I think he'll do a great job.
Also, I'm wondering who he's going to cast his strange younger brother Clint as. There are lots of characters in the Dark Tower series that Clint would be perfect for, and you know Ron puts him in all of his movies.
In case you don't know who Clint Howard is off the top of your head here he is:
(http://www.brobible.com/sites/default/files/18072/ClintHoward.jpg)
I'm a bigger fan of Clint than of Ron.
Ron Howard's finest moment was his guest turn on The Simpsons all those years ago. Downhill ever since.
would not get my hopes up for the TV series
Quote from: V00D00BR3W on January 14, 2011, 10:49:09 AM
Ron Howard's finest moment was his guest turn on The Simpsons all those years ago. Downhill ever since.
Do I smell vodka and wheat grass?
DaVinci Code was the most boring movie I've seen in recent memory.
/just sayin'
Quote from: rowjimmy on January 14, 2011, 09:53:25 AM
I'm a bigger fan of Clint than of Ron.
exactly.
i met clint howard once. he was auditioning for a movie i was helping a friend get off the ground way back in the '90s (it was never made). clint and i talked for awhile. i recall something about how the government was 'onto him,' and he had to be careful what he said because of the radio receiver in one of his teeth. he is a very, very, very strange man.
Quote from: Hicks on January 14, 2011, 10:58:28 AM
DaVinci Code was the most boring movie I've seen in recent memory.
/just sayin'
<cough>source material</cough>
Quote from: cactusfan on January 14, 2011, 01:08:54 PM
Quote from: rowjimmy on January 14, 2011, 09:53:25 AM
I'm a bigger fan of Clint than of Ron.
exactly.
i met clint howard once. he was auditioning for a movie i was helping a friend get off the ground way back in the '90s (it was never made). clint and i talked for awhile. i recall something about how the government was 'onto him,' and he had to be careful what he said because of the radio receiver in one of his teeth. he is a very, very, very strange man.
When I think of Clint Howard I think of 'Ticks' where he is a Pot Farmer and the chemicals he uses to grow super pot also grow super ticks that kill people. And next I think of Ice Cream Man where he's a killer Ice Cream Man. And lastly I think of his role in Waterboy, "I am not what you would call a handsome man. The good Lord chose not to bless me with... with charm, athletic ability... or a fully functional brain." Pretty much he's a weird dude, even on screen.
Quote from: mistercharlie on January 14, 2011, 09:40:47 AM
Quote from: ytowndan on January 14, 2011, 02:20:41 AM
The way they plan to bridge the movies with the TV series is pretty interesting.
::will watch::
That's what I think make's it sound all that much better. There are definitely bigger plot points in the books that will make great movies and then there is a lot of littler plot points that will make a good serialized tv show. I hold out hope that Ron Howard will do a good job on this. Sure he can be hit or miss, but with material this awesome I think he'll do a great job.
Also, I'm wondering who he's going to cast his strange younger brother Clint as. There are lots of characters in the Dark Tower series that Clint would be perfect for, and you know Ron puts him in all of his movies.
In case you don't know who Clint Howard is off the top of your head here he is:
(http://www.brobible.com/sites/default/files/18072/ClintHoward.jpg)
Is that a boog in that man's nose?
Nope, that's 100% nose hair. I'm telling you, he's a really strange dude.
Well, we now know who will be playing Roland. It's our 'friend-o' Javier Bardem. He's no Clint Eastwood (which is who I always pictured Roland to be when reading) but I think he'll do a pretty good job.
Count me in the "skeptical" camp.
I'm a fan of the books, and Stephen King's writing in general. However, most of his adaptations suck, imo.
I'm not a fan of the "It" miniseries or *gasp* "The Stand" miniseries. I don't think I've liked a movie of his on the big screen since around "Misery". I think most of his adaptations are "decent" but add absolutely nothing to books and frustrate the hell out of me.
Mostly, I despise his work for ABC.
Maybe with Ron Howard at the helm, and working with NBC as opposed to ABC, things might be different, but I'm not going to psyche myself out over it.
I'd like for these to be bad ass, but I'm not holding my breath, if you know what I mean.
I know I've mentioned that there has been talk of an 8th Dark Tower book before, but I just found this little tid-bit:
Wind Through The Keyhole Announcement (http://www.stephenking.com/promo/wind_through_the_keyhole/announcement/)
Dark Tower book 4.5 so to speak. I'm as excited as a crazed billy-bumbler, kennit. And I'll be ready and raring to read it when it comes out, you can set your watch and warrant by it.
http://www.slashfilm.com/problems-arise-stephen-kings-the-dark-tower/#more-103546
Quote from: fauxpaxfauxreal on May 08, 2011, 04:59:08 PM
http://www.slashfilm.com/problems-arise-stephen-kings-the-dark-tower/#more-103546
:frustrated: :frustrated: :frustrated:
Only one week until The Wind Through The Keyhole (http://www.amazon.com/The-Wind-Through-Keyhole-Tower/dp/1451658907) is released!!
I've already got mine preordered and it'll be here on the day it's released. I can't wait to journey back to Mid-World.
Quote from: mistercharlie on April 17, 2012, 04:45:15 AM
Only one week until The Wind Through The Keyhole (http://www.amazon.com/The-Wind-Through-Keyhole-Tower/dp/1451658907) is released!!
I've already got mine preordered and it'll be here on the day it's released. I can't wait to journey back to Mid-World.
Nice reminder! I'll have to be picking that up too
Quote from: kellerb on April 17, 2012, 10:02:18 AM
Quote from: mistercharlie on April 17, 2012, 04:45:15 AM
Only one week until The Wind Through The Keyhole (http://www.amazon.com/The-Wind-Through-Keyhole-Tower/dp/1451658907) is released!!
I've already got mine preordered and it'll be here on the day it's released. I can't wait to journey back to Mid-World.
Nice reminder! I'll have to be picking that up too
Perfect timing. I need a quick break from Game of Thrones series (getting ready to start book 4) so this will be perfect!
Well here we are six years later and we finally have this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjwfqXTebIY
I heard the movie doesn't feature Eddie, Susanna, or OY. Hence the movie is worthless in my eyes. Nothing like skipping over the whole KaTet thing. :samurai:
Quote from: birdman on June 15, 2017, 06:04:26 AM
I heard the movie doesn't feature Eddie, Susanna, or OY. Hence the movie is worthless in my eyes. Nothing like skipping over the whole KaTet thing. :samurai:
The movie is billed as "The last time around the wheel". King has made it clear that this is a continuation/actual end of the story and not a translation of the books.
Quote from: mistercharlie on June 15, 2017, 09:45:11 AM
Quote from: birdman on June 15, 2017, 06:04:26 AM
I heard the movie doesn't feature Eddie, Susanna, or OY. Hence the movie is worthless in my eyes. Nothing like skipping over the whole KaTet thing. :samurai:
The movie is billed as "The last time around the wheel". King has made it clear that this is a continuation/actual end of the story and not a translation of the books.
well I'm going to turn my back and ignore it
Quote from: birdman on June 15, 2017, 12:18:03 PM
Quote from: mistercharlie on June 15, 2017, 09:45:11 AM
Quote from: birdman on June 15, 2017, 06:04:26 AM
I heard the movie doesn't feature Eddie, Susanna, or OY. Hence the movie is worthless in my eyes. Nothing like skipping over the whole KaTet thing. :samurai:
The movie is billed as "The last time around the wheel". King has made it clear that this is a continuation/actual end of the story and not a translation of the books.
well I'm going to turn my back and ignore it
You made a wise choice. I'd give it a Meh to a Meh-. It featured things you'd know from the books and covered entire books in the matter of a few minutes. Definitely glad I didn't go to the theater to see it.
Quote from: mistercharlie on October 18, 2017, 09:20:05 PM
Quote from: birdman on June 15, 2017, 12:18:03 PM
Quote from: mistercharlie on June 15, 2017, 09:45:11 AM
Quote from: birdman on June 15, 2017, 06:04:26 AM
I heard the movie doesn't feature Eddie, Susanna, or OY. Hence the movie is worthless in my eyes. Nothing like skipping over the whole KaTet thing. :samurai:
The movie is billed as "The last time around the wheel". King has made it clear that this is a continuation/actual end of the story and not a translation of the books.
well I'm going to turn my back and ignore it
You made a wise choice. I'd give it a Meh to a Meh-. It featured things you'd know from the books and covered entire books in the matter of a few minutes. Definitely glad I didn't go to the theater to see it.
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I and the gal did see this in the theatre. I turned her on the Dark Tower back in college. I had to wait for "the Wastelands" to be written; I've been following these books for a few decades.
I'd give it a D+ as a Dark Tower movie, and maybe a B- if you pretend it isn't a Dark Tower movie.
the acting is great - Idris, Wooderson, and Jake-kid all hit the note. Excellent casting.
In my opinion, they made one huge mistake that sort of fucked up the whole thing.
[spoiler]Roland needs to let Jake die/drop to his death under the mountain. Their whole relationship for the rest of the story is based on that. And Roland's growth as a human, too.[/spoiler]
They skip/change that, and don't explain how the "Sequel/Horn of Eld" effect makes it valid.
All the other bits that they changed or nabbed from later books (portals~thinny's/Sombra/Can-Toi people/Jake's dad situation) are fine. That's all valid . Even Wooderson's death (as long as he's not actually dead).
But seriously, the one spoiler change up there throws it all out of whack.
That spoiler Keller mentioned was one of my biggest qualms with it as well.
So the movie > hbo miniseries > movie concept is dead then?
Yeah, the TV series that's planned now will be a 'reboot' of the story. There's talk it could focus more on the Wizards and Glass area of the story line.