Stephen King had always said he'd NEVER have The Dark Tower series made into a movie or TV show....and now he may have changed his mind!
I was always glad he wouldn't do it, he said he didn't want to take away from anyones idea of what the characters look like, and I always appreciated that.
But now it seems he may have caved?

Stephen King is in talks with "Lost" executive producer J.J. Abrams about a live-action adaptation of his novel series "Dark Tower."

According to HollywoodReporter.com, there is no word on whether the project will reach the big or small screen.

The story - which is a mixture of fantasy, horror, sci-fi and western genres - spans seven books. This could mean the project is best suited for television, but its potential cost may warrant the cinematic treatment.

Apparently many companies have been after the rights to "Dark Tower," but nothing has materialized because King is looking for strong filmmaker involvement.


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This would seriously disappoint me, it can't possibly be as good as the books, and the characters will never look like what I think they look like.
I know it's like that with all books, but this is an epic story, it's seven books and took him 30 years to write.
It's taken me about 9 years to read (including waiting on the next books) and I would be very sad to see it in a TV series.
This would suck.

PS
Is this in the right forum?!?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Stephen King writes awesome books but time and time again it's proven that the books CAN'T be made in to good movies (except MAYBE the Shining). The Talisman is also being made in to a movie, which actually makes me sick to my stomach.

If I hear Lisey's Story is being in to a movie, I think my head will turn round and i'll projectile vomit, Linda Blair style.

I think The Green Mile was great, but I hadn't read the book when I saw the movie.
I think that makes all the difference.
The Shawshank Redemption was really good too, but again, I hadn't read the story.
Still great they made a 2,5 hour movie from a short story.
How was the Desperation series?
Has it aired yet?
Wonder how that came out.....

Yeah, Desperation aired last year in America but I was too terrified to watch it. Desperation is my favourite book after The Stand and the DT series, I couldn't bare to see it ripped to shreds on TV

Ron Pearlman as Collie Entragian? Eek, i just don't know.

Oh, The Stand!
Now there's a bad SK movie!
I think they started filming his stories too early, the special effects suck.
Like It, the spider in the end was cuddly compared to what they can do with CGI now.
They should do remakes!
Especially the Stand, it's my favorite book, tied with the Dark Tower series. (hated the end of DT!)
And I may download Desperation, I'm very curious.