Stephen King's The Dark Tower series moves to Silver Screen.

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edited September 2010 in Music & Movies
http://www.collider.com/2010/09/08/the-dark-tower-film-trilogy-tv-series-ron-howard/


Ron Howard? Really? REALLY?? I'm oh-so-skeptical. I don't know if many Polkies are familiar with this particular series by Stephen King, but I can honestly say it's one of my favorite series of all time and Roland (the main character) IS my favorite novel-born individual of all time. Anyways, I won't make this a big rant since I'll probably be yelling at a wall, but I have to say I'm sorely disappointed and nervous with the selection made to helm King's self-proclaimed magnum opus. There are other directors, darker directors, that might do a better job of it. Peter Jackson, Guillermo Del Toro? *sigh*
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,329
    edited September 2010
    By Far the best books by Stephen King IMO.. I was hoping they would do this in some killer animation..
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited September 2010
    These are the ONLY books I've read from Senor King. All of 'em brilliant. That being said... I wouldn't put too much stock in this news. This has been in development Hell for decades.
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • hagmanm2
    hagmanm2 Posts: 205
    edited September 2010
    JJ Abrams was 'kinda' on board for a while. King loved his progression throughout the Lost series... but man if this is legit... boo.

    Since we do have some fans here, I have a question: what actor do you guys think would make a good Roland? I'm not too sure myself... I like the cut of Viggo Mortensen (he definitely has a Clint Eastwood build) but he doesn't have the voice of the Roland in my mind. Still, he's the best I can come up with. :\/
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited September 2010
    Viggo is the first person that comes to mind. Reference A History of Violence...
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited September 2010
    I'm pretty sure JJ Abrams is still involved with the script.

    I love Stephen King. Have read every book of his.... EXCEPT for the Dark Tower series, and a few assorted others of his ilk. I know so many people love it and rightfully praise it, but I CANNOT read fantasy novels. I need my books (and for the most part movies) to have some kind of grounding in reality, and though King mostly deals with the fantastical, it's usually all based in an Earth I'm familiar with, rather than a fantasy land. It's just a personal thing.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • kuntasensei
    kuntasensei Posts: 3,263
    edited September 2010
    I wouldn't discount ole' Opie just yet. I mean, did you see The Missing? Also, he did Ransom, Backdraft and Willow. I think he can get dark when he needs to get dark. Though he wouldn't be my first choice, I'm interested to see what he does with it.
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited September 2010
    Funny you should mention it Bob. I avoid his other books for the exact same reason. You should really read up on all of "meta themes" in the Dark Tower series. Those books make it a special point to break the 4th wall and infringe on reality. Hell... King, himself, makes a guest appearance.
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited September 2010
    Oh, like I said (or tried to say) I don't try to take anything away from the series, which I hear is fantastic. I've tried to read it MULTIPLE times (and own the "boxed set" of the first four). It's just when I can't at least somewhat relate to the universe a book or movie is set in, I can't lose myself in the book and it becomes not worth reading.

    Almost all of his other books take place in a normal world, and then bring that world to a fantastic (as in "fantasy", not "awesome", though both apply) place. It seems the Dark Tower does the opposite - starts in a fantasy world and drags it into the real world (or the real world into it, as it is). My tiny brain don't work that way. :)
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited September 2010
    Another amazing thing about the series.... it pretty much subverts every trope of the genre. Many of which had their origins in King's body of work. It really is a clever series and is well-constructed and written by any standards of literature.
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • Hardtail67
    Hardtail67 Posts: 52
    edited September 2010
    This would be better as a TV series. Like Battlestar Galactica or the upcoming Walking Dead. There is so much to that series.

    Of course on the other hand people said Lord of the Rings couldn't be filmed.:rolleyes:
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  • ratster
    ratster Posts: 324
    edited September 2010
    I hope hollywood doesn't butcher this like they did "The Stand".
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited September 2010
    "The Stand' was hardly "Hollywood." It was a TV miniseries. I'm of the opinion that you could NEVER adapt the Stand into something on screen unless it was a 100 hour series.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • ratster
    ratster Posts: 324
    edited September 2010
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    "The Stand' was hardly "Hollywood." It was a TV miniseries. I'm of the opinion that you could NEVER adapt the Stand into something on screen unless it was a 100 hour series.

    TV or Hollywood they certainly butchered a good book :mad:
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,329
    edited September 2010
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    "The Stand' was hardly "Hollywood." It was a TV miniseries. I'm of the opinion that you could NEVER adapt the Stand into something on screen unless it was a 100 hour series.



    The Stand is a great book, the movie sucked **** along with IT, and TommyKnockers.

    Have you ever read the book Swan Song by Robert McCammon?? Along the same lines of The Stand but better IMO..

    Swan Song is a must read book IMHO
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  • ratster
    ratster Posts: 324
    edited September 2010
    TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »
    The Stand is a great book, the movie sucked **** along with IT, and TommyKnockers.

    Have you ever read the book Swan Song by Robert McCammon?? Along the same lines of The Stand but better IMO..

    Swan Song is a must read book IMHO

    Thanks.I will check it out.
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  • avelanchefan
    avelanchefan Posts: 2,401
    edited September 2010
    TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »
    The Stand is a great book, the movie sucked **** along with IT, and TommyKnockers.

    Have you ever read the book Swan Song by Robert McCammon?? Along the same lines of The Stand but better IMO..

    Swan Song is a must read book IMHO

    Could not have said it better myself TOOL....I read Swan Song back in the late 80's and was blown away by it. While I find The Stand to be a more satisfying read (I have read it 3 times), I found a used copy of Swan Song a few years back and re-read it again, was still amazed at how McCammon was not more recognized for this book.

    Again I still find King's book to be the better of the two, but Swan Song should be highly recognized as a great read of apocalyptic America.
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited September 2010
    I never read the book. But I did find myself watching the mini-series. I haven't laughed so hard in my entire life.

    Satan. With a denim jacket. And a mullet. Awesome.
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited September 2010
    zombie boy 2000 wrote: »
    I never read the book. But I did find myself watching the mini-series. I haven't laughed so hard in my entire life.

    Satan. With a denim jacket. And a mullet. Awesome.

    Well, "God" was an old black lady, so....
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited September 2010
    Do you remember that scene where he appears to her in the cornfield. What a friend I have in Jesus... At which point he let's out some redneck guffaw. Side-splittin' I tells ya.
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • carvcom
    carvcom Posts: 240
    edited September 2010
    Since we do have some fans here, I have a question: what actor do you guys think would make a good Roland? I'm not too sure myself... I like the cut of Viggo Mortensen (he definitely has a Clint Eastwood build) but he doesn't have the voice of the Roland in my mind. Still, he's the best I can come up with. :\/

    I'm leaning more towards either Josh Brolin, or Javier Bardem, both of "No Country For Old Men" fame.
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  • camp21178
    camp21178 Posts: 273
    edited September 2010
    If you like the dark tower series like I did, make sure you read Tears Of The Dragon. It's my favorite Stephen King novel and it's sort of a prequel to The Dark Tower Series. Everyone I loaned it to loved it.
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  • carvcom
    carvcom Posts: 240
    edited September 2010
    Hey Camp, I read that book & loved it, I could have sworn it was called " Eye of the Dragon".
    The Walking man from "The Stand" also made his first appearance.
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  • camp21178
    camp21178 Posts: 273
    edited September 2010
    Crap, I think you're right. Somebody is borrowing it right now so I couldn't look at the title.
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  • hagmanm2
    hagmanm2 Posts: 205
    edited September 2010
    Yeah, it's The Eyes of the Dragon: One of my favorites by King as well. In fact, as it seems is true with many, I'm not a huge King fan but the Dark Towers, Eyes of the Dragon, and The Stand are pretty F'n fantastic. :)
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  • hagmanm2
    hagmanm2 Posts: 205
    edited September 2010
    carvcom wrote: »
    Since we do have some fans here, I have a question: what actor do you guys think would make a good Roland? I'm not too sure myself... I like the cut of Viggo Mortensen (he definitely has a Clint Eastwood build) but he doesn't have the voice of the Roland in my mind. Still, he's the best I can come up with. :\/

    I'm leaning more towards either Josh Brolin, or Javier Bardem, both of "No Country For Old Men" fame.


    Hmm, Javier Bardem might not be bad at all if he thinned himself out a bit. Interesting, I might like the idea. ;)
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  • camp21178
    camp21178 Posts: 273
    edited September 2010
    Christian Bale or Jim Caviezel would work.
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  • j allen
    j allen Posts: 363
    edited September 2010
    This fills me with apprehension...
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