A New Television Adaptation Of Stephen King’s ‘The Dark Tower’ May Be Coming From Mike Flanagan
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With DC’s decision to hire James Gunn as their version of Kevin Feige, and George R.R. Martin’s dream to make an MCU version of his Game of Thrones work, maybe it’s time for Stephen King to step into the light. He’s seen a slew of remakes and adaptations in his name make their way onto the large and small screens with mixed results.
The Dark Tower counts among them. The 2017 film starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey was poorly received by critics. Still, writer’s fans clamor for a worthy adaptation. Filmmaker Mike Flanagan and his partner at Intrepid Pictures have stepped in to try his hand at such a task.
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Flanagan and his studio enjoyed success with Netflix with films such as Midnight Mass and the Haunting series, but they have since moved to Amazon, and with it likely comes Amazon’s extensive financial support with which to tackle the Dark Tower series. Amazon has shown interest in the past with a pilot episode written by Glen Mazzara, but nothing came of it.
Flanagan is no stranger to King’s work, having helmed and written the recent Doctor Sleep and Gerald’s Game. According to Flanagan, he has already written a pilot episode and outlined the series. Flanagan has called the series his dream project, and per the interview, it looks like he’s making that a reality. Flanagan talked about how he’s had the idea for this project since college. In other interviews, he has spoken about his vision for an opening shot that reflects the book’s opening, paired with a landscape shot and the Gunslinger’s silhouette.
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The Dark Tower is an amalgam of literary genres from science-fiction and fantasy to western and horror, the hallmarks of Stephen King’s work, except maybe western. The story, which spans nine novels, follows the main character, Roland Deschain, also known as The Gunslinger, as he pursues the evil Man in Black on his way to the Dark Tower. The series also features parallel universes, bringing King’s other works within the story.
The move fits with Amazon’s push lately to put out more science-fiction and fantasy projects, as with their acquisition of The Expanse after SyFy abandoned it, or their ambitious endeavor to adapt The Wheel of Time and turn Tolkien’s Second Age into the series The Rings of Power.
There was no mention of when this would all come to fruition, but with this interview, fans will likely see more come to light in the coming months.
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