Calling the movie “The Dark Tower” sets up the expectation that the movie will be about the Dark Tower, but its not.

And it does a good job of telling that story. I feel like I’m not allowed to say that unless I explain myself, so here goes: I think this movie should have been called “The Gunslinger” because it was about a gunslinger rescuing a boy from a bad guy. Stay tuned for updates on The Dark Tower.The Dark Tower was a good movie. Hopefully, that means we're getting a faithful take on the author's novels that tells this complex, compelling story the right way. He has, however, previously revealed that the first episode's script is done and he anticipates his adaptation running for five seasons. But, yeah, I work on The Dark Tower in one capacity or another every day.'įlanagan acquired the rights to King's epic sci-fi fantasy tale last December, so it's clearly still early days. Our relationship with them is brand new, so we'll have to see. If we can get it off the ground, if we can actually get it going, I'm not ruling out Amazon's involvement down the line. 'And that's my dream project, you know?' Flanagan continued. We don't have a partner on it yet, so I'm developing it myself, which is really a blast.' 'So, The Dark Tower doesn't have a studio. 'We carved it out from our Netflix deal, knowing we were leaving, and we carved it out from our Amazon deal as well, knowing that they'd already tried to do and might be reluctant to do it.' ' have The Dark Tower,' the director tells Script Apart. Unfortunately, it was a total mess that not even stars Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey could save.Īs a result, the property - which is based on a phenomenal series of novels by Stephen King - has fallen by the wayside and interest from Hollywood has waned.ĭespite that, filmmaker Mike Flanagan ( The Haunting of Hill House, Doctor Sleep) remains attached to a streaming series he still hopes will become a reality. 2017's The Dark Tower had the potential to be a great movie and was supposed to be the beginning of a new franchise that would tell stories in theaters and on television.

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