King's Dark Tower Series To Be Adapted For Film, TV 238
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Kozz writes "Universal Pictures and NBC Universal Television Entertainment have closed a deal to turn Stephen King's mammoth novel series The Dark Tower into a feature film trilogy and a network TV series, both of which will be creatively steered by the Oscar-winning team behind A Beautiful Mind and The Da Vinci Code. 'The plan is to start with the feature film, and then create a bridge to the second feature with a season of TV episodes. That means the feature cast — and the big star who’ll play Deschain — also has to appear in the TV series before returning to the second film. After that sequel is done, the TV series picks up again, this time focusing on Deschain as a young gunslinger.'"
Re:the creative team is middle of the road (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah, Kubrick would definitely be interesting, considering he's been dead for over a decade. I can see the headlines now: First Film Directed By Zombie Nominated for Oscar!
Re:I was just thinking about this (Score:2, Funny)
Maybe he'll play Sheemee?(sp?)
Re:the last two books (Score:5, Funny)
The man in black fled across the desert and the Gunslinger followed.
Next time add "Spoiler Alert!"