Comments on: J.J. Abrams Not Adapting Stephen King’s Dark Tower

By: angryfan

angryfan — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:32:30 +0000

I think King should rewrite the last three novels, the last one from scratch, that series started out epic and ended up as garbage. THEN make a series of movies.

By: Tom Black

Tom Black — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:58:31 +0000

Leave it alone. Isn't it enough that it's a great series of books. No film version could ever capture the greatness of this story on paper.

By: Marcio

Marcio — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:39:01 +0000

Damon and JJ are already finishing their particular Dark Tower: it's name is LOST.
And this series is a complete copy of the Dark Tower ciclo… so why back to this again?

By: Marcio

Marcio — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:39:01 +0000

Damon and JJ are already finishing their particular Dark Tower: it's name is LOST.
And this series is a complete copy of the Dark Tower ciclo… so why back to this again?

By: SUMO

SUMO — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:02:19 +0000

Let's put it this way. Most of King's best stories never get it's due. Great stories translate into crap movies. His style really dosn't have a media due to his 3rd person writing. Which is always a scramble as to who can bring this one to life. WHO? WHO? His stories needs a solid budget. His fan base is huge and usually walk away disappointed from the theatre. An undertaking like The Dark Tower probably has some serious directors shaking in their shoes just at the mere prospect and I bet some big names will pass on such a project beacause it is so micro in detail and massive in scale. I think King should throw his hat in the ring and do it himself, If not then (NOT KIDDING) Mel Gibson. He's a looney anyhow but a fine Director and a talented story teller. WORD UP.

By: Nate

Nate — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:01:51 +0000

When I first read the Dark Tower series, I immediately thought there was no way to get this in as a movie unless you did 4 or 5 movies, and how could we get this done? No one would stick with a story that long! Then Harry Potter emptied the wallets of American parents for the better part of a decade.

This could be legitimately done as a film, and I think it probably should be, but HBO has proven with John Adams that they could produce a miniseries that looked like a Hollywood-caliber motion picture. This would be exponentially more difficult, requiring more extensive CGI and action work, but HBO might just be able to pull it off.

By: bushmaster

bushmaster — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:44:27 +0000

If they adapted The Dark Tower for film it would take forever. Plus, whoever played Jake would grow out of the role requiring different actors. The only way they could transfer the series is through HBO. It would be epic.

By: kikstad

kikstad — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:56:16 +0000

Too bad. Abrams would have done a fine job. How about Quillermo del Toro or Peter Jackson? A fanboy can dream, can't he?

By: Peter Donohue

Peter Donohue — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:11:29 +0000

I have to agree with you here. Plus by the later books it gets so meta and deus ex machina that it would be laughable on the big screen.

By: JRM

JRM — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:29:12 +0000

I'm disappointed Abrams won't be working on the project, but am still hopeful it will be made into a major motion picture series. I wouldn't mind a television series, but I prefer the big-screen treatment. My vote is for Peter Jackson to direct, if not, Frank Darabont.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:44:54 +0000

I may be alone here, but I'm not sure how well Dark Tower can be adapted to the screen. I think all the magic, mysticism, universe travel, and mythology would get jumbled into an incoherent mess. Or worse, be stripped down to something completely different.

Can't we just let Roland live in our collective minds? Why do we have to hollywood-ize everything??

By: edwardzarnawski

edwardzarnawski — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:51:43 +0000

I'd pesonally like to see Stephen King adapt the novels into a screenplay. Maybe a three or four movie arch, like the Harry Potter films. Frank Darabont is my first choice to direct, but I heard that King passed on kim for the project (I have no idea why). There are a lot of capable directors out there to bring his vision to life, but it all starts with a good treatment of the original material.

By: avaela

avaela — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:47:34 +0000

I think a tv series would be best (preferably HBO or Showtime) and I would love to see Joss Whedon or Alan Ball adapt it.