All Things Serve The Beam…
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zenironman — 19 years ago(December 11, 2006 09:18 AM)
i disagree about cgi being crap, but i do think that traditional animation techniques could better compliment the books' tones and imagery. or maybe cel animation in a cgi environment?
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nikolastynan — 19 years ago(February 23, 2007 06:01 PM)
hey peeps,
heres mycast for a Dark Tower movie, I know that some of you will disagree, but you can stick it where the gun don't shoot
Roland-Daniel Day Lewis
Eddie-Johnny Depp or the guy who played Larry Underwood in THE STAND
Sussanah-Halle Berry
Cort-Tommy Lee Jones
Walter/Flagg-Jamey Sheridan or Edward Norton
The Crimson King-Charlton Heston or Clint Eastwood
Jake-I don't know of many child actors, so I guess whoever looks and plays him the best
Callahan-I'm not sure about this one either
Oy-The Taco Bell Dog!!!(lol, jus kidding)probably some CGI thing
The director should either be Clint Eastwood(Million Dollar Baby), Mick Garris (The Stand), or Ridley Scott (Gladiator)
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andrewsmiled-1 — 18 years ago(May 29, 2007 08:55 PM)
You guys need to understand that these films will take years to make. you cant put old actors in roles that willl not be filmed for six or seven years. the actors will need to be fresh, new faces. look at the past SK movies, Every film is about the story, never the actors.
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dhf3174 — 18 years ago(June 03, 2007 03:55 AM)
Roland: Thomas Jane or Tim Olyphant
Jake: Cameron Bright (leech from X-Men the last stand)
Eddie: Edward Norton
Susanna: Kerry Washington
Oy: CGI (Andy Serkis' voice)
Crimson King: CGI (don't show his face)
The Man in Black: (forgot his namethe guy who plays Joe Chill on Batman Begins)
Father Callahan: James Cromwell
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jbaronde — 18 years ago(January 12, 2008 01:25 AM)
Maybe they could do it in movies, but it couldn't be the same actors and actresses throughout. The books took 30 yrs to develop. Maybe the films could work the same way. I understand that it kind of sucks when actors are different in sequels, but these wouldn't be your typical sequels. Also, there could be a different actor for young Roland. The whole Wizard and Glass story could be all different actors.
I believe it would be more about the story then the actual actors. I see how this makes it even less likely with studios and what not, but I'll watch them. I'd just like it on the big screen vs 60 min shows on HBO. -
InvaderPastulio — 17 years ago(April 10, 2008 09:05 AM)
Oy was in Kingdom Hospital series, adapted from the danish "Riget". It wasn't any good, but it made my mind explode seeing Oy, even though he wasn't named in the bits I saw, I knew, JUST KNEW it was Oy, the snout, and yeah, that was pretty amazing.
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Fungazi — 17 years ago(April 13, 2008 12:00 PM)
I could see the whole series being done in one movie maybe 2.5 hrs long would need to get rid of these parts of the books:
Book 1 - Get rid of this book altogether, wouldn't need it.
Book 2 - Keep it
Book 3 - Good, except nothing about Jake New York scenes
Book 4 - Get rid of Mejis flashback and all that has to do with it
Book 5 - No Mia's baby storyline, focuses mostly on the fight for Calla, no Pere Callahan flashback
Book 6 - No Stephen King storylines, no Mia storylines, was there anything else in this book? lol
Book 7 - Good focused mostly on fight to save the beam and Roland and Suzannah's Journey. No Stephen King storyline, Jake would have to die in the fight along with Eddie.
So basically it would be an adventure story without all the flashbacks and time warps and all that stuff. Starts with the drawing of the three, journey to Calla, fight with the wolves, journey to the breaker city (dont remember the name), fight to save the beam, journey to the tower - the end. Easy.