The Dark Tower Movie?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Dark Tower
charyou_tree — 19 years ago(March 03, 2007 11:43 PM)
I just heard a rumor that J.J. Abrams and a few other of the creative minds of the TV Series "Lost" are huge Stephen King and Dark Tower fans. Apparently, they are trying to get the rights and everything so they can try to make this happen. I also heard that Stephen King would like to see them adapted to a screen as well
I for one am very happy. JJ is a great director and if anyone is going to direct these movies, it needs to be a fan.
If anyone has any additional info let me know
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Mack5599 — 19 years ago(March 05, 2007 09:12 PM)
I had actually heard something sounding quite the opposite a little while ago. I was reading that Stephen King wants to preserve the integrity of his epic series and has therefore fought against the adaptation. What I had read was that he didn't want people to see the movie (which would definitely lose a LOT of the storytelling through editing for time, even if each book was made into a full length movie) and have those images drilled into their brains before they had a chance to imagine the events/characters/etc. in the books for themselves. But then again, I had heard this well over a year ago, and things change. I do know that there is a graphic novel/comic book version of the books in the works. But I personally wouldn't mind seeing film and video game adaptation to this series. But who could fill the role of Roland?
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pnitro22 — 19 years ago(March 12, 2007 10:08 PM)
this is my idea:
Roland: Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Guy Pearce, maybe viggo mortensen. an outside shot to clive owen(he was pretty bad ass as Dwight in Sin City)
Eddie: Ryan Reynolds, James Franco, josh holloway, jason lee, timothy olyphant
Susannah: not suremaybe jada pinkett smith or thandie newton
Jake: not sure if he could pull off a NY accent, but freddie highmore is the only kid actor i've seen with any talent since haley joel osment.
Steven Deschain: Clint Eastwood or Scott Glenn
Cort: Ed Harris
Walter: not suremaybe hugh laurie, but thats a tough one. or maybe hugo weaving.
Henry Dean: Edward Norton, Tim Roth
Hax the Cook: Michael Clarke Duncan
Nort: Dennis Hopper
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brokenmartial — 18 years ago(June 11, 2007 12:34 PM)
It is implied that the outer appearence of Marten Flagg, Walter, Walter O'Dim, et cetera can change. I think he should be different actors in the movie. I think Jim Carrey would suit him well but it'd be hard to take him into a serious role, a role that serious. But thent again, I don't think he did a bad job with Fingerling in The Number 23. He looks evil and yet has a sense of humor just like The Man in Black.
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pnitro22 — 19 years ago(March 12, 2007 09:44 PM)
Its official. King sold the options to the dark tower to j.j. abrams for, who couldn't see this coming lol, $19. haha, seriously tho, this is so freakin cool. i've read these books since i was 8, and now i'll finally get to see roland. it didn't say if it would be for the big screen or for t.v., but based on the content, i'd have to say a mini-series on a movie channel or big screen. anyway, here's the link. scroll down and you'll see the article.
http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/02/26/stephen-king-confirms-the-dark-tower-movie/ -
from_ember_to_inferno — 19 years ago(March 15, 2007 08:28 PM)
thats freakin' wicked!!! Can't say my fanship for the series goes as far back as yours, as I'm only just now on the last book. But goddam if it isnt the best, most involving, intriging story of all time. this is gonna be an awesome series (of movies i hope, but t.v series just as good). all faith in jj, he should do it justice!
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pnitro22 — 19 years ago(March 16, 2007 02:50 PM)
have you read the new comics? they're pretty awesomealthough the first two have only been stuff that we already knewi think we may get some insight on Jericho Hill and what happens after roland, cuthbert, and alain leave mejis. at least, thats what i'm hoping for. and the illustrations are pretty awesome.
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odin868 — 18 years ago(September 08, 2007 09:22 PM)
What they need to do is have four movies
1: The Gunslinger (Wizard and Glass combined with the Gunslinger)
2: Drawing of the Three (Drawing of the Three and Wastelands)
3: The Wolves (Wolves of the Calla)
4: The Dark Tower (Song of Susannah and the Dark Tower)
Roland should be no one but Sean Bean
Colin Ferral would make a great Eddie, but I don't know if any of them would take the roles.
Some unknown would work for Jake
Susannah: ??
Walter/Marten/Randall: Paul Bettny or Jeremy Irons
There was a proposal to do it like they filmed LOTR, but the issue came up about fan base. However, in the movie industry, mention the name Stephen King and you have a theater sellout. -
michael_v14 — 18 years ago(January 15, 2008 02:09 AM)
Man i hope they do this movie well.ive seen alot of my fave books go to beep compass(northen lights) and eragon are just two.but man would it be awesome to see edward nortan as eddi and clive owned as rolandjust not sure if he can pull that offfor jake im not sure its hard to cast kids right and half the time they just end up getting annoying
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donotdonate — 18 years ago(April 28, 2007 11:40 AM)
I have thought alot about a cast for the series as I read through it for the second time.
Roland - Daniel Day Lewis (Russell Crowe, are you joking)
Eddie - Jared Leto or Ryan Reynolds if he isn't goofy in the humour
Susannah - Nomi Harris (28 days later)
Jake- a River Phoenix type (think stand by me 1986)
Walter- Willem Dafoe
Callahan- Liam Neeson
Jack Mort- Cillian Murphy
Tick Tock Man- Clancey Brown
Gasher- Robert Carlyle
Jonas- Michael Keaton
Mia- Monica Belucci
Allie- Ellen Barkin
Balazar- Joe Mantegna
I agree with pnitro, the story is too large and complex to fit into typical big screen format, and too expensive. The actor who plays Jake would have to do his entire part in less than two years or the series would suffer from Harry Potter Film Syndrome (actors age much faster that their roles) and no film studio would risk making the entire series, ala LOTR, without knowing how much potential cash can be made. Dark Tower is something that would work well on HBO for many reasons, subject matter freedom, fair plot treatment, shear duration of the tale, less financial risk, and the ability to shoot the entire story as one big show rather than have it all broken down by film studios and Gan forbid it, different actors playing the same roles. JJ Abrams seems like a great choice for the series. -
tommyknocker21 — 19 years ago(March 30, 2007 04:53 PM)
I think the best A-list actor for Roland would be Clive Owen. He really proved himself in Children of Men imo, and i can definately see him in this role. As for the other two popular suggestions, Russel Crowe is way too arrogant and can't do subtle, Viggo Mortenson just isn't a particularly good actor imo. Christian Bale is good choice but is too young imo.
Cort has to be Clint Eastwood.