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#The dark tower series#
While “The Dark Tower” represents a low on the list of King adaptations, the author still has much to celebrate in 2017 and much to look forward to in the future, including the “It” sequel and the Hulu series “Castle Rock.” Based on the best-selling book series by highly-acclaimed author Stephen King. “So there was some of that problem, too.” The Dark Tower series tells the story of Roland Deschain, Mid-Worlds last gunslinger, who is traveling southeast across Mid-Worlds post-apocalyptic landscape. “I thought to myself, ‘Well, people are going to be really puzzled by this,’ and they were,” King says of the script’s jumping off point. The author reveals that he expressed concerns with this choice to Columbia Pictures but that the studio heads had made up their minds and his notes didn’t get too far.
#The dark tower movie#
King also thinks “The Dark Tower” failed because the script decided to begin the movie “pretty much in the middle” of his book series. According to King, “It became something where people went to it and said, ‘Well yeah, but it’s really not anything that we haven’t seen before.'” Stephen Kings novel series comprised of eight books, incorporating themes from multiple genres, including dark fantasy, science fantasy. A feature-length adaptation of The Dark Tower starring Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, and Tom Taylor hit theaters in 2017.The film received negative reviews from critics and fans, saying it was.
New 'Shining' Movie Dead Due to 'Doctor Sleep' Bomb, Mike Flanagan Confirmsĭuffer Brothers Launch Upside Down Pictures, Set 'Stranger Things' Stage Playīy mandating the adaptation be PG-13, King feels the movie by default “lost a lot of the toughness” of his book. Johnson) We shall not always plant while others reap. We want to make sure that we get people in there from the ages of, let’s say, 12 right on up to whatever the target age is. “The real problem, as far as I’m concerned is, they went in to this movie and I think this was a studio edict, pretty much, this is going to be a PG-13 movie,” King said. Although King was vocal about how much he liked the movie prior to the film’s release, he admits that the studio took the wrong approach in adapting “The Dark Tower” as a run-of-the-mill PG-13 blockbuster. The Dark Tower, first published in 2007, is a series of comic books (originally published by Marvel Comics and later republished by Gallery 13) based on Stephen Kings The Dark Tower series of novels.
The author was interviewed by Entertainment Weekly and didn’t hold back when asked why the film didn’t attract many fans. So what exactly went wrong? Stephen King has an idea.
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