![]() ![]() Will The Dark Tower TV series ever get made?īefore Amazon Prime Video dropped it, Stephen King spoke about the series with Vulture. Glen Mazzara (The Walking Dead) was the showrunner.Īmazon’s The Dark Tower would have adapted Wizard & Glass, the fourth book in the series, which would have been an origin story for the Gunslinger. Michael Rooker (The Walking Dead), Jerome Flynn (Game of Thrones), and Joana Ribeiro (The Man Who Killed Don Quixote) were also signed on for The Dark Tower. Sam Strike (Nightflyers) starred as Roland Deschain, Jasper Pääkkönen (Vikings) would play the villainous Man in Black. Why did Amazon drop The Dark Tower?Īccording to Deadline, Amazon looked at the pilot of the series and decided that it was not up to the level of The Lord of the Rings or Wheel of Time, so they chose not to move forward with The Dark Tower television series. Then, Amazon Prime Video stepped up and announced they would make the series as a reboot, ignoring the film. There was no way that the studios would finance more movies in what turned into a massive financial flop. When The Dark Tower flopped, it was time to move on. Ron Howard was supposed to direct the first film and the first season of the show, Akiva Goldsmith would write it, and Brian Grazer would produce. NBC Universal and Universal Pictures teamed up to make the movies and the two television seasons. The idea was for each film to be a significant part of The Dark Tower story, and the TV series would trace Roland’s past and the side stories from the books. Ron Howard and Brian Grazier planned to create this incredible movie and TV series. The Dark Tower only made $50.4 million domestically, while it’s worldwide gross reached $110.3 million, and critics lambasted it. It was also supposed to be the start of a journey that would include a movie trilogy and television shows connecting them. The film was envisioned as a companion sequel to King’s original story. Matthew McConaughey starred as the Man in Black, and while he is a perfect Randall Flagg, he was a bit too aloof for some fans’ tastes. Idris Elba played Roland, and he was perfect in the role, although there is a sector of fans who refused to accept him. That end didn’t make a lot of fans happy when King released it in the final book, so the fact that The Dark Tower movie took the idea of being one of those other journeys angered fans who had waited to see The Dark Tower made for decades. ![]() The end of The Dark Tower revealed that Roland’s journey was just one of many, and he had taken several before the one that readers read in the books. There is one problem with that complaint. The reason the movie flopped was that it didn’t give Stephen King fans what they wanted to see – which was a straight adaptation of the books. The Dark Tower movie arrived in 2017 and was an instant failure. The Wind Through the Keyhole hit in 2012, fitting between the fourth and fifth books.Īlong the way, Rolan meets his ka-tet - his traveling companions - in Jake, Eddie Dean, and Susannah, as well as the billy-bumbler Oy.Īlso, throughout the series, several characters make appearances from other Stephen King novels, including Father Callahan (‘Salem’s Lot), Patrick Danville (Insomnia), and even Stephen King himself. ![]() There were seven total books in The Dark Tower’s main series, with The Drawing of the Three, The Waste Lands, Wizard and Glass, Wolves of Calla, Song of Susannah, and The Dark Tower. Roland’s journey goes from the hunt for the man in black to his quest to reach The Dark Tower. ![]()
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