Cannot be filmed – with technical progress, this seal is being distributed less and less to novel templates. One of the last great fantasy series arguably worthy of it is Stephen King’s The Dark Tower. The first film adaptation by Nikolaj Arcel failed miserably. Six years later there is movement in a new venture. Creator Stephen King himself approved the project.
Huge Fantasy Potential: What is The Dark Tower?
The Dark Tower is one Fantasy novel series by Stephen King (It, Shining, Carrie) and possibly his most important work. Eight novels, plus several short stories and comics, The Dark Tower World (briefly explained here) has everything it needs to become a new franchise that will captivate millions of people for years and decades to come.
Mike Flanagan is adapting The Dark Tower as a series and Stephen King’s testimony gives hope
It has been known for some time that Amazon is planning a series adaptation of The Dark Tower – with Mike Flanagan as showrunner. On Twitter, a fan plucked up courage and became the mouthpiece for all The Dark Tower fans. Support the series by Flanagan “enthusiastic” and would like a series with five to eight seasons. Stephen King’s brief but meaningful answer to this: “The author agrees“.
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Who is Mike Flanagan? Mike Flanagan is considered one of the most influential horror directors of our time. He has already filmed the Shining sequel Doctor Sleeps Awakening based on Stephen King. But even more crucial to fan enthusiasm is Flanagan’s serial work: For Netflix, he delivered the epic horror series Haunted Hill House, Haunted Bly Manor and Midnight Mass – all to fan and critical acclaim. So he might actually be the right man to approach The Dark Tower.
What went wrong with the first The Dark Tower adaptation
The first The Dark Tower movie was 10 years in the works. 10 messy years. Everyone involved was overwhelmed with the extensive material. The result: a film of only one and a half hours that didn’t even begin to do justice to the template. You can read more about the sad story of the first film adaptation here.
It is not yet known when the series will appear on Amazon.
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