Comments on: Lindeloff Discusses Plans For The Dark Tower Series

By: shelley

shelley — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:07:28 +0000

I’ve read this series, and to be honest, it is the best piece of literary work I’ve ever read. I’ve read some of the books twice, just because the characters are so likeable and I missed them. Stephen King has a Dickens-like ability for intense character development which could be a big draw for getting the viewers to return for each movie. The only problem I foresee is getting the same actors to commit to all seven movies. But I can tell you that Stephen King fans are fanatics and we would see the movies over and over and over and over. You have no idea how much I want to see this made!

By: Smeagol Johnson

Smeagol Johnson — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:33:08 +0000

No More Viggo!
Timothy Oliphant would be a good Roland.
Definately have to be rated R.
Could be squeezed into 4 or 5 movies.
I’ll direct it!

By: Sageknives

Sageknives — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:43:47 +0000

I think Daniel Day Lewis needs to be Roland. But I like some of your other choices.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:41:43 +0000

The Dark Tower would definitely be better served as a TV series vice seven lengthy movies. A format similar to Lost would be excellent. Much of what happens in the books can be described through flash-backs. And, considering how Stephen wrapped up the seventh book, its conceivable that Roland could even have “flash-backs” of things that are yet to happen.

Some ideas for a dreamcast…
Roland… Daniel Craig or Viggo Mortensen
Eddie… Steve Buscemi
Susanah… Rosario Dawson
Man in Black… Harvey Keitel

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 06:11:04 +0000

I think Bruce Campbell should be Roland. And Cloris Leachman should be Rhea of the Coos, provided she’s still around by the time they get to the fourth movie.

By: jp

jp — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:49:24 +0000

i have to disagree with the above comment(in some ways at least)
i whole heartedly agree to the suggestion regarding chronology, Time itself becomes an issue within the story and the characters themselves find themselves sifting from 1 time and place to another, co-incided with the time sifting narrative, I imagine this would make any movie productions far too complicated to be a commercial success. Therefore it would have to be restructured, and i very much like the idea that is suggested for the first installment. in commercial terms i also think it would be a succes the youthfulness of roland in these parts of the story, combined with fantastic script would make that a production appealable to a large age range. however i have to disagree with the notion of cutting huge chunks of the story, at the very least certain parts should be minimilised but the story is the story, ive noticed this sort of comment several times, but oddly everyone has read in full books 1-7! just like myself and millions more. my favourite king book is actually needful things its such a clever and imaginative book. there is a film version, its absolutely appaling , the so called, disposable parts are left out and the story gets lost it becomes almost like a slideshow of events, that are not what the tale is about. (i would actually like to ask mr lindeloff to read needful things because if dealt with right it could make a fantastic one off tv series, the movie afterall is quite obscure)
The dark tower is a masterpiece along with the green mile and the shawshank redemption and it deserves the same treatment when put to film. thats not to say it should not be cinematic, because it is so much more thrilling and fast moving than the afforementioned, bit without the real story it could fast become a cinematic parody before the whole story has been released on film

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:09:20 +0000

I think the DT series would translate to films if they were broken up a little differently. Sort of like the Rings Trilogy, which was actually written by Tolkien as 6 books, not 3. I think the DT books could be edited and condensed into 3 or 4 solid movies, dispensing with some parts of the story, like Stephen King’s own appearance as himself (though he can still do his signature cameo), the wizard of oz portion, maybe the part about Blaine the Mono, and much of Book 6. You might even take the meat of Book 4, which is a flashback to Roland’s first gunslinging adventure with his childhood friends Cuthbert and Alain, and make it into the first movie, along with his coming-of-age tale from The Gunslinger. Those were some of the best parts of the books, and would be most likely to get the viewers hooked on the movies.

If done well, the movies could rival Star Wars and the Rings trilogy.

By: jp

jp — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:41:42 +0000

ALTHOUGH I SAY I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SEAN BEAN CAST AS ROLAND, WHILST READING I OFTEN TRY TO IDENTIFY CHARACTERS AND GIVE THEM A FACE. WHILST I WAS READING THE DARK TOWER ROLAND WAS CROCODILE DUNDEE!!

By: jp

jp — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:53:29 +0000

(Type your comment here. Make sure you’ve read the commenting rules before doing so)the dark tower is too epic for the big screen it should be a tv series. characters i would lke to see cast are
roland;sean bean and eddie;sawyer(from lost)

By: Travis

Travis — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:50:57 +0000

Read all 7 books, wished I hadn’t. These are the only King books I have read and will likely always find something else to read than him from now.
Dude jumped the shark bigtime about half-way through this series.
However, I think there is a lot of good material here for as much as a trilogy of movies if a good screen writer is involved and willing to throw more than half of the source away (not change, throw away). The story of young Roland the gunslinger could be brought to the screen so easily I have always been shocked nobody has done it.