Stephen King’s Dark Tower series is a messed up mind trip, and when it looked like they were making a movie many people suggested that a TV series would be better suited for the multifaceted book series.
Well it looks like there will still be a movie… and a TV series? And then another movie?
Today Deadline is reporting that NBC and Universal have snatched up the rights. At this point you should be asking why NBC and Universal both have the rights since one does TV and the other films. The plans are to release a feature film, then do a TV series which will air on NBC and tie into a second film followed by a second season of tv on NBC and the conluding third film which will complete the books/film adaptation.
We have seen TV series make the leap to the big screen in continuations and adaptations, and we have even seen movies move to the small screen with varying success. But this is the first time I think I have heard of a Movie that will spawn a TV series and then bounce back and forth to support each other.
Its creative, and maybe the only way you could do an adaptation of the novels. There is a lot of surreal messed up stories within the series and I have no idea what appeal they might have, but I assume they will be making a number of changes as a direct translation may bot have broad appeal and will get lost on the general audiences.
We will have to wait and see what happens with this, but I am very curious.
