Early on, the signs were all pointing to The Dark Tower being a hit. Thanks to a unique approach which made it a follow-up of sorts to the novels and the involvement of actors like Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey, we all expected the movie to launch a new franchise but that's simply not going to happen based on the movie's box office performance. So, what does that mean for the TV series?
Last we heard, Elba had shot some bookend for the show that would have featured a younger actor playing The Gunslinger in a series essentially revealing his origin story. Is it still happening, though?
"The major challenge was to do a film based on a series of books that’s really long, about 3,000 pages," Stephen King said when he was recently asked for his thoughts on the movie. "The other part of it was the decision to do a PG-13 feature adaptation of books that are extremely violent and deal with violent behavior in a fairly graphic way...The TV series they’re developing now…we’ll see what happens with that. It would be like a complete reboot," he added, "so we’ll just have to see."
King could just be referring to the fact that The Dark Tower will feature a whole new cast and a young version of Roland Deschain but some fans will no doubt look at the word "reboot" and hope that it means the series of novels are going to be faithfully adapted in a Game of Thrones style series. As King said, we'll just have to wait and see! What do you think of his remarks? Share your thoughts below.