Despite Lackluster Reviews And A Less Than Stellar Box-Office Fans Still Want To See A DARK TOWER TV Series
Even with the struggle the film is enduring with critics and at the box-office, it seems as if fans still want a Dark Tower TV series based on exit polling data collected after people went to see the film.
Dark Tower is struggling to find its footing since being released a week ago. The film is being panned by critics, and is not doing very well at the box-office. Although it did win its first weekend, it's already getting beat out by Dunkirk and The Emoji Movie as of earlier this week.
While this seems dire for the Dark Tower film franchise, the TV series still seems to be very much on the table. According to Deadline, MRC did some exit polling during the film's opening weekend run. The poll asked movie goers if they would like to see a Dark Tower TV series, and a whopping 83% said that they would definitely/probably be interested.
"That is incredibly encouraging; what it shows is that there is a very big, excited audience for the show,” said MRC co-CEO Modi Wiczyk.
Another bit of info that came from the poll is that only 70% of viewers approved of the film, which means that some people are not being turned off to the series based on their negative view of the movie. “People who have seen the movie are interested in a TV series whether or not they liked the movie; even if they didn’t like the movie, they were not turn off by that,” Wiczyk said.
MRC is developing the TV series with Sony, and they have tapped The Walking Dead former showrunner, Glenn Mazzara, for the same role. The TV series will take place long before the movie's setting, and focus on Roland's origin. Including, how he got his guns, his first encounter with The Man In Black, his first love and his first mission as a gunslinger.
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